Pro-rail PAC pays out $1M to parry Cayetano

The outlay hasn't altered views of the project or the mayor's race

By Derrick DePledge

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 02, 2012

~~<p>The Pacific Resource Partnership, which supports the city's rail project, has spent more than $1 million since January on political advocacy with most of the money used to attempt to influence the mayoral election.</p>
<p>The group's political action committee, financed by the Hawaii Carpenters Union and contractors, has directed most of its advertising at former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who has vowed to stop the $5.26 billion project if elected mayor.</p>
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The Pacific Resource Partnership, which supports the city's rail project, has spent more than $1 million since January on political advocacy with most of the money used to attempt to influence the mayoral election.

The group's political action committee, financed by the Hawaii Carpenters Union and contractors, has directed most of its advertising at former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who has vowed to stop the $5.26 billion project if elected mayor. Login for more...