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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 17) An earlier, virtually identical letter, was mailed in June 2006 to 459 <br /> <br /> residents of Puna Makai. The earlier letter did not include any reference <br /> <br /> to the website but included the same attachment listing the CIP projects <br /> <br /> for the Puna Makai District (District 5); <br /> <br /> 18) The subject website is the Council Member's campaign website. The <br /> <br /> front page of the website notes that the website is paid for by the <br /> <br /> committee to re-elect the incumbent Council Member. Although there <br /> <br /> was information on the website that did not pertain to his campaign, the <br /> <br /> website was primarily a campaign website; <br /> <br /> 19) Members of the public that received the July 2006 newsletter would have <br /> been led by the reference to the campaign website which promoted the <br /> <br /> Council Member as a candidate. Although the Council Member testified <br /> <br /> that the use of his campaign website was inadvertent, even if inadvertent, <br /> <br /> it combined an official newsletter with a campaign reference making at <br /> <br /> least a portion of the newsletter an impermissible use of County resources <br /> <br /> for a campaign purpose; <br /> <br /> 20) The Council Member appeared and testified. The June 2006 newsletter is <br /> <br /> personally signed by the Council Member. However, the July 2006 <br /> <br /> newsletter bears a stamped signature of the Council Member. The July <br /> <br /> 2006 newsletter was read over the phone to the Council Member by his <br /> <br /> secretary. His secretary informed him that she had added the sentence <br /> <br /> regarding the website. The Council Member verbally approved the July <br /> <br /> 2006 newsletter. The Council Member testified that his intent was to give <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6 <br />