WHAT JACKSON DID WRONG. Roll Call. “The Statement of Offense includes a long list of personal expenses for which Jackson used campaign funds, ranging from the mundane to the surreal.”
NEW L-PAC. Here. “Another member of Congress who sits on the House Financial Services Committee starts a leadership PAC.”
CA: $50,000 DISCLOSURE FINES. Story here. “Chris Hansen, the hedge fund investor who tried to move the Sacramento Kings to Seattle, will have to hand $50,000 over to the state of California.”
CA: LOBBYISTS HIT. Story here. “Three well-connected partners in the prominent California Strategies public affairs firm have agreed to pay fines to California’s political watchdog agency for trying to influence state government decisions without registering as lobbyists.”
DE: GUILTY PLEA. The Post. “A prominent Delaware developer pleaded guilty Tuesday to making illegal campaign contributions to Gov. Jack Markell in 2008.”
FL: AUDIT LOBBYIST REPORTS? Story here. “Florida lobbyists have enjoyed little scrutiny in reporting what they’re paid to ply their trade with lawmakers and governors since a law was enacted seven years ago requiring the public disclosure. That free ride may be coming to an end.”
FL: E-FILING REQUIREMENT. Story here. “Filing campaign finance reports with the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections office just got easier.”
FL: ONLY IN FL FILE. Here. “Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has apologized for postponing an execution scheduled for Tuesday to accommodate a campaign fundraiser.”
MD: ETHICS HEAD NAMED. Story here. “Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III on Tuesday named Robin Barnes-Shell, 51, a lawyer with a long history of public service, to lead a newly created ethics office that Baker formed to help weed out corruption.”
MT: SUIT CONTINUES. Story here. “The state is asking a federal court to dismiss former Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill’s amended request that it intervene in a pending complaint over a large campaign donation.”
VA: FUNDS TO CHARITY. Here. “Virginia‘a Republican candidate for governor, Ken Cuccinelli, announced Tuesday that he has donated $18,000 to a Richmond-based charity to offset the value of gifts he accepted from Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams.”
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