The public and media should enjoy easy access to an incumbent Mayor. The basic duty of a Mayor is to promote "public participation".

This is not the first time Kirk Caldwell has cherry-picked which request for interview/questions to respond to. Too often, he appears for photo-opt stage-crafting or hide behind his media propaganda. But Caldwell strategically runs away from questioning parties too much. 

This does not promote democracy and transparency.

If you wish to invoke the word "fairness", it would have been fair for Caldwell to protest and shut down the "disinformation" ads about him supporting Social Security and Medicare. This fear-mongering and dishonest ad was the lowest of his scum ads. It preys on the elderly and "low-information" voters. 

There were mass mailings of 8" x 11" postcards that stated that " Charles Djou's Plans will ERASE your retirement benefits".  The Honolulu Mayor has no powers over the federal issues like Social Security and Medicare. How is this fair?