text:  I want to be sure we can do that. He says a zero-gifts policy would be too difficult to track and adhere to, especially since it's popular to give people lay. The Honolulu Ethics Commission Chair David Monk said that they have been trying to do more public outreach about what is allowed and what is not allowed. He attributes those efforts to the decrease in complaints being filed to the commission. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision weakening federal bribery laws.