http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/163241416.html
Let’s take a look at the truth. In 2008, the RPM under Chairman
Ron Carey said that an audit of the books only showed that a small clerical
error was to blame for some Federal Election Commission (FEC) reporting errors.
Under questioning the party lawyer admitted the errors were 7 digits big. The
FEC fined the RPM $170,000 in 2011 for their financial mismanagement from 2006
to 2008. On May 7, 2012, the RPM released a report that review of 11 items in
their books showed no illegality, but a month later the Minnesota Campaign
Finance and Public Disclosure Board fined the RPM $33,000 and turned over documentation
of alleged criminal activity to the Ramsey County Attorney. Their report stated
evidence that FEC reports were falsified by former party boss Tony Sutton. Is
there anyone out there how would like to guess how much the RPM will be fined
by the FEC for those actions?
All through this process the RPM has said there is nothing
to indicate wrong doing and time after time they have been proven to have not
told the truth to the people of Minnesota. I left the RPM in 2009 after Tony
Sutton was elected chairman warning that the Carey, Sutton & Michael
Brodkorb team would destroy a once great and respected party and they did Only
after December 2, 2011, when Sutton resigned did I return to the RPM. I have
been called the “conscience of the RPM” because of my efforts to reform and re-establish
trust, truthfulness, honesty and transparency of the Party. That is one title I
will gladly wear.
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