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What he called personal loan of $148K actually came from three other people.
By Kevin Leininger
The Allen County Election Board will meet as soon as next week to decide whether Republican mayoral candidate Matt Kelty broke the law when he reported making a personal loan of $148,000 to his own campaign.
In fact, a
report to be filed as soon as today will show the money came from Frederick Rost and Steve and Glenna Jehl. Rost is a friend who also paid $4,450 for the Zogby International poll the Kelty campaign released during the primary. Steve Jehl is a real estate developer, and his wife, Glenna, is Kelty’s campaign manager.
Although initial campaign finance reports listed the $148,000 as a loan from Kelty’s personal account, the candidate said today he does not believe the filing was misleading or illegal. The loans were secured by promissory notes and reviewed by attorneys.
But the
Election Board will have to decide whether the source of the loans should have been included on earlier reports, and whether the money should have been listed as a contribution to the Kelty campaign, not as a personal loan.
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Source:
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/17274010.htm |
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