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Taneytown ethics board urges review of sign and campaign‑finance rules after dispute over authority line
Summary
The Taneytown Ethics Board found a campaign authority line missing from a building banner, accepted its later correction, and recommended that the mayor and council revisit the city's sign and campaign‑finance rules, including whether to require a minimum size for authority lines.
The Taneytown Ethics Board on April 30 accepted that a campaign authority line that had been missing from a building banner has been added and recommended that the mayor and city council review the city's sign and campaign‑finance rules.
The matter surfaced during the board's review of campaign finance filings. Chairman Steve Marsalek, Chairman of the Taneytown Ethics Board, said he drove past the banner after an earlier meeting and found the authority line was not present, though it was visible on yard signs. Marsalek said the line was added by the time of the April 30 meeting and that he "did not appreciate that a misrepresentation was made to the ethics committee when it was absolutely 100% incorrect." The…
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