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.