With all attention on the politics of the House yesterday, I ended up spending some time browsing around the city.

First stop: Mayor Peter Carlisle’s campaign backers.

Here’s a list of top donors to his campaign who gave $4,000 each, the most allowed by state law. Click on this list and you’ll be treated by a list of all those giving $2,000 or more. It wasn’t quite what I had expected to see for the former prosecutor.

A quick scan, and you’ll see a donor base heavy with development and visitor industry sources. Draw your own conclusions.

One contribution caught my eye: $2,500 from Mary Jean Castillo-Barkley, CEO of something called MJ888M Productions. I was curious about the company. Google turned up a May 20, 2009 press release by Attorney General Mark Bennett about Hawaii’s participation in a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent charitable solicitors and those claiming to support police, firefighters, and veterans. MJ888M Productions was listed as one of two solicitors found to have violated state law.

In any case, here’s the list.