Political corruption and illegal influence from anti-vaping extremists exposed in Hawaii

[DrMA]

Ethics complaint alleges Kona councilman

«Council Chairman [...] Kanuha violated the “fair treatment” provisions of the county ethics code. In addition, he said, the Coalition for a tobacco-Free Hawaii violated county lobbyist registration provisions when it didn’t register with the Clerk’s Office until after the bills were passed.»

 

[OCD]

Good first step, the big one will be when actual criminal charges begin to get filed for gross neglect or public endangerment.

 

[catlady60]

Next step is to expose the anti-vaping extremist nationwide, kicking .... and taking names.

 

[Bill Godshall]

While I share DrMA's concerns, the title of this thread is inaccurate and misleading.

I don't see any political corruption here, and don't think the allegations against the County Councilman will result in any charges, discipline or anything else.

Although the Coalition reps should have filed as lobbyists with the County when lobbying for the bill, they filed it shortly afterward.
It is very likely that some vape shop owners, e-cig vendors and/or other vaping ban opponents also failed to register as lobbyists.

The only egregious actions I see by the Councilman and the Coalition were their many false fear mongering claims about e-cigs, their advocacy for the vaping ban,.
and the Coalition's failure to ethically disclose its many conflicts of interest.

 

[DrMA]

You mean I was unduly influenced by the hyperbolic tone of MSM reporting on the so-called dangers of vaping? Anything's possible, but then I'd have to add this charge to their indictment of gross public health malpractice.