No probe for city’s TABOR fliers
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Kennebec Journal: The state ethics commission decided Thursday against an investigation into whether South Portland should be required to file campaign finance reports because of a flier it sent regarding the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. But the panel determined municipalities should be subject to the reporting requirements if they spend more than $5,000 to influence an election. In this instance, the city said it did not spend close to that amount, so the commission voted down a request for an investigation.
Earlier this month, voters rejected TABOR, which sought to put in place spending limits and require voter approval of tax increases, with 60 percent opposed. David Crocker, who served as chairman of TABOR Now, requested the investigation after the city included a flier with October tax bills. The flier told residents the council passed a resolution opposing the ballot question and warned of city budget cuts if it -- and a second ballot question to cut excise taxes -- were approved by voters. "I can't believe including this flier in the property tax bills was some sort of neutral act of education," Crocker said.
But city attorney Sally Daggett said it did not cross the line into advocacy and that, in fact, cities and towns have a responsibility to tell voters how ballot initiatives would affect their jurisdictions. "We take the position that it's a neutral, educational flier," she said.
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