DFL STRIKES OUT AGAIN!
Campaign finance board tosses out DFL allegations
A complaint filed by a DFL state representative against the House Republican Campaign Committee was dismissed Thursday by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
Rep. Tim Mahoney, DFL-St. Paul, asked the board to investigate whether Republican legislators wrongly shifted campaign funds to fellow GOP candidates. He alleged that some donors to the campaign committee determined how the money was spent, in violation of campaign finance laws.
In its ruling, the board found no evidence that any "express of implied conditions were placed on the contributions solicited from the legislators."
Mahoney did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
When he filed the complaint last month, Mahoney acknowledged he was essentially retaliating against Republicans who had filed state and federal fund-raising complaints against a Washington-based political group with ties to House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, also a St. Paul Democrat. That group, 21st Century Democrats, received $300,000 in contributions from Entenza.
The group and its allied organizations spent millions to turn out young voters and help state Democratic candidates in Minnesota and elsewhere. At issue is whether the donations and campaign spending were properly reported. The state campaign finance board has yet to rule on the Republican complaint against Entenza, who has said he's confident the charges will be thrown out. Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2005
A complaint filed by a DFL state representative against the House Republican Campaign Committee was dismissed Thursday by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
Rep. Tim Mahoney, DFL-St. Paul, asked the board to investigate whether Republican legislators wrongly shifted campaign funds to fellow GOP candidates. He alleged that some donors to the campaign committee determined how the money was spent, in violation of campaign finance laws.
In its ruling, the board found no evidence that any "express of implied conditions were placed on the contributions solicited from the legislators."
Mahoney did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
When he filed the complaint last month, Mahoney acknowledged he was essentially retaliating against Republicans who had filed state and federal fund-raising complaints against a Washington-based political group with ties to House Minority Leader Matt Entenza, also a St. Paul Democrat. That group, 21st Century Democrats, received $300,000 in contributions from Entenza.
The group and its allied organizations spent millions to turn out young voters and help state Democratic candidates in Minnesota and elsewhere. At issue is whether the donations and campaign spending were properly reported. The state campaign finance board has yet to rule on the Republican complaint against Entenza, who has said he's confident the charges will be thrown out. Source: Associated Press, January 27, 2005
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