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Honolulu Endorsement Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:42pm.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin likes the idea of a pilot Clean Elections public financing program for Hawaii County Council elections, seeing such a program as a worthwhile experiment in public financing that could go on to benefit other elections in the state.
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