Minutes for June 8, 2005

Campaign Spending Commission Meeting
Leiopapa A Kamehameha Building, Room 204
June 8, 2005
10:00 a.m.

Members Present:
A. Duane Black, Paul Kuramoto, Steven Olbrich, Gino Gabrio, Dean Robb

Staff Present:
Robert Watada, Tony Baldomero, Ellen Kojima

Gary Kam, Deputy Attorney General

Call to Order:
Meeting convened at 10:05 a.m. with Chairman Black presiding.

Consideration of Minutes:
Mr. Gabrio moved to accept the minutes of May 10, 2005, Mr. Kuramoto seconded. Motion carried.

Mr. Watada introduced to commission members and staff new commission member Michael Weaver. He will be replacing Chairman Black whose term ends June 30.

Old Business:
Complaint In Re the Matter Haunani Apoliona
Draft letter has been received, which both Gary Kam, Deputy AG and director have accepted. The letter states that the Commission acknowledges that the MidWeek obscured the disclaimer and that the $25 fine will be paid by MidWeek. Complaint will be withdrawn.

Brian Kang, attorney representing Ms. Apoliona and her committee also stated that the draft has been agreed to and that Mr. Kam is finalizing it and confirmed his understanding that the complaint will be withdrawn.

New Business:
Draft Conciliation Agreement 05-07 Architects Pacific, Inc., John Adversalo & Curtis Miyamura
Investigation found that partners John Adversalo and Curtis Miyamura made a number of false name contributions. Mr. Adversalo was also prosecuted and sentenced to a 10-day jail term for contributions that were made to the Harris campaign. Recommended fines which has been assessed each partner is, Adversalo $36,500 for contributions totaling $45,100 and for Miyamura $4,500 for contributions totaling $25,800.

Mr. Gabrio moved to approve the conciliation agreement, Mr. Olbrich seconded. Motion carried.

Draft Advisory Opinion 05-05 Noncandidate Committee Reporting of Contributions
An attorney for the Painters Union noncandidate committee requested an advisory opinion on whether the union committee needs to report a company contribution to the committee by the name of the company or by the name of the employees of the company. Draft opinion advises that the union will report the name of the company making the contribution to the union committee, as the funds comes from the company's general treasury.

Mr. Olbrich moved to approve draft advisory opinion, Mr. Kuramoto seconded. Motion carried.

Communication to Commission:
Web-Based Filing System
System 99% complete just a few technical things that need to be worked out. Hope to start testing by the end of June. Work has started on a web-based filing system for candidates. Hope to have that by the end of the year.

Next Meeting:
Scheduled for Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 10:00 am.

Mr. Olbrich moved to convene executive session to discuss personnel matters, Mr. Robb seconded. Motion carried.

Public session reconvened---no further business to discuss. Chair Black adjourned meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.