Kentucky Democratic Party Files Registry Of Election Finance Complaint Alleging Collusion Between David Willians, His Father In Law, Terry Stevens, And Restoring America PAC. Oh, Brother: Will The Election Get Here SOON Enough?!
Democrats allege collusion between Williams and outside group funded by father-in-law
By Jack Brammer
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Democratic Party filed a complaint Friday with the state alleging that Republican gubernatorial nominee David Williams has illegally coordinated and cooperated with his father-in-law, Terry Stephens, and an outside political group that Stephens is funding.
Stephens has acknowledged being the sole contributor to Restoring America, which has spent $1.365 million on television ads that criticize Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and compliment Williams.
"He now claims ... it is mere coincidence that the group is spending every dime supporting his son-in-law and attacking his opponent," Democratic Party Chairman Dan Logsdon said in a news release announcing the complaint with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.
"Kentuckians demand and deserve candidates who follow and obey the state's campaign finance laws, and I urge KREF to investigate this suspicious and scurrilous scheme between David Williams and his sugar daddy, Terry Stephens," Logsdon said.
A Franklin Circuit Court judge ruled early last week that Restoring America had violated the law by trying to hide the names of its donors. Stephens and Restoring America later acknowledged that he was the group's sole contributor.
In Friday's complaint, Logsdon notes that Stephens' hosted a fund-raiser at his home on Sept. 13 that was attended by the leadership of the Williams-Farmer campaign. Seven days later, Restoring America and Restoring America, Inc. were incorporated and funded, and they were on the air six days later with at least four different television ads, Logsdon said.
The ads were produced by an Ohio firm Williams was known to admire, he alleged.
Williams and Stephens have denied any wrongdoing. They were not immediately available for comment about Friday's complaint.
"The more Terry Stephens speaks, the more obvious it is that Restoring America is an outlaw organization, and that he and David Williams have some serious explaining to do," Logsdon said.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/28/1938529/democrats-allege-collusion-between.html#ixzz1c6SsX977
By Jack Brammer
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Democratic Party filed a complaint Friday with the state alleging that Republican gubernatorial nominee David Williams has illegally coordinated and cooperated with his father-in-law, Terry Stephens, and an outside political group that Stephens is funding.
Stephens has acknowledged being the sole contributor to Restoring America, which has spent $1.365 million on television ads that criticize Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and compliment Williams.
"He now claims ... it is mere coincidence that the group is spending every dime supporting his son-in-law and attacking his opponent," Democratic Party Chairman Dan Logsdon said in a news release announcing the complaint with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.
"Kentuckians demand and deserve candidates who follow and obey the state's campaign finance laws, and I urge KREF to investigate this suspicious and scurrilous scheme between David Williams and his sugar daddy, Terry Stephens," Logsdon said.
A Franklin Circuit Court judge ruled early last week that Restoring America had violated the law by trying to hide the names of its donors. Stephens and Restoring America later acknowledged that he was the group's sole contributor.
In Friday's complaint, Logsdon notes that Stephens' hosted a fund-raiser at his home on Sept. 13 that was attended by the leadership of the Williams-Farmer campaign. Seven days later, Restoring America and Restoring America, Inc. were incorporated and funded, and they were on the air six days later with at least four different television ads, Logsdon said.
The ads were produced by an Ohio firm Williams was known to admire, he alleged.
Williams and Stephens have denied any wrongdoing. They were not immediately available for comment about Friday's complaint.
"The more Terry Stephens speaks, the more obvious it is that Restoring America is an outlaw organization, and that he and David Williams have some serious explaining to do," Logsdon said.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/28/1938529/democrats-allege-collusion-between.html#ixzz1c6SsX977
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