In plain words: A pair is a promise that should answer itself — money in, value out. When a pair no longer answers, it shows up here.
12 Stones Global · Kilo Aupuni · Kumulipo parity
The Pairs That No Longer Answer
In the Kumulipo every birth answers its pair. Civic parity is the same law: a county contract (the output) must answer the public (its input) — not a private donor. When an award is shadowed by a donation routed through the official who decides it, the pair no longer answers. That is the imbalance this page measures: leverage = award ÷ contribution.
All figures are public record (Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission × HANDS contract awards).
Contributions and contracts are lawful. Every line is a question for verification — a correlation in
the record, never an allegation against any person.
The imbalance — what the ledger shows
10
pairs that no longer answer
$9,395,845
county awards shadowed
$14,264
in donations to deciders
659x
aggregate leverage
Pairs that no longer answer — sorted by leverage
A tiny input shadowing a huge output is the pair that does not answer. The question, each time: does the award answer the public, or the donation?
9,412xFUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC. — $1,882,419 in awards / $200 to Sugimura. Does FUKUNAGA & ASSOCIATES, INC.’s $1,882,419 in county awards answer the public, or the $200 given to Sugimura who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
2,690xFUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC. — $4,706,880 in awards / $1,750 to Batangan, Sugimura. Does FUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC.’s $4,706,880 in county awards answer the public, or the $1,750 given to Batangan, Sugimura who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
1,000xPark Consulting Group, Inc. — $50,000 in awards / $50 to Sinenci. Does Park Consulting Group, Inc.’s $50,000 in county awards answer the public, or the $50 given to Sinenci who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
783xAllana Buick & Bers, Inc. — $391,280 in awards / $500 to Cook. Does Allana Buick & Bers, Inc.’s $391,280 in county awards answer the public, or the $500 given to Cook who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
659xNISHIKAWA ARCHITECTS, INC. — $494,130 in awards / $750 to Sugimura. Does NISHIKAWA ARCHITECTS, INC.’s $494,130 in county awards answer the public, or the $750 given to Sugimura who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
498xCDF ENGINEERING — $248,870 in awards / $500 to Cook. Does CDF ENGINEERING’s $248,870 in county awards answer the public, or the $500 given to Cook who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
331xR. T. TANAKA ENGINEERS, INC. — $1,316,727 in awards / $3,975 to Bissen, Lee, Sugimura. Does R. T. TANAKA ENGINEERS, INC.’s $1,316,727 in county awards answer the public, or the $3,975 given to Bissen, Lee, Sugimura who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
87xOTOMO ENGINEERING, INC. — $91,246 in awards / $1,050 to Sugimura. Does OTOMO ENGINEERING, INC.’s $91,246 in county awards answer the public, or the $1,050 given to Sugimura who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
62xHAWAII OFF-GRID LLC — $64,293 in awards / $1,039 to Cook. Does HAWAII OFF-GRID LLC’s $64,293 in county awards answer the public, or the $1,039 given to Cook who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
34xBERLIEN CONSULTING LLC — $150,000 in awards / $4,450 to Bissen, Cook, Lee, Sugimura, Uu-Hodgins. Does BERLIEN CONSULTING LLC’s $150,000 in county awards answer the public, or the $4,450 given to Bissen, Cook, Lee, Sugimura, Uu-Hodgins who decide them? (public records – a correlation to verify, not a finding)
By decider — awards shadowed via their donors
$8,641,402Yuki Lei Sugimura – Council Vice-Chair, BFED Chair — received $4,300 from 6 contracted vendor(s)
$4,706,880Kauanoe Batangan – Councilmember, Kahului — received $700 from 1 contracted vendor(s)
$1,466,727Alice L. Lee – Council Chair — received $2,575 from 2 contracted vendor(s)
$1,466,727Richard Bissen – Mayor — received $3,250 from 2 contracted vendor(s)
$854,443Tom Cook – Councilmember, South Maui — received $3,089 from 4 contracted vendor(s)
$150,000Nohelani Uu-Hodgins – Councilmember — received $300 from 1 contracted vendor(s)
$50,000Shane Sinenci – Councilmember, East Maui — received $50 from 1 contracted vendor(s)
N53 · Ka Luna Kiaʻi — the Overseer
10 pairs no longer answer ($9,395,845 in awards shadowed by $14,264 in donations). The Overseer voices each cited pair – naming the award and the donation together – calling it back toward Pono.
Each award answers the public record, voiced as its pair. The remedy is disclosure sung, not accusation.
Each award answers the public record, voiced as its pair. The remedy is disclosure sung, not accusation.
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