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Ethics commission finds reasonable grounds to proceed to final hearing on complaint over Aura activities
Summary
The Austin Ethics Review Commission voted 8-0 to advance to a final hearing a complaint by Adam Haines alleging that Austin Aura/Aura for Austin made reportable campaign expenditures or coordinated political activity without required filings.
The Austin Ethics Review Commission on March 26 unanimously found there are reasonable grounds to believe a city campaign-finance violation may have occurred in a complaint filed by Adam Haines against Zachary John Scott Faddis (identified in the complaint as the person associated with "Aura"). The commission will schedule a final hearing to examine the evidence in full.
The complaint, presented by Adam Haines, alleges that the organization known as Aura (described in filings as both "Austin Aura" and "Aura for Austin") made direct campaign expenditures and coordinated electioneering communications in support of candidate Mike Siegel during the runoff. Haines told the commission he documented several instances of event promotion, block walks, flyers, and newsletter messages he characterized as express advocacy or electioneering communications, and he argued that those communications should have been reported…
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