Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission: Republicans OK as long as they don’t spend any money defeating Hawaii Democrats
BACKGROUND: Hawaii Republican Party Sells HQ—Where is the $1.2M?
UPDATE: FEC Closes Investigation of HI GOP June 5, 2025.
by Andrew Walden
Hawaii Republicans can do anything they want with their $546,381.14--derived from selling the Party headquarters—as long as they don’t spend it on winning state or county elections.
That’s the word from the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.
Making quick work of it, commissioners meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, unanimously provided the decision most likely to reinforce Hawaii’s one party system.
Dismissing the complaint filed by yours truly, Commission Vice Chair David Chee explained:
“…involving this complaint, there has been no state campaign spending that has occurred yet. We do not have jurisdiction to do anything with respect to this complaint except dismiss it because it doesn't seem to involve any campaign spending.”
The CSC complaint challenged the Party's failure to report the HQ sale proceeds to CSC.
Of course, state campaign spending laws deal with campaign fundraising, recordkeeping, and reporting -- not just campaign spending. But it is in the nature of a one party system that half-baked excuses go unchallenged.
This means the Hawaii CSC will do nothing to stop any embezzlement of the funds from the chaotic and depleted Hawaii Republican Party—as long as no money is spent to defeat Democrats.
A parallel FEC complaint--challenging Hawaii Republicans failure to report the HQ proceeds to the federal campaign authorities--is still pending.
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PDF: Complaint and HRP Response
BACKGROUND:
- August, 2024: Hawaii Republican Party Sells HQ—Where is the $1.2M?
- March, 2024: Hawaii Republican leaders secretly met with Miske Hitman Lindsey Kinney
- Feb, 2024: Long Lines Suppress Republican Votes on Election Day: City Clerk Plans to do it Again in 2024
- Jan, 2024: 'FBI' Chain Letter Scheme Entraps Hawaii Republicans and Libertarians
- Dec, 2023: FBI Illegal Disruption of Hawaii Republicans?
- Nov, 2023: Laughed out of Court: Libertarians Asked Federal Judge to ‘Disband Hawaii Republican Party’
- Sept, 2023: Can Hawaii Republicans Stop Vexatious Litigants?
- Sept, 2023: Lawsuit: Libertarians Ask Federal Court to ‘Disband Hawaii Republican Party’
- July, 2023: Real Estate Sharks Circle Hawaii Republican HQ as Party Loses ANOTHER Chairman
- May, 2023: VIDEO: Meet the 21 Trumpsters and Antivaxxers Running for State Republican Leadership
- May, 2023: Another Crackpot Election Lawsuit Thrown out of Court
- April, 2023: Trumpsters Fight Antivaxxers for Control of Maui GOP--Preview for Republican State Convention
- Feb, 2023: Hawaii Republicans lose challenge of 2022 election audit process
- Feb, 2023: Hawaii GOP Chair, Vice-Chair Suddenly Resign
- Jan, 2023: John Waihee’s Favorite Trump-era influence peddler sentenced to prison
- Dec, 2022: Hawaii 'Proud Boy' Leader Shows up in January 6 Report
- Dec, 2022: Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Gets Four Years Prison for Capitol Riot
- Sept, 2022: Trumpster Conspiracy Nuts Swamp Hawaii GOP Primary
- Sept, 2022: Fascism Doesn't Pay: Hawaii 'Proud Boy' Leader Pleads Guilty
- June, 2022: Duke Aiona Running for Governor?
- May, 2022: Trump Election Conspiracy Theories Front and Center in Hawaii Republican Party
- April, 2022: Kaimuki HS Grad Pleads Guilty to Trumpster Fraud
- Dec, 2021: Hawaii Proud Boys Founder Sued over January 6 Attack on Congress
- Aug, 2021: Anti-Vaxxers Set 'F*ck Ige' Rally for Capitol
- Feb, 2021: Hawaii Republican Chair Resigns in Wake of Trump’s Failed Coup d’Etat
- 2009 How This All Started: 9/11 Truthers Meet the Birth Certificate Brigade
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