Candidates to appear on Akaku

KAHULUI - A series of three-minute videotaped segments of candidates for office in Maui County will be broadcast by Akaku: Maui Community Television beginning at 1 p.m. today on Channel 53.

The Akaku announcement said the "Meet the Candidates" videotape will be rebroadcast repeatedly through Sept. 19 - the day before the primary/county special election.

The presentation runs nearly two hours long and includes candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, the state House and Senate, the Maui County Council, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Board of Education.