Just about a month ago I wrote about how Kirk Caldwell has been holding a heck of a lot of campaign fundraisers, even though he has yet to draw an opponent in 2016.

The Honolulu mayor is holding yet another fundraiser tonight at 900 Fort Street Mall, which happens to be the address of The Plaza Club.

(Maybe he’s raising cash somewhere else in the Pioneer Plaza building?)

Caldwell is seeking donations of between $1,500 and $2,500. It’s his 26th fundraiser since April 2013.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell draped in lei after winning the 2012 election.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell draped in lei after winning the 2012 election. John Hook/Civil Beat

In the most recent filings with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission, the mayor had a war chest that was three times larger than Ernie Martin, the Honolulu City Council chairman who is reported to be mulling a mayoral campaign … sometime.

Martin’s District 2 seat, which includes Mililani Mauka, Wahiawa, Mokuleia, Haleiwa, Pupukea, Kahuku, Laie, Punaluu, Kaaawa and Kahaluu, is not up until 2018.

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