Off The Beat: Lobbyists Spent Money on Hawaii Lawmakers…Somewhere
Civil Beat reported Monday that organizations spent more than $1 million to influence Hawaii lawmakers in the first two months of this year.
But the number paints an incomplete picture: Hawaii law doesn’t require lobbyists to say what, or who, they’re spending money on.
Another way to try to find out how lobbyists spent money would be to look at lawmakers’ gift disclosures.
But we found the vast majority reported few, if any, gifts.
The spirit of the disclosure law is openness.
But it sure seems like under current law too much is being kept in the dark — including the public.
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