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Just read Mayor Alan Arakawa's piece about how campaign-spending reports don't match up to County Council Member Elle Cochran's rhetoric ("Our County," June 15). Arakawa can be cantankerous at times but he does his homework it seems. Not only was the councilwoman wrong about his contributions but also her own.
I see she does not shy away from contributions from developers as her reputation would suggest. Goodfellow, Dowling and The Mills Group are all listed as giving her money. Mills built The Shops at Wailea and Maui Lani, very interesting since the whole sand-mining issue was centered around Maui Lani.
Then there's $2,000 from the Uniao do Vegetal, which is known for the hallucinogenic tea they drink during their church ceremonies. Curiouser and curiouser. Perhaps this means if she becomes mayor she'll have teatime during her lunch hour to hallucinate new ways to improve the county.
Also, mahalo to my grandson Greyson for helping me navigate this very informative website.
Joe Pacheco
Hana