Here’s the list of top contributors to Ed Case. He received almost nothing from political action committees. According to the FEC, PACs accounted for just $7,700 raised by Case in reportable amounts, and none gave more than $2,400. By comparison, Hanabusa pulled in $262,000 in PAC money. That’s quite a devastating difference, unless the candidate [...]
Tags: Colleen Hanabusa·Ed Case
I managed a first pass through some of the special election contribution data yesterday. First stop, Colleen Hanabusa. A quick query led to this list of top contributors to Hanabusa’s campaign during 2009-2010. The data were downloaded from the Federal Election Commission. They include those giving $4000 or more during the period. This list appears [...]
Tags: Colleen Hanabusa·Daniel K. Inouye·Hawaii·Special Election
I don’t know what it means or what the circumstances were, but it’s been less than a full month since Honolulu Civil Beat’s official launch, and two “reporter-hosts”–Katherine Nichols and Treena Shapiro–have reportedly already left the staff. Both came to Civil Beat with substantial experience. That’s one-third of their six reporters already gone. The company’s [...]
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A couple of people have taken me to task, in light of the election results, for my earlier take on the Hanabusa-Case decision. Here’s an example: So, Ian. Just want to know if you are embarrassed that you bought into that terrible Advertiser poll and switched your vote from Hanabusa to Case. I really didn’t [...]
It’s been an interesting morning. When I first went online this morning, I couldn’t reach this site via Oceanic’s RoadRunner internet. I was preparing to contact my hosting service, but decided to first try opening iLind.net via my Sprint mobile broadband. What do you know! Via Sprint, no problem. Everything was up and running, mail [...]
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Expect Mayor Mufi Hannemann to make his run for governor official this week in advance of the State Democratic Party convention. And Hawaii’s been making the national news quite a bit these past few days. There are, of course, lots of words about the election results. Do a quick run through Google’s Blog Search and [...]
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This is why we can still feel like Kaaawa is in the “country”. Sunday morning, about 7:15 a.m. I’m standing in the middle of Kamehameha Highway looking in the direction of Punaluu and beyond. Of course, there’s a bit of irony in the fact that we drive nearly an hour from downtown Honolulu in order [...]
No, I’m not ready to tackle the results of the special election yet. They’re just about what most Democrats feared. Maybe there will be something to say after looking at the precinct-level results. But now, something really important. Leo’s ghost. When our Alpha-cat, Mr. Leo, died early last year, we thought it was the end [...]
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