Ballots for the special City Council District V election to fill the vacancy created by Duke Bainum’s death are scheduled to be mailed to voters this week.

So yesterday I walked over to the City Clerk’s office to take a quick look at the financial disclosures filed by the best known candidates.

Matt Matsuaga reported income of $150,000-250,000 as a partner in the law firm of Schlack Ito Lockwood Piper & Elkind and a 16.6% partnership interest in the firm. He also reported receiving a state employee retirement pension of $10,000 to $25,000 annually.

Dollar ranges rather than exact amounts are reported on the disclosure forms.

Matsunaga’s candidate disclosure indicates that he does not own a home in District V. He reports no real estate owned or sold during the past year. His nomination papers show he is a resident of the Iolani Court Plaza at 2499 Kapiolani, although how long he has lived there is not report. In 2007, he reported living at a Kalakaua Avenue address which I believe is outside of District V, although he previously lived for years in Palolo.

His only reported organizational affiliation involving a fiduciary duty is as an officer of the Matsunaga Charitable Foundation, established after the death of his father, the late U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga. Matsunaga does not report any additional service with community organizationsor agencies.

Matsunaga reports one outstanding loan from First Hawaiian Bank valued between $50,000 and $99,999.

Nathaniel Kinney graduated from the University of Hawaii’s law school in 2007 and immediately landed a job as director of organizing and counsel for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 50, earning between $100,000 and $150,000 a year.

According to the union’s Form LM-2, filed with the federal Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Management Standards, Kinney became the highest paid employee of the union fresh out of law school.

It’s certainly no coincidence that Kinney’s father, Lynn Kinney, has been business manager/secretary treasurer and the highest paid official of District Council 50 since its creation ten years ago.

Kinney reports owning a condominium at the Marco Polo with his sister, Tori. The apartment, which he values between $400,000 and $499,000, was purchased by his parents in 2005, and transferred to the brothers in 2008, according to real property records. Kinney also reports a loan from Central Pacific Bank of $300,000 to $399,000.

Like Matsunaga, Kinney reports holding no fiduciary positions with any community organizations.

Ann Kobayashi reports income from her state retirement of $25,000-$49,999 annually, along with social security of $1,000 to $9,999. She also reports income from three rental properties of $150,000 to $199,000 per year.

Kobayashi reports owning half-interest in two family companies, AP Kobayashi Family Limited Partnership and Kobayashi Asset Management Co.

She reports currently holding positions in several organizations, including the Hawaii Lupus Foundation, March of Dimes, United Japanese Society, Hawaiian Lifeguard Foundation, CUSO of Hawaii, and the SHUFU Society.

Just for fun, I just checked records of the Federal Election Commission to see if these candidates contributed to federal elections in the past.

According to the FEC, Matsunaga’s only contribution was $3,500 given to his own 2006 congressional congressional campaign.

In July 2008, Kinney gave $250 to the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades PAC, and reported his residence as Kailua, Hawaii, but made no contributions to candidates.

Kobayashi donated $2,500 to Senator Dan Akaka’s reelection campaign in 2006, and $350 to the Democratic Party of Hawaii, also in 2006, FEC records show.

For what it’s worth, apparently none of the three contributed to any candidate during the 2008 presidential campaign.