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The Denver Post, Jan 9, 2009
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The Pueblo Chieftain, Jan 8, 2009
Local political strategist won't face fines
Group withdraws complaint in exchange for disclosure
An ethics watchdog group dropped a complaint against a local campaign committee after it agreed to report campaign spending to the state.
Colorado Citizens for Ethics in Government, the state branch of a Washington, D.C.-based group, filed a complaint last month against the Northern Colorado Victory Fund. The fund, registered with the IRS as a 527 political committee, is led by Fort Collins conservative strategist Andrew Boucher.
The ethics group complained that Boucher didn’t file a report with the state Secretary of State’s office last fall after his committee spent nearly $30,000 for television ads attacking Democrat John Kefalas, who beat Republican Bob McCluskey in for the House District 52 seat that covers east Fort Collins.
It dropped its complaint Tuesday after an administrative court hearing in which Boucher agreed to file the report, which he said he didn’t know he had to file.
See Thursday's Coloradoan for more.
