Galen Fox
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Galen Fox, a member of the Republican Party, served in the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1996 to 2005. He had served the 23rd Representative District of the Hawaii State Legislature. The 23rd includes the Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kaka'ako areas on the island of Oahu, in the state of Hawaii.
In May 2005, Rep. Fox, the longtime Minority Leader of the 10-member House Republican caucus, unexpectedly stepped down as Minority Leader. Rep. Lynn Finnegan was selected as the new Minority Leader.
On Oct. 31, 2005, Galen Fox abruptly resigned from his Legislative post, after revealing that he had been convicted in Los Angeles on a misdemeanor sexual battery charge. His arrest, in December 2004, had gone unreported for more than 10 months.
According to a Star-Bulletin article dated 11-3-2005 and entitled, Fox's conviction still making waves,
- Democrats are questioning why Gov. Linda Lingle kept quiet about the sexual abuse charge against fellow Republican state Rep. Galen Fox, who informed Lingle shortly after he was arrested last year.
- "Lingle knew about Fox's December arrest and recent conviction," said Tom Brower, Democratic Party communications director, who ran and lost to Fox in House races. "Now she must state why she was content in overlooking it. If not for the media stories, she would have said nothing,"
- Lingle declined to answer the criticism. "They (Democrats) can question it, but I don't have anything new to add at this time," she said yesterday.
- The governor repeated her statement that she had urged Fox, who represents Waikiki and Ala Moana, to resign after he was convicted of a federal misdemeanor charge of abusive sexual conduct for groping a female passenger on a flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles. The incident happened Dec. 18. Fox was convicted on Oct. 20. [1]
Rep. Fox was born in Hilo in 1943 and raised in Honolulu. Fox was educated at the University of Hawaii’s Laboratory School and at Punahou. He has a B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Redlands, a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.
Rep. Fox consistently earns poor environmental scores on the Sierra Club Legislative Scorecards.
Past governmental positions:
- 1991-1996 - Galen was an administrator with the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.
- 1985-1991 - Galen was Executive Assistant to the Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi, for economic development.
- 1982-1984 - Galen directed a project at the East-West Center that examined East Asia’s economic success.
- 1966-1982 - Galen was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer stationed in Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Washington, DC. He speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Member of the Following House Committees:
External Links
- Rep. Galen Fox (Hawaii State Legislature)
- Biography of Galen Fox (Campaign website)
- 2003-2004 Sierra Club Legislative Scorecard: 23% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- 2001-2002 Sierra Club Legislative Scorecare: 50% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
- 1999-2000 Sierra Club Legislative Scorecare: 45% (Sierra Club of Hawaii)
Articles
- Full text of House GOP leader Galen Fox's speech “Change for a Better Hawaii” by Rep. Galen Fox House Republican Leader January 17, 2001 (Honolulu Advertiser, 1-18-01)
- Fall from Grace -- House Minority Leader Falls Out of Favor with Conservatives, Business Owners, Free Marketers After Series of Anti-Business Votes; Steps Down from Position After Five Years (Hawaii Reporter, 6-2-05)
- House Minority Leader Should Be Commended for His Work in the Legislature By Linda L. Smith (Hawaii Reporter, 6/5/2005)
- Rep. Fox quits after sex conviction (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11/1/2005)
- Testimony against legislator includes details of molestation Galen Fox feels he "got whacked," but still has faith in the U.S. judicial system By Debra Barayuga (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-2-05)
- Fox's conviction still making waves -- Lingle says she advised him to resign, but the decision was his alone By Richard Borreca (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11-3-05)
- Fox leaves office; selection process for replacement underway (Poinography, 12-02-05)
- Fox gets probation for groping -- The former legislator, who now admits the charge, must register as a sex offender By Debra Barayuga (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1-26-06)
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