Ka Pono · The Right Thing
Civic Transparency
Keeping the public record honest — sourced, allegation-framed, never fabricated. The civic side of elementLOTUS is a standing watch, not a verdict.
🟡 Sunshine Law Compliance Watch
Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-7(b) requires public bodies to post meeting notice and agenda at least 6 calendar days in advance. Late posting means a meeting is cancelled as a matter of law (§92-7(c)).
The Kilo Aupuni engine watches every Maui County Council committee meeting on Legistar — computing the notice period from the official publication timestamp — and publishes the factual record publicly.
View the Sunshine Law Record → 12sgi.com
What the watch covers
- Every Maui County Council committee meeting in the current session
- Notice period computed from Legistar’s published timestamp (EventAgendaLastPublishedUTC → HST)
- Status: COMPLIANT (6+ days), REVIEW NEEDED (reconvened / exception), or FLAGGED (under 6 days, no exception)
- Sourced to Legistar record — no interpretation, no fabrication; findings framed as questions for the record
📊 Kilo Aupuni — The Civic Record Engine
Kilo Aupuni means “to watch the government” in Hawaiian. The engine pulls public records — campaign finance, roll-call votes, permit applications, federal contracts — and surfaces the patterns people’s data already contain.
Everything published is sourced. Civic data is treated as a record to be kept, not a verdict to be rendered. The goal is an honest, independent, always-current mirror of what the public record says.
Sunshine Watch
HRS §92-7 meeting notice compliance — factual record
Money × Votes
Campaign donor patterns vs. committee vote records
Federal Contracts
USASpending — federal $ to Maui by place and contractor
Permit Watch
MAPPS building permits — post-fire reconstruction tracking
12sgi.com — Full Civic Dashboard →
elementLOTUS · 12 Stones Global — Maui, Hawaiʻi · Civic data sourced from Legistar, Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission, USASpending.gov, MAPPS. No legal determinations are made or implied.