Maui County Council
Candidates for Maui County Council were required to file preliminary reports on
General Election fundraising and spending by Friday. The reports are current through Oct. 20 and date from the start of the
election period in 2006. Totals may not be exact, due to rounding of numbers.
South Maui
Wayne Nishiki
started at: $100
raised: $4,000
spent: $2,559
available: $1,540
notable donors: Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each)
Don Couch
Preliminary General report not filed.
Lanai
Sol Kaho'ohalahala
started at: $1,958
raised: $15,365
spent: $14,521
available: $2,802
notable donors: Hawaii Operating
Engineers ($2,000), Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each), Kihei residents Michael Honack and Gwendolyn Grace ($2,000 each); Inner Ocean Publishing owner John Elder ($2,000), Hawaii Carpenters Union PAC ($1,000)
John Ornellas
started at: $0
raised: $9,936
spent: $10,972
available: -$1,036
notable donors: Maxfield Construction LLC ($1,000), Mid-Pacific Pest Control ($500). Ornellas loaned an additional $4,042 to his campaign.
East Maui
Bill Kauakea Medeiros*
started at: $0
raised: $11,575
spent: $7,523
available: $4,051
notable donors: Plumbers & Pipefitters PAC ($2,000), Maui Land & Pineapple Co. PAC ($1,000), United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners ($1,000),
developer Everett Dowling ($300),
vacation rental operator and advocate David Dantes ($300). Medeiros loaned
an additional $11,500 to his campaign.
Lucienne de Naie
started at: $2,918
raised: $23,848
spent: $19,832
available: $6,934
notable donors: Inner Ocean Publishing owner John Elder ($1,000), "Snorkel Bob's" owners Robert and Anita Wintner ($2,000 each), Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each)
Makawao-Haiku-Paia
Mike Molina*
started at: $23,103
raised: $30,752
spent: $33,698
available: $20,157
notable donors: Keith Regan ($500),
businessman Dorvin Leis ($600), Hawaii Operating Engineers ($2,000), Hawaii
Carpenters PAC ($1,000), Pacific Rim Land ($500), Alexander & Baldwin PAC ($1,000), TVR operator and advocate Sharyn Stone ($200), Maui Tradewinds Vacation Rentals ($300), Honua'ula
representative Charles Jencks ($500), Maui Lani Golf Course LLC ($500), Maui Land & Pineapple PAC ($500)
Kai Nishiki
started at: $300
raised: $8,366
spent: $6,869
available: $1,796
notable donors: Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each), Realtor Mark Sheehan ($200)
Upcountry
Gladys Baisa*
started at: $26,635
raised: $59,068
spent: $55,911
available: $29,791
notable donors: Alexander & Baldwin PAC ($2,000), Maui Land & Pineapple PAC ($1,000), Hawaii Operating Engineers ($2,000), Honua'ula representative Charles Jencks ($700), United Public Workers ($1,000), TVR operator David Dantes ($300), Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each), retired Department of Housing
and Human Concerns Director Alice Lee ($200), developer Everett Dowling ($500), Kula Community Credit Union ($500)
Michael Howden
started at: $300
raised: $7,350
spent: $2,923
available: $4,726
notable donors: Inner Ocean Publishing owner John Elder ($2,000), Makena
residents Marc J. Turtletaub and Maureen Curran ($2,000 each)
Kahului
Joe Pontanilla*
started at: $2,670
raised: $50,362
spent: $40,250
available: $12,783
notable donors: Pacific Rim Land ($610), Keith Regan ($500), developer Everett Dowling ($1,000), Dorvin Leis ($600),
United Brotherhood of Carpenters &
Joiners ($1,500), International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen, Local 1 PAC ($1,250), Alexander & Baldwin PAC ($2,000), Spencer Homes ($1,200), Honua'ula representative Charles Jencks ($750), Maui Land & Pineapple Co. PAC ($1,044)
Netra Halperin
started at: $0
raised: $37,163
spent: $35,674
available: $1,488
notable donors: Henry Vanderveldt ($2,000), Michael Honack ($2,000),
Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each). Halperin also loaned $24,550 of her own money to the campaign.
West Maui
Jo Anne Johnson*
started at: $4,362
raised: $4,125
spent: $1,468
available: $7,018
notable donors: Makena residents Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curren ($2,000 each)
Alan Fukuyama
started at: $100
raised: $6,800
spent: $703
available: $6,197
notable donors: Hawaii Operating
Engineers ($2,000), United Brotherhood
of Carpenters Local 745 ($1,250), ILWU Local 142 PAC ($500).
Wailuku
Michael Victorino*
started at: $18,426
raised: $68,474
spent: $60,642
available: $26,258
notable donors: Maui Land & Pineapple PAC ($1,165), Maui Vacation Properties ($250), Joey's Concrete ($1,000),
Alexander & Baldwin PAC ($2,000),
developer Everett Dowling ($1,000),
Pacific Rim Land CCF Fund ($785), Honua'ula representative Charles Jencks ($600), Hawaii Operating Engineers ($1,850)
Molokai
Danny Mateo*
started at: $26,299
raised: $22,764
spent: $23,035
available: $26,027
notable donors: Hawaii Operating
Engineers ($2,000), Plumbers and
Pipefitters Local 675 ($2,000), Alexander & Baldwin PAC ($1,000), developer Everett Dowling ($250), Maui Land & Pineapple PAC ($544), Honua'ula representative Charles Jencks ($650), McDonald's franchise owner Erlinda Rosario ($1,000)
