This is Nani Medeiros, the one mentioned in the article. I reject the implication that I am not qualified, or somehow a candidate that deserves less consideration, because I am capable of having conversations with developers that are not adversarial, and that actually produce positive results for our community around the biggest social crisis of our generation. I stopped by Mr. Scott's office today and introduced myself. We had Never met, Never spoken, he doesn't know me and I don't know him. I wanted to understand him better and give him an opportunity to know me. He wasn't interested in getting to know me or the fact that Andrew's three articles have made me part of HIS story.  He said he wasn't concerned with this process, he argued he had nothing to do with this letter or Andrew's story. So, as a fully qualified woman, as a local born and raised part-Hawaiian native who is working every day to end homelessness and who happens to be nominated to the HCDA let me hear you.