Complaint Filed Against Candidate, Political Coalition
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Author: Alan Riquelmy
Source: The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Date: 10/20/2006
Article reports that a complaint filed against Georgia Supreme Court candidate Mike Wiggins, his campaign, and an interest group alleges that the three violated the Ethics in Government Act and broke campaign finance laws by communicating with each other. The complaint, filed by Atlanta attorney Gary Andrews, says that the Safety and Prosperity Coalition recruited Mr. Wiggins to run, promised to finance his campaign, and provided him with a campaign manager who has directed his political strategy. Georgia law allows political action committees to give $5,000 per election to statewide candidates. Independent committees can spend unlimited amounts of money to support a candidate, but they cannot coordinate their efforts. Mr. Andrews allegations contain a number of purported emails between Mr. Wiggins campaign and the coalition. Eric Dial, president of the Safety and Prosperity Coalition, said that the allegations are a politically motivated attack.