In the wake of the State Ethics Commission’s investigation of violations of the lobbyist law by the Land Use Research Foundation and its executive director, there’s a new effort at the State Capitol to call additional attention to the requirements of the state’s lobbyist law.

New flyers highlighting the requirements for lobbyists to register are posted around the capitol building, in elevators and on bulletin boards outside hearing rooms.

The message is simple: “Are YOU required to Register as a Lobbyist (by HRS Chapter 97)?”

The flyers are sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, which had the assistance of the commission (which reviewed the text) and Sen. Les Ihara, who facilitated the printing.

Thanks to the League for taking on this project.

And speaking of the League, they have created a valuable historical resource by creating a searchable database of newsletters going back to the founding of the LWV of Honolulu in 1950.

Leagues have newsletters. It’s a fact of life. The League of Women Voters of Honolulu began in 1949… its newsletter in 1950, published about 10 times a year. The League of Women Voters of Hawai?i, State League, began in 1965… along with its newsletter, published more or less quarterly.

Today I look at the statistics and see… over 7,500 articles online! Wow!

The total number of articles is actually reported to be 7,844, filling 5,119 pages.

Here’s a link to the LWV-Hawaii Newsletter Archives. Enter a topic in the search field and see what you find!