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No reported expenditures by a ballot issue committee.<\/p>\n
There was only one registered committee,\u00a0Preserve Our Hawaii<\/a>, devoted to the constitutional convention referendum.\u00a0 It had no reported receipts or expenditures. Preserve Our Hawaii is headed by<\/a>\u00a0Karlie Asato whose title has been Legislative Support Staff for the Hawaii Government Employees Association.<\/p>\n There was only one registered committee, United Public Workers<\/a>, that reported expenditures on the constitutional convention referendum. It reported<\/a> a $9,000 expenditure to\u00a0Fuel Communications<\/a> for education. Its total reported expenditures for the period were\u00a0$96,512.36. The Hawaii State Teachers Association, traditionally Hawaii’s leading convention opponent, is a long-time<\/a> client of Fuel Communications.<\/p>\n For a news report on the first report that covers the constitutional convention referendum, see Eagle, Nathan, Chamber Of Commerce Pours $600K Into Fighting School-Funding Measure<\/a>, Civil Beat, October 1, 2018.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A critique of the Campaign Spending Commission data as well as the press coverage of it can be found at:<\/p>\n The contributors, dates of contribution, and amount of contributions are copied below from the filing<\/a>. A summary of the expenditures<\/a> can be found under the Ad submenu under the Yes & No menu on this website. Total contributions were $665,000.\u00a0 The largest contributor ($400,000) was the National Education Association and its two local affiliates, the Hawaii State Teachers Association and\u00a0University of Hawaii Professional Assembly. The second largest contributor ($240,000) was the Hawaii Government Employees Association. The only other reported contributor was the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association ($25,000).<\/p>\nSecond Report Due October 29, 2018 (for the period ending October 22)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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