CONTRIBUTIONS BY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD MEMBER RAISE QUESTIONS
Wilbur Fluegel
A board member of the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, who's primary responsibility it is to regulate political orgainzations, contributes $1000 to a political organization he has been asked to investigating and he doesn't think it's a problem.
Whew. It sounds too crazy to be true, but it is.
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Contributions questioned
The state Republican Party issued a statement after the ruling Thursday saying the board "is once again allowing Democrats to eviscerate Minnesota's proud tradition of disclosure and transparency" and questioning the role of board member Wil Fluegel.
The statement, by party executive director Corey Miltimore, criticized the board for deliberating in private and said the public should know how Fluegel voted because "he reportedly gave $1,000 to the DFL House Caucus last year." The party released a page that it said came from the caucus schedule of campaign contributors showing Fluegel contributed $1,000 in August of last year.
The board's website, which publishes a list of contributors, shows Fluegel giving a total of $750 from 2000 through 2002 to the DFL House Caucus.
Fluegel, in an interview, didn't dispute that he gave $1,000 to the DFL House Caucus in 2004. He couldn't explain why the website didn't list any contributions from him to the caucus in 2004.
Fluegel declined to comment on whether he voted in this week's ruling. "I didn't see a conflict of interest in my participation to the extent that I participated in the decision of that issue," he said, adding that board members can recuse themselves from voting if they see a conflict.
He said that most of the board members have been active in politics and that the Legislature has not prohibited board members from making contributions. Source: Star Tribune, February 24, 2005
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Whew. It sounds too crazy to be true, but it is.
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Contributions questioned
The state Republican Party issued a statement after the ruling Thursday saying the board "is once again allowing Democrats to eviscerate Minnesota's proud tradition of disclosure and transparency" and questioning the role of board member Wil Fluegel.
The statement, by party executive director Corey Miltimore, criticized the board for deliberating in private and said the public should know how Fluegel voted because "he reportedly gave $1,000 to the DFL House Caucus last year." The party released a page that it said came from the caucus schedule of campaign contributors showing Fluegel contributed $1,000 in August of last year.
The board's website, which publishes a list of contributors, shows Fluegel giving a total of $750 from 2000 through 2002 to the DFL House Caucus.
Fluegel, in an interview, didn't dispute that he gave $1,000 to the DFL House Caucus in 2004. He couldn't explain why the website didn't list any contributions from him to the caucus in 2004.
Fluegel declined to comment on whether he voted in this week's ruling. "I didn't see a conflict of interest in my participation to the extent that I participated in the decision of that issue," he said, adding that board members can recuse themselves from voting if they see a conflict.
He said that most of the board members have been active in politics and that the Legislature has not prohibited board members from making contributions. Source: Star Tribune, February 24, 2005
Click here for complete story.
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