State Senate campaign asked donors to pre-date checks before start of fundraising ban
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by Michael C. BenderUPDATE: Ana Maria Monte Flores said this morning that the e-mail provided to us was doctored. She admitted sending the fund-raising e-mail after the start of session, but said she never wrote the line asking for donors to pre-date checks. She said she no longer has a copy of the original e-mai, but was trying to track one down.
Two days after the start of the annual spring legislative session, when House lawmakers are banned from collecting or soliciting campaign contributions, the state Senate campaign for House K-12 Budget Council Chairwoman Anitere Flores sent out this e-mail asking donors to pre-date checks to Feb. 27.
Flores chalked it up as a misstep from “an overzealous mom.” “She’s not familiar with all the rules,” Flores said.
But Flores’ Senate primary opponent, House budget Chairman David Rivera, said Flores may be vulnerable to an ethics complaint. “That doesn’t mean it’s not a violation,” he said of Flores’ mother sending the e-mail.
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