Speaker Souki Raises Cash In Session
The Maui Democrat asked for donations of $1,000 smack dab in the middle of conference committee.
House Speaker Joe Souki held 聽Monday night at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Waikiki.
The suggested contribution was a tidy $1,000.
I wonder聽if was in attendance.
As you may know, A&B is on聽the cusp of having the Hawaii Legislature pass legislation that allows the agricultural business to keep diverting water from East Maui streams even as the matter is in the聽courts and before a state agency.
As my partner in crime Nick Grube reported, A&B has doled out $600,000 to local pols over the past decade.
Souki tops the list of House lawmakers getting A&B cash.
Probably just a coincidence.
