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
$8,483,626
county awards shadowed
$14,264
in donations to deciders
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?
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)
2,500xMICHAEL WRIGHT & ASSOCIATES, INC. — $1,000,000 in awards / $400 to Sugimura. Does MICHAEL WRIGHT & ASSOCIATES, INC.'s $1,000,000 in county awards answer the public, or the $400 given to 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)
619xNISHIKAWA ARCHITECTS, INC. — $464,330 in awards / $750 to Sugimura. Does NISHIKAWA ARCHITECTS, INC.'s $464,330 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)
107xOTOMO ENGINEERING, INC. — $91,246 in awards / $850 to Sugimura. Does OTOMO ENGINEERING, INC.'s $91,246 in county awards answer the public, or the $850 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
$7,729,183Yuki 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)