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Big Island Rep. Tsuji remembered for fairness, big heart

HONOLULU (AP) — Fellow lawmakers, friends and family gathered to honor the life of the late state Rep. Clift Tsuji Friday, remembering his booming voice, fairness as a committee chairman tackling divisive topics and deep love for his family and district. Tsuji's son, Ryan Kalei Tsuji, remembered his father as the "coqui frog legislator" who fought for resources to combat the noisy critters at a service Friday in the packed House chamber. Tsuji, who died unexpectedly at age 75, suffered a heart attack, but did not survive a procedure to repair his heart, his son Ryan Kalei Tsuji said. When there were rumblings that some might stage a sit-in in Tsuji's office, Chong said he and Tsuji decided to join them in the office, thinking that if things got heated they could leave through the back door, but found out "Clift doesn't have a back door to his office."

 

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