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| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits have been extended. See more below. Image from SNAP |
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR KAI KAHELE released a youtube video on Saturday at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcnsQRE1zhw regarding campaign financing focusing on his opponent Lt. Gov Josh Green. Kahele also recommended that voters look into Green's sources of income beyond his salary as lieutenant governor.
Kahele contended that "mainstream media" hasn't thoroughly covered the sources of Green's funding and his personal income. He also recommended that voters look at where Green spends the money raised for his campaign. Kahele said the information is available through links from www.hawaiinotforsale.com to campaign spending reports on the state of Hawai'i Campaign Spending Commission website. Kahele called on the Honolulu Star Advertiser and Civil Beat and broadcast media, as well as those planning to vote, to delve into the subject.
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| Kai Kahele supporters in Hilo on Friday. Photo from Kahele campaign |
Kahele says out of state donors are "Where I have red flags and hair stands up on my neck."
Kahele said that Green has held over 44 fundraisers in the 2022 election period and continues to have them. He says six of the fundraisers were outside of Hawai'i, the venues in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Maryland and California, and says that Hawai'i taxpayers pay for the lieutenant governor's security team that accompanies him out of state for the fundraising events. He also points to fundraisers in the state, describing country club and private home locations.
Concerning Green's income beyond his salary as lieutenant governor, Kahele points to Green's weekend job at Kohala Hospital working in the emergency room, where he earns $100,000 to $150,000 a year, in addition to his $165,552 annual lieutenant governor position. Much of the funding for the emergency room job comes through the state, as does the cost of Green's security detail that accompanies him on plane trips and on the ground to his outside job on Hawai'i Island, says Kahele.
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| Josh Green highlights his experience as a physician and his leadership during the pandemic in his campaign to become the next governor. Image from Green campaign |
Kahele also says that on May 10 the Green campaign collected 14 donations of $6,000 each, and asked whether this was related to a campaign funding event that should be studied.
He also advises the electorate to look at expenditures by the Green campaign on out of state consultants and asked whether they were hired to seek donations from the mainland.
Kahele also notes that Green was fined for exceeding the non-resident donations after his successful race for lieutenant governor.
"I am sick and tired of all these people from the mainland trying to influence our elections and to control the economic and political life of the state," says Kahele in the video.
Green has pointed to his role as a physician in caring for people during the pandemic as one of the reasons he is trusted to become the next governor of Hawai'i. See Green's comments on Kahele's questions in the Sunday Kaʻū News Briefs.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SNAP BENEFITS will continue through Sept. 20. Gov. David Ige signed a third emergency proclamation on Friday to allow the continuation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in line with the federal COVID emergency.“Many Hawaiʻi families continue to suffer from food insecurity as they struggle to provide food for
SNAP is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is the largest food nutrition assistance program in the country. It benefits eligible low-income individuals and families through an Electronic Benefits Transfer card, which can be used to purchase eligible food items in authorized retail stores.
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