Repuke (not DeLay) heads to prison for campaign finance violations

[KamaAina]

The hits just keep on comin'...

http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/04/news/story02.html

Former newspaper and television journalist Dalton Tanonaka will spend three months in prison followed by three months under house arrest for lying about money he received during his failed campaigns for lieutenant governor and Congress....

"I accept the sentence that was handed down," Tanonaka said after the sentencing. "I will continue to contribute to the community in ways I can in the future."

Let me see, maybe by picking up trash along the highway while wearing an orange jumpsuit? :evilgrin:

The first two counts stem from Tanonaka's 2002 campaign for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He accepted $48,000 in loans from two people and deposited $45,000 into his campaign account. He did not list the loans as unpaid liabilities on his loan applications....

One month after he entered into the consulting agreement with K.D., Tanonaka sent an e-mail to Gov. Linda Lingle describing harvesting as a new source of jobs in Hawaii and offered to set up a meeting between the governor and company officials, Tong said. In the e-mail Tanonaka claimed to have no financial interest in the logging, he said.

Note that the S-B actually mentions the R-word, though it is buried halfway into the story -- and yet again, Lingle (R-Has Karen Hughes on Speed Dial) is in deeper than she's letting on....