Kauanoe Batangan

Councilmember, Kahului

PUBLIC · silencing audit

How does this member’s recorded behavior — votes, the money behind them, and recusals — line up against the will of the voters they represent? Every figure below is sourced; each is a question for the Board of Ethics, not a finding. The donations shown are this member’s OWN campaign filings (matched by candidate name); the large dollar figures are the vendors’ county contracts set beside those donations — not the member’s money.

Seat history — Councilmember Tasha Kama held the Kahului residency seat until her passing in October 2025. Kauanoe Batangan was appointed by the Council to fill the vacant seat in November 2025 — his tenure is only months old. The donations shown below are his OWN filings; the money raised and deals made for this seat during Councilmember Kama's tenure were hers, audited separately and with the respect owed a member who has passed. (Source: Maui County Council, Nov. 10, 2025.) [source]

Silence(R) — the rollup

money+vote flags

their donors who hold county contracts

$700

their own donations

from those donor-vendors (CSC filings)

$9,413,760

vendor county $

the vendors' contracts — NOT the member's money

dissent rate

0 NAY of 67 votes

recorded recusals

of 67 total votes

The overlapping logic

Batangan at center · donors (teal) and vendors (amber) one hop away · from the sourced crosswalk graph

Per-matter — the questions

Vendor / party	County $	To this member	The question & what to request
FUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC.	$4,706,880	$400	Did Kauanoe Batangan, having received $400 from Fukumoto, Kay (individual), act on county business with FUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC. — which holds $4,706,880 across 21 award(s) — without recusing? NEEDS-RECORD: per-member roll-call NAY + named testimony on this matter are not machine-published by Maui — request via UIPA (HRS 92F) to the County Clerk.
FUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC.	$4,706,880	$300	Did Kauanoe Batangan, having received $300 from Fukumoto, Mitchell (individual), act on county business with FUKUMOTO ENGINEERING, INC. — which holds $4,706,880 across 21 award(s) — without recusing? NEEDS-RECORD: per-member roll-call NAY + named testimony on this matter are not machine-published by Maui — request via UIPA (HRS 92F) to the County Clerk.

Sourced: Maui County CivicClerk minutes (vote record) · Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission (donations, keyed by candidate name) · HANDS Notice-of-Award (contracts). A member's donations are their OWN filings; a predecessor who held the seat earlier raised their own money — never conflated. Framed as questions for the Board of Ethics (Maui Charter Art. 10 / HRS ch. 84), never verdicts.