Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Little Ricky's Got More Problems

Poor Little Ricky. His formers staffers not playing nice:

The alleged violations include:

• Dick contributed $14,000 and Kuklis contributed $11,800 to GSP-PAC in violation of the FECA, which limits PAC contributions to $5,000.

• GSP-PAC may have violated the FECA by soliciting a contribution from someone not employed by or a family member of someone employed by GSP.

• HHLS-PAC may have violated the FECA by soliciting contributions from Dick and Kuklis, who were not employed by or family members of anyone employed by HHLS.

• In The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dick was quoted as saying that he tells his clients to contribute money to federal candidates. Using corporate resources to facilitate contributions to candidates violates the FECA.

Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW, said “Lobbyists need to learn that following campaign