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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 280 12 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO <br /> ADEQUATELY FUND BOTH THE HAWAII CAMPAIGN SPENDING <br /> COMMISSION AND A STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC <br /> FUNDING SYSTEM FOR ELECTIONS. <br /> WHEREAS, a democratic government derives its power from the consent of its citizens; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, corporate and other special interest donations account for the vast majority <br /> of campaign donations, both locally and nationally; and <br /> WHEREAS, comprehensive public funding options give candidates a possible <br /> alternative to private campaign funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is in the public's interest that our elected officials concentrate on solving <br /> our state's problems and not be distracted by the need to raise huge sums of money for their <br /> campaigns, nor have to worry about antagonizing those who have donated generously to their <br /> campaigns; and <br /> WHEREAS,the current campaign finance system fails to discourage candidates from <br /> accepting large campaign contributions from private interests that may be directly affected by <br /> governmental actions and from enacting laws favoring those contributors' interest to the <br /> detriment of the interest of citizens who are not large contributors; and <br />