FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Kotterman Campaign Supports Clean Elections Complaint Against Jason Williams
PHOENIX(Jul. 2, 2010)– Penny Kotterman, Democratic Candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced her support today for the complaint filed with the Citizens’ Clean Election Commission alleging several violations of the clean elections law by her opponent for the Democratic nomination, political consultant Jason Williams, citing the necessity of protecting transparent campaign finance reporting and the integrity of the clean elections system.
“Mr. Williams has made the issues of transparency and accountability a central theme in his campaign,” Kotterman said. “Transparency starts at the top, and Mr. Williams owes it to the citizens of Arizona to live up to his own rhetoric, starting with the financial dealings of his own campaign. It is vital to the integrity of the clean elections system already under siege that these issues be investigated and cleared up immediately.”
The complaint, filed with the Citizens’ Clean Election Commission Thursday by teacher Janice Robillard of Phoenix, alleges that Williams has failed to report the corporate in-kind contributions of his own political consulting firm, Blue Dynamic, as well as failed to report actual expenses associated with campaign staffing, communications, and other functions, in order to avoid violating established spending limits for candidates who have not yet qualified for clean elections funding.
Kotterman chose to run a traditionally financed campaign, and has complied with all of the numerous reporting requirements of state law because she believes that transparency in campaign finance is important at all levels.
“I believe that campaigns should be conducted on the basis of ideas,” Kotterman said. Candidates should not manipulate their financial reporting in order to gain a competitive advantage. I made a choice and have obeyed the laws that govern that choice. Mr. Williams should do the same.”
Penny Kotterman is a 30-year career teacher, parent, and teacher mentor running for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Her campaign is a movement built on the idea that high standards and high expectations are a must for returning Arizona’s public school system to its rightful place as the state’s primary economic engine and the center of its communities. For more information, visit www.pennykotterman.com.
The complaint, filed with the Citizens’ Clean Election Commission Thursday by teacher Janice Robillard of Phoenix, alleges that Williams has failed to report the corporate in-kind contributions of his own political consulting firm, Blue Dynamic, as well as failed to report actual expenses associated with campaign staffing, communications, and other functions, in order to avoid violating established spending limits for candidates who have not yet qualified for clean elections funding.
Kotterman chose to run a traditionally financed campaign, and has complied with all of the numerous reporting requirements of state law because she believes that transparency in campaign finance is important at all levels.
“I believe that campaigns should be conducted on the basis of ideas,” Kotterman said. Candidates should not manipulate their financial reporting in order to gain a competitive advantage. I made a choice and have obeyed the laws that govern that choice. Mr. Williams should do the same.”
Penny Kotterman is a 30-year career teacher, parent, and teacher mentor running for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Her campaign is a movement built on the idea that high standards and high expectations are a must for returning Arizona’s public school system to its rightful place as the state’s primary economic engine and the center of its communities. For more information, visit www.pennykotterman.com.
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