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10:06 a.m. Wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” a Carlisle Backer

Take a quick look at the 14 individuals or companies that have already donated the maximum $4,000 to Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s re-election campaign. See any local celebrities? Look closer.

Among the entities is a company called Auntie’s, Inc. On , the company is identified only with a Beverly Hills (Calif.) P.O. box. But a search on the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offers more details.

The company’s only officer is Alice Chapman. In December 2008, its name was changed from “Auntie’s Bail Bonds, Inc.” Auntie’s mailing address on Queen Emma Street is right next door to the Oahu location of Da Kine Bail Bonds — the home of reality television star Duane “Dog” Chapman.

Fans of know Dog’s wife as Beth, but her birth name was Alice Elizabeth. (She was identified in a and photograph as Alice Barmore.) So it appears Dog’s wife is a major backer of the mayor.

Dog and his family consider themselves to be law enforcement, and Carlisle was the city’s longtime prosecutor, so the match makes sense. But it’s interesting that the donation was fairly anonymous and that Chapman isn’t using her celebrity to promote Carlisle’s cause.

Maybe they’re saving that for the campaign trail?

UPDATE: Inside Honolulu shortly after 12 p.m. and confirmed she backs Carlisle, saying she’s a “proud supporter.”

9:42 a.m. Kaneshiro’s Small-Kine Fundraiser

Buried in our story this morning about Mayor Peter Carlisle‘s fundraising efforts was the note that Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro spent $3,000 for a fundraiser but didn’t file advance notice of his intent to hold that fundraiser.

Carol Nakamura, who worked on Kaneshiro’s election campaign last year, told Inside Honolulu this morning that Kaneshiro didn’t file notice because the suggested donation amount of $25 didn’t trigger the requirement under .

A closer look at Kaneshiro’s haul shows that he got a bunch of larger donations from the March 16 fundraiser. On that day and the next two days, Kaneshiro reported 41 large donations totaling $13,500 — almost half of the $28,385 he received in denominations larger than $100 for the first six months of 2011.

Kaneshiro did receive a lot of small donations — another $20,265 in denominations $100 or smaller, according to . Candidates are not required to disclose when small donations come in, how much each is for and who donated.

8:07 a.m. Eric Ryan Is a Crook?

Republican gadfly and former city employee Eric Ryan has made news in recent weeks with accusations against state Rep. Kymberly Pine and Honolulu City Council member Tom Berg on his website, .

Now, it appears someone is trying to give Ryan a taste of his own medicine. On Sunday, three new posts were added to the blog at . They all purport to shed light on Ryan’s character and business dealings. At the bottom, a poll gives visitors these four options for what should happen to Ryan:

• Put him in Jail
• Sue him!
• Put him in a box and send him to Abudabi [sic]
• Hope he just moves

There are some obvious guesses for who’s behind the site, but for now, it’s anonymous. Happy reading.

Slush Fund for Ansaldo Parent?

Interesting news out of Rome this weekend. Finmeccanica, the parent company of the organization that could be awarded the billion-dollar core systems contract for Honolulu’s rail system, is being investigated for maintaining slush funds to make secret payoffs to commissions in Italy.

The ownership of the Ansaldo Honolulu joint venture is complicated, but suffice it to say that questions about Finmeccanica in Italy could conceivably have an impact on Ansaldo here in Hawaii.

Read .

Mayor Rakes In Campaign Cash

From elsewhere on Civil Beat this morning: Mayor Peter Carlisle doesn’t have an announced opponent for the 2012 election, but that didn’t stop him from collecting about $280,000 in campaign contributions during the first six months of 2011.

Filings show he held a major fundraiser in April at the Hilton Hawaiian Village that cost him $70,000 in food and beverages — plus $2,000 for an orchestra conductor — but it was well worth it

Read the full story here.

Where’s Carlisle?

At 5:30 p.m. today, Mayor Peter Carlisle is scheduled to deliver remarks at the Cal Ripken Pacific-Southwest Regional Tournament Dinner at the Pacific Beach Hotel.

