New Auditor General Kept Campaign Fund Active
ICPR Board Chair Susan Garrett is quoted in this article
via Illinois Times
“Illinois auditor general Frank Mautino continued collecting campaign contributions and spending money after the General Assembly voted to put him in charge of auditing state agencies to ensure that public funds are properly spent.
Mautino, a Democrat who served 24 years as a state representative before he was sworn in last month to fill a 10-year term as auditor general, acknowledges soliciting donations to help close out his campaign account. Mautino collected $17,500 in donations during the final quarter of 2015, with $15,500 coming between Oct. 20, when the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for Mautino to succeed William Holland as auditor general, and Dec. 7, when Mautino was sworn in to his new position.
‘I made some phone calls to longtime donors and friends…to see if they could help me clear up campaign debts and office-closing expenses,’ Mautino said.”
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