HONOLULU (AP) – The Honolulu Ethics Commission says Mayor Peter Carlisle was wrong to use gifts to the city to pay for his wife to travel to China.
Carlisle must reimburse Honolulu $3,300 for the cost of his wife to travel to China with him in June.
The gifts were earmarked to pay for her trip, but under ethics laws gifts to the city can only be used for public purposes. The commission says that because Carlisle’s wife is not a public official, the money couldn’t be used for her.
Carlisle asked the commission for advice about the issue in May, but the commission didn’t issue its determination until Thursday.
The mayor’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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