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Mystery persists about finances of Minneapolis PACs and candidates

By Chris Steller | 09.28.09 | 8:46 am

A handful of financial reports from Minneapolis political committees and candidates remain as imaginary as the just-pretend primary election that was supposed to make them mandatory by Sept. 8.

Dozens of Minneapolis campaign, PAC financials delayed or missing

By Chris Steller | 09.24.09 | 9:19 am

Although Minneapolis held no primary election this year, candidates for city office still had to file “pre-primary” campaign-finance reports under a new ordinance passed this summer. Yet for two weeks after the Sept. 8 deadline, confusion and other delays kept a couple dozen candidate and political committee reports from reaching the public.