The city elections office remains convinced that city council candidate Rene Gonzalez did violate small donor election laws when he accepted—and failed to report—a heavily discounted rental rate for a campaign office in downtown Portland offered up by a monied campaign donor. While Gonzalez urged the city to reconsider its $77,140 fine levied against his campaign earlier this week, Small Donor Elections Director Susan Mottet informed the campaign Thursday that the fine still stands. "The.
The city elections office remains convinced that city council candidate Rene Gonzalez did violate small donor election laws when he accepted—and failed to report—a heavily discounted rental rate for a campaign office in downtown Portland offered up by a monied campaign donor. While Gonzalez urged the city to reconsider its $77,140 fine levied against his campaign earlier this week, Small Donor Elections Director Susan Mottet informed the campaign Thursday that the fine still stands. "The.
City Council candidate Rene Gonzalez has asked the city reconsider the $77,000 fine levied against his campaign for allegedly violating the city’s small donor election laws. The Gonzalez campaign called the penalty "unjustified" in a letter sent to the city Tuesday, accusing the city of attempting to undermine Gonzalez's campaign for council a month before he challenges City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty at the polls. "This is the city putting its finger on the scales.