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  Politician looks for new life, new career in Hawai'i
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News DateTuesday, April 15, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionChuck Quackenbush sat at a table outside the Starbucks at Kahala Mall the other day, folding, unfolding and ultimately picking apart a wooden coffee stirrer. As he turned the stick into splinters, Quackenbush tried to explain the dilemma of a career politician who says he now wants to be a private citizen, but just can't stay away from the action.

In the two years since he moved his family from California, Quackenbush and his wife, Chris, have steadily worked their way into Hawai'i's political power structure. They've attended Republican fund-raisers and functions, made friends with legislators, regularly visited the Capitol and have studied the customs and workings of local politics.
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