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LETTER OF COMPLAINTRegarding Mayor Kirk Caldwell Campaining at Honolulu Hale |
5/5/16
Mr. Charles Totto,
City and County of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI. 96813
Dear Mr. Totto,
Please
accept this letter as my formal complaint against City and County of
Honolulu’s Mayor Kirk Caldwell and other city employees. Specifically, I
am asking your office to investigate Mayor Kirk Caldwell for activities
on May 4, 2016, appearing to unlawfully conduct campaign activities on
property known as the Honolulu Hale and surrounding grounds owned by the
City and County of Honolulu.
It is my understanding "RCH
§ 11-104 prohibits an officer or employee from using city resources,
such as time, position or title, equipment, material, city seal or
facilities, for campaign assistance or political activities. To do so is
to give an unwarranted advantage to the candidate or political party
benefitting from the activities at the taxpayers' expense. The Revised
Guidelines on Campaign Activities is available at the Commission's
office or our website".
On
may 4, 2016, I observed Mayor Caldwell and a large number of his
supporters wearing T-shirts and signs with the words "Mayor KIRK
Caldwell" and signs with the words "Kirk Caldwell MAYOR" assembled on
the grounds of Honolulu
Hale to listen to Mayor Kirk Caldwell give his campaign speech and
declare that he is now actively seeking a new term as mayor of Honolulu.
I also observed members of Mayor Caldwell's current Mayoral staff including Jessie Broder Vandyke(sp.) and Managing Director Roy Amamiya wearing T-shirts with the words "Mayor KIRK Caldwell". Mr. Andrew Pereira, a member of the mayor's current staff, was also in attendance. There appeared to be a number of other city employees in attendance but their names escape me.
I observed some of the above campaign activities between 2 and 3 o'clock p.m. I have attached a number of photographs of the campaign activities in support of my complaint.
If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 808-782-6627.
Thank you,
Carroll Cox
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