Money Vs. Integrity - #133

#133 DALTON TANONAKA,
FORMER LT. GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE (HAWAII)

He's out NOW but back in 2005, Dalton Tanonaka got himself thrown into jail for three months, got three months of probation and got fined 10K.

Naturally, it was about integrity, even though Tananoka's mouthpiece claimed it was about money.

Here's what Tanonaka did: Back in 2002, Tanonaka 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.

Then he listed the $45,000 deposit as a loan from himself but was not charged with concealing the true source of the money or of exceeding the state campaign limit on loans from people other than himself or family members. Even though he did that by $2000.

The other thing he did was not list on his financial disclosure form: a contract that was to pay him $10,000 a month.

Tanonaka's mouthpiece said he didn't see what all the fuss was about because all the loans were repaid.

The US attorney who prosecuted Tanonaka said this wasn't about money. It was about the integrity of the process.

S. Olson