The lawsuit filed on behalf of A-1 A-lectrian Inc. against the Campaign Spending Commission finally made it into the federal court’s online system. I’ve made the full complaint available here. In the lawsuit, A-1 says it should not have to register as a political committee in order to make campaign-related expenditures, should not be subject [...]
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A reader asks this interesting question: I’ve thought that newspapers at the retail store level were exempt from our excise tax because of federal statute that blocks certain sales taxes, i.e. “Newspapers and magazines are exempt from sales tax as are legal tender.” I don’t pay any excise tax when I buy a New York [...]
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If you happened to miss this story over the weekend, go back and read it (“Firm fights campaign laws“). Bottom line: A leading conservative attorney representing a local electrical company is challenging Hawaii’s campaign laws in an attempt to eliminate both limits on spending by corporations and any reporting of their campaign expenditures and contributions. [...]
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It’s Sunday, and perhaps an appropriate time to check out the latest from the Hawaii Christian Coalition. I’m not sure which aspect is most interesting/disturbing. There’s the description of the Hanneman campaign’s attempt to persuade Christians to cross over and vote for him in the primary, and pushback from the GOP It has come to [...]
It was terrible news on this Saturday morning. Ms. Maka didn’t run out to greet us with the other dogs in her household this morning. Then one of her people came out and, sadly, announced that she was hit by a car and killed early this morning in front of the house. It’s very sad. [...]
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I wonder if local officials, elected and appointed, are paying attention to New York Governor David Paterson’s latest woes. An independent counsel appointed to investigate Paterson’s receipt of free World Series tickets concluded the governor lied when he testified that he had always intended to pay for them. She has now referred the question of [...]
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[Click on either photo for more pictures] This is Batman, one of three kittens looking for good homes! They are living with a friend of mine, now unemployed, who says she’s having trouble covering her own expenses plus more cats. They are now five months old, have just been “fixed”, and, as you can see, [...]
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