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Public commenters urge fuller commission and tougher enforcement tools
Summary
Two public commenters told the Public Disclosure Commission to restore a full complement of commissioners and strengthen enforcement, with one urging broader penalties for repeat violators and the other asking staff to explain reliance on warning letters rather than penalties.
Joe Kunstler, a member of the public, opened the meeting's public-comment period by urging the Public Disclosure Commission to “recapture the imagination of Washingtonians” and to use stronger enforcement tools against repeat violators. “We need a full scale overhaul of our campaign finance law,” Kunstler said, adding that the commission should have authority to impose tougher penalties on the “worst of the worst,”…
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