Minnesota Independent » lee anderson http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Entenza fined by campaign finance board http://minnesotaindependent.com/38903/entenza-hit-with-campaign-finance-fine http://minnesotaindependent.com/38903/entenza-hit-with-campaign-finance-fine#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:39:27 +0000 Andy Birkey http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=38903 The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure board agreed to fine the campaign committee of gubernatorial candidate Matt Entenza on Tuesday for inadvertently accepting a campaign contribution from a lobbyist. EntenzaThe Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure board agreed to fine the campaign committee of gubernatorial candidate Matt Entenza on Tuesday for inadvertently accepting a campaign contribution from a lobbyist.

Entenza’s committee accepted a $500 contribution from Lee Anderson, a lobbyist for General Mills. Anderson, who is active in the LGBT community (and has sang praises of General Mills workplace environment for gay employees), made the contribution in February. Minnesota law forbids contributions from registered lobbyists when the Legislature is in session.

Entenza’s campaign said that when they noticed the contribution, they immediately returned it and notified the campaign finance board of the mistake.

Campaign worker Elizabeth Harens said in a letter to the board (PDF), “This error was discovered… following a survey of the Committee’s database. …The Committee takes full responsibility for an unintentional, but apparent compliance error. …the Committee issued a contribution return to the lobbyist in question on June 5, 2009.”

The board agreed that the contribution was unintentional and fined the campaign $500.

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