ANOTHER DFL COMPLAINT AGAINST GOVERNOR PAWLENTY IS DISMISSED
Below are highlights from early articles about another complaint from the DFL that was dismissed today by the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty's radio show doesn't amount to an illegal campaign contribution from WCCO-AM, the state board that oversees campaign finance ruled Tuesday.
DFLers had filed a complaint with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board claiming that it was unfair for the radio station to give Pawlenty, who sometimes advocates his political philosophy on the show, free airtime when the 2006 gubernatorial campaigns are well underway. They said the show was worth as much as $600,000 a year." Source: Star Tribune, March 14, 2006
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"Gov. Tim Pawlenty's weekly radio show is not an illegal campaign contribution from WCCO-AM and 10 other stations across the state that broadcast it, the state Campaign Finance Board ruled today.
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party had argued in a complaint to the board last month that Pawlenty is a candidate for re-election, and the hour of free radio time he receives each Friday should be considered a campaign contribution worth at least $60,000 a year. The party charged that Pawlenty's re-election committee failed to report those in-kind contributions in its 2005 campaign finance report." Source: Pioneer Press, March 14, 2006
"Gov. Tim Pawlenty's radio show doesn't amount to an illegal campaign contribution from WCCO-AM, the state board that oversees campaign finance ruled Tuesday.
DFLers had filed a complaint with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board claiming that it was unfair for the radio station to give Pawlenty, who sometimes advocates his political philosophy on the show, free airtime when the 2006 gubernatorial campaigns are well underway. They said the show was worth as much as $600,000 a year." Source: Star Tribune, March 14, 2006
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"Gov. Tim Pawlenty's weekly radio show is not an illegal campaign contribution from WCCO-AM and 10 other stations across the state that broadcast it, the state Campaign Finance Board ruled today.
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party had argued in a complaint to the board last month that Pawlenty is a candidate for re-election, and the hour of free radio time he receives each Friday should be considered a campaign contribution worth at least $60,000 a year. The party charged that Pawlenty's re-election committee failed to report those in-kind contributions in its 2005 campaign finance report." Source: Pioneer Press, March 14, 2006
2 Comments:
What's your take on the fine levied against his campaign committee at the same time? 600 grand in fines since 2002 is no small chunk of change....
You have to have an awfully stupid tresurer to make that significant mistake. No point in cashing a check if you know it's illeagal. Really speaks volumes about the people the Governor surrounds himself with.
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