City Nears Settlement w/Sims-Macy

City Attorney Mike Gridley told Huckleberries moments ago that the city is close to a settlement with Kathy Sims and Tom Macy over alleged campaign finance violations that occurred during the 2007 municipal elections. In the closing days of that campaign, Sims & Macy were involved in circulated a flyer attacking incumbents Ron Edinger, Al Hassell and Dixie Reid. The city alleges that money for the flyer wasn’t reported properly or in a timely manner. The city will be glad to settle the matter if Sims and Macy will issue a letter acknowledging the campaign finance violations and pay a fine (that will be considerably less than the $20,000 accrued in possible fines for missing deadlines and incomplete information).

Question: Is this a decent settlement to the long-running flap involving possible campaign violations by Sims & Macy?