Isle senator's effort in billing flap followed by campaign gift from firm

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 11, 2012

~~<p>A state senator wrote a letter on his official legislative stationery in August urging the city to settle a six-figure billing dispute with a private company, and eight days later the company donated $2,000 to the senator's campaign, according to city and campaign spending records.</p>
<p>The $2,000 donation brought Automated HealthCare Solutions' cumulative contributions to Sen. Josh Green to $4,000, the maximum allowed during an election cycle for a senatorial candidate, the records show. Green, a Hawaii County physician and chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, easily won re-election last week.</p>
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A state senator wrote a letter on his official legislative stationery in August urging the city to settle a six-figure billing dispute with a private company, and eight days later the company donated $2,000 to the senator's campaign, according to city and campaign spending records.

The $2,000 donation brought Automated HealthCare Solutions' cumulative contributions to Sen. Josh Green to $4,000, the maximum allowed during an election cycle for a senatorial candidate, the records show. Green, a Hawaii County physician and chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, easily won re-election last week. Login for more...