An audit?  It's pretty clear what happened to the Honolulu Ethics Commission.  Why do we need an audit to tell us what we already know?  The Ethics Commission will never be fixed as long as it's in the Executive branch.  It has to be semi-autonomous like H.A.R.T and  the Board of Water Supply.  Furthermore, the mayor should not be able to appoint members to the commission.  The mayor as the Chief Executive is the measuring rod for everything that the executive branch does and fails to do.  He is solely accountable for their conduct. The Ethics Commission should be the check and balance of that process for the constituents. The Ethics Commission doesn't work for the mayor.  It works for the people.  Ergo, the commission should be elected by the people during regular elections just like the mayor.  That prevents the mayor from appointing puppets to the commission and simply doing whatever he wants.