Honolulu City Council Member Trevor Ozawa and his General Election opponent, attorney and former state representative Tommy Waters, have been trading campaign jabs via email blasts this week.

And even before their latest exchange, Ozawa was out in front with a mailer accusing “Trevor Ozawa’s opponent and their cronies” of “preparing to flood you with a negative campaign” in the last weeks of the election.

Waters, the opponent that Ozawa declined to name, framed his recent communications as fact checking.

I will be sharing public records to provide information because voters deserve to know the truth about any given issue, know where your elected officials stand, and be provided facts that allow you to decide for yourself.

I took a few minutes to look at where the money is coming from in this race.

Ozawa has held four fundraisers this year, according to notices filed with the Campaign Spending Commission.

• September 25 at 3660 on the Rise restaurant, with suggested contributions ranging from $250 to $1,000 per person.

• June 28 at 3660 on the Rise restaurant, suggested contribution $500 per person.

• June 20 at Park Lane Condominium, suggested contribution of $2,000 per person.

Kimberly Ribellia listed as person in charge of these three events.

• April 12 at The Tchin Tchin! at 39 N. Hotel Street, suggested contributions ranged from $50 to $100.

Person in charge: Nathan Okubo

Waters held three fundraisers in 2018.

• October 10 at the Plaza Club, with suggested contributions from $100 to $500 per person.

• September 25 at the Pacific Club, with suggested contributions of $1,000 to $2,000 per person.

• June 21 at Davies Pacific Center, with suggested contributions from $25 to $2,000.

The candidate himself is listed as the person in charge of all three events.

Well, Houston, we have a problem. I wanted to look at where the two candidates get their money, and just went to fire up Filemaker Pro, the database I use for handling the big campaign spending database that includes all contributions and expenditures going back a decade. It turns out that it is not compatible with the new Mac operating system, Mojave. So I’m stuck here without a decent database.

I’ll have to put this campaign funding profile aside until I find a fix for this problem. It’s one that I hadn’t anticipated!