Questionable Campaign Ethics Afoot. . .

[DaVinci]

According to the history referenced by the OP, the organization created in 1963 was a California non-profit. It was disbanded in 1967 and a Hawaii non-profit was created then called "Hawaiian Fern Acres Association of Hawaii." (Odd name, eh?) So then that organization fought with the county, partnered with a similar group in Hawaiian Acres and begged residents to give the odd dollar here and there. At some point, it may well be that the group with the odd name changed their name to FACA, but the document does not say so explicitly. But even if FACA is just a renamed version of that original 1967 non-profit, in the 1980s it would have been accurate to say that no group existed that had authority to collect and disburse mandatory road fees, because FACA was at that time asking the court for just exactly that authority. In fact, FACA was denied this authority on December 12, 1985. So at that point, FACA was just a group of well-intentioned residents who were not recognized as the authority of anything in Fern Acres. If they had a Road Committee, it was a phantom with no duties or legal standing. It is certainly conceiveable that a resident who worked with the board, volunteered her time, traveled to Oahu, spoke before the county, and/or whatever else Fran did could sincerely believe that she helped her community organization "get structured and legal." Not much of an ethical smoking gun here, if you ask me.

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