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News: No Action Yet On Sims-Macy Campaign Flier

City Attorney Mike Gridley told Huckleberries a few minutes ago that he plans to meet with City Clerk Susan Weathers today to discuss a controversial anti-incumbent election flyer. "We're not going to just let the matter go away," Gridley said. "Whatever we do there will be some controversy. We need to make sure that we're right and that we treat everyone fairly." The city clerk believes that the flyer, circulated near the end of the municipal election by Kathy Sims and Tom Macy, violated campaign finance disclosure laws. Among other things, the organizers apparently failed to fill out the paperwork properly, turned their campaign finance paperwork into the wrong government agency, and collected money without turning in the proper paperwork.

Question: Should the city pursue this possible campaign finance violation?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.