Panel: Gessler violated ethics rules over spending
Republican Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, a potential gubernatorial contender, was admonished Thursday by an ethics panel over spending office funds to attend political events, a black eye to his candidacy before it’s officially launched.
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission ruled it was inappropriate for Gessler, the state’s elections chief, to use his office’s discretionary account for travel last summer to a GOP elections law conference in Florida. While in the state, he also attended the party’s national convention there.
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