Harvey mayor quickly raises cash to pay fine, stay on ballot
Via The Chicago Tribune
The mayor of a troubled suburb quickly came up with more than $70,000 in the nick of time to pay off a campaign fine and keep his name on the ballot — capping the latest unusual political drama for Harvey’s longtime leader.
On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Kellogg’s campaign turned in a $72,750 check to the Illinois State Board of Elections, staving off one of the most serious threats to his tenure as mayor since he was first elected more than a decade ago. The check came just two days before the agency could have ordered him off the April ballot for not paying a long overdue fine for campaign finance violations.
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