Carlisle Explains 'Demographics' Gaffe
Honolulu mayoral candidate says the word "demographics" was cause of misunderstanding
Peter Carlisle, Honolulu mayoral candidate, explained himself on Friday after his Thursday night last-minute no-show for the Salt Lake/Aliamanu Neighborhood Board mayoral forum. It was bad enough that he cancelled just five hours before the forum, but when he was understood to say that the demographics of the audience weren't right, it was like pouring salt on the wound.
But, says Carlisle, he didn't mean what it sounded like. Admitting to using the wrong word when he chose "demographics," he explained that the place where he chose to be instead, a Four Tops concert, had more people. That's what prompted his decision to meet and greet people there instead of talk city policy with fellow candidates at the forum. And it was a scheduling error that forced him into the position of having to make a choice between the two.
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Peter Carlisle Last-Minute No-Show at Last Night's Forum [HPI]
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