Read Previous Editions of Inside Honolulu

July 22: Carlisle’s Public Sked; City Seeking Hackers (just kidding); Honolulu’s Locked-Down Freeways; Disposing Needles on Kauai; Bombardier Mulling Options; Where’s Carlisle?

July 21: Carlisle Out Of Town; Horner Rails Against LEED Costs; $1.3M in Rent for HART? Hamayasu on the Defensive; Head-Hunting Costs Money; Ready to Strike Again; A Third Rail Lawsuit To Watch?; Natatorium Re-Opens … In California; HART Meets Today (Twice); Where’s Carlisle?

July 20: Sumitomo Speaks; Water Rates Going Up, Up, Up; Sumitomo Rail Protest Still Alive; The Release; Carlisle: Sludge To Honouliuli; Martin: I Could Be Mayor; Sewage Sludge Presser at 10; Police Commission, Behind Closed Doors; Sumitomo’s Turn; Where’s Carlisle?

July 19: Koa Ridge Hits a Roadblock; City Pleased With DCCA Decision; Landfill Site Search Expands; Fact-Finding Rail Trips Cost $11,000; State Denies Bombardier Appeal; Open That Kimono; Rail a Rare Open Appeal Hearing; Where’s Carlisle?

July 18: City Files Rail Lawsuit Response; UPDATE: Tom Berg, Also a Crook; Martin’s Campaign Treasurer a Convicted Coke Dealer; City Wants More Time at Landfill; Then There Were Two; Eric Ryan: Tom Berg Is A Crook?; Berg “Pissed” but Ryan “In Play”; Food for Conflict Thoughts; HART Ready to Buy Parcels; Bike Battle Still Brewing; City Response to Rail Lawsuit Due Today; Weekend Shakeup at the Hale; Where’s Carlisle?

July 15: HART Board to Meet Next Week; ORI Plan Due Today; Kym Pine Website Launch Delayed By “Major” News; Mayor’s Public Sked; Tulsi Pulls In $20K; Where’s Carlisle?

July 14: Zoning Board Appointees On Track; Neighborhood Board Battle Brewing; HPD Not Alone in Lack of Self-Tracking; Where’s Carlisle?

July 13: City’s Staggered Terms Stay Staggered; Pow-Wow Just An Update; Does Military Count: City Edition; Rail Pow-Wow at the Hale; They’re Talking About Us In Dallas; Berg Stands By His Man; Laie Developer Resigns at Gov’s Request; About Those HART Offices…; Rail Opponents Pay for Ink; Where’s Carlisle?; On Tap for Today.

July 12: (Unnamed) City Official Violated Ethics Code; Ethics Questions Up From Last Year; Prosecutor Kaneshiro Target of Ethics Complaint; Elsewhere on Civil Beat; Carlisle Quiet Today.

July 11: Transparency Site Getting Stale; Hoopili Hearing Set for September; Fire Commission Meeting Today; Carlisle’s Early Start.

July 8: Rail Appeals Opened to Public; Carlisle’s Public Sked; Ethics Panel To Decide on Violations Tuesday; Smoke on the (Waste) Water; Three Oahu Projects in Environmental Notice; County Governments Gather in Honolulu; General Plan Process Under Way.

July 7: T-Minus One Hour to General Plan Meeting; Rail Contractor Protest Closed To Public; What to Read This Morning.

July 6: Oh Godbey, New City Lawyer in the House; Derailed: Tom Berg Q&A; Steinberger Slams ‘Anti-Synagro’ Resolution; Ag Land Property Tax Bill Heads Back to Committee; New Chair, New Seats; Council Gathers Early to Fete Honorees; Martin, Anderson Ink Op-Ed.

July 5: New State Law Protects County Firefighters, Lifeguards; Federal Highways Rep: City and State Need to Play Nice; Leeward Politicians Push for Bikeway; State Officials in the Hale for Transportation; Ernie Martin’s First Agenda as Chair; No Crime Stats for HPD.

July 1: City Parade to Cost $20K; Furloughs Are Over, Pay Is Up; No Laie Decision At Next Council Meeting; Housing Office Open For Business; HART Kicks Off New Era for Honolulu Rail; Happy New Year!; Martin Tabs Kobayashi as Budget Chair.