Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 5, 1 May 1988 — 'I Am not Running For Mayor' [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

'I Am not Running For Mayor'

Ninth District City Councilman John DeSoto humorously declared he was not a candidate f or the city's top job at a Mar. 31 luneheon f und raiser at the Amfac Exhibition Hall. Shown with him at center is Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Chairman Moses K. Keale Sr. and the councilman's father, John (Cobra) DeSoto.

Among the many who attended the function was Governor John David Waihee III.

Hanging loose at the Councilman John DeSoto luneheon is this quartet of A. Frenchy DeSoto, his mother; Mrs. Lorraine Lo, maternal grandmother; Mrs. Mary Feiiciano, paternal grandmother; and Mrs. Jackie Kim, wife of Waianae dentist, Dr. Robert Kim who are close friends of the DeSotos.