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Breaking: GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown violates campaign finance law - again
According to the City Commissioners, GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown has violated campaign finance law - for the second time this year.
Breaking: GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown violates campaign finance law — again
According to the City Commissioners, GOP mayoral candidate Karen Brown has violated campaign finance law — for the second time this year.
Brown has failed to file a campaign finance report for her political committee "Friends of Karen Brown" with the Commissioners' office — despite it bringing in more than $11,000 in contributions last year. By law, candidates are required to do so.
Tim Dowling, of the Commissioners' office, says a complaint about the violation has been referred to the District Attorney's office.
In February, the city's Board of Ethics found that Brown had violated another campaign finance law — a fact that, until now, has not been reported by the press. At the time, Brown was running as a Democrat for the 1st Council District and at-large seats, and violated a law that bars candidates from having more than one political committee for each office being sought. Brown had "Friends of Karen Brown," as well as "Karen Brown for 1st District Council" and "Karen Brown for City Council at-Large."
The Ethics Board settled with Brown, and waived any fines or penalties against her.
To her credit, Brown has filed a campaign finance report for "Friends of Karen Brown" with the Ethics Board, in accordance with the settlement agreement. But according to the two offices, candidates must file the reports with both.
When reached over the phone, Brown says, "I did what I was told to do [by the Ethics Board]." She also claims that as soon as she became aware of her first violation in February, she told the Ethics Board and complied with their investigation. "Not being a politician before," Brown says, "I realized I had made a boo-boo."
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Give her a break. Her 15 seconds of (sic) fame is almost over and we have not even made it to the general election. I know Karen and she swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker early on form Johnny Doc. What she did not know was that she was "mackerel" and being used for bait.— Kirk Penn 2010- n February, the city's Board of Ethics found that Brown had violated another campaign
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