It’s not the money, it’s the principle of the thing, and the principle is worth fighting for, the Albany City Council decided Wednesday. On Monday, the council had agreed that each of its seven members would send the Oregon secretary of state a $10.72 check to cover a $75 civil penalty imposed on City Manager […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, electioneering, Floyd Collins, Jim Delapoer, Oregon election law, secretary of state, Wes Hare
Tags: Albany City Council, electioneering, Floyd Collins, Jim Delapoer, Oregon election law, secretary of state, Wes Hare
Hare case: Facts prove state wrong
If you doubt that state authorities were wrong in fining the Albany city manager for a press release about last fall’s city bond election, read the state’s own legal brief and your doubts will vanish. The state’s brief claims that Wes Hare violated the election law by making an impartial statement, but the facts and […]
Tags: Albany City Council, illegal electioneering, Oregon election law, Oregon Elections Division