Thanks to Senator Les Ihara for pointing out that the Campaign Spending Commission’s Twitter feed includes notices of upcoming fundraisers filed by candidates. It’s a simple way to keep track of these events in the political world. Recent tweets, for example, have included a January 17 fundraiser for Hawaii Republicans for Life, controversial City Council [...]
It looks like there’s a new push underway to return to “closed” primary elections in Hawaii. In November, Oahu Democratic Party Chairman Tony Gill appealed to the board of the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, the faculty union, to support a federal lawsuit challenging Hawaii’s open primary. Gill, who also serves as UHPA’s legal counsel, [...]
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The Judicial Selection Commission has changed its internal rules to allow disclosure of the names on the list of potential nominees for judicial appointments forwarded to the governor for consideration. The move takes the decision on whether or not to publicly disclose the names of finalists out of the hands of Governor Abercrombie, who was [...]
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Thanks to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, we now know a lot more about finances of the Herman Cain campaign. According to an October 30 story: Herman Cain’s two top campaign aides ran a private Wisconsin-based corporation that helped the GOP presidential candidate get his fledgling campaign off the ground by originally footing the bill for [...]
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I woke up this morning to find about 100 pieces of comment spam waiting for my review. If you’re not familiar with this stuff, the current versions are disguised as innocuous or mildly positive messages. “Great blog, don’t know why I didn’t find it earlier. I’ll be back often,” or something along those lines. But [...]
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It’s one of those Tuesdays that feel like a deferred Monday. It makes Friday seem a lot closer. In any case, I thought it might be time to stop and check out the State Procurement Office. A few items of interest found there, as usual. • The State Department of Transportation is requesting an exemption [...]
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Follow the money, they say. So I took another look at attorneys and law firms who were major contributors to Governor Abercrombie’s campaign last year. Perhaps his stubborn refusal to disclose the list of judicial nominees provided by the Judicial Selection Commission for each open spot is a reflection of the views of significant supporters. [...]
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The 2014 campaign season is off and running. That’s right. Not just 2012. We’re talking 2014. Governor Abercrombie is jumping in with a scheduled August 25 fundraiser at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Single tickets are $300, while tables are going at levels–Plumeria ($3,000), Maile ($6,000) and Pikake ($12,000). I’m not sure how that [...]
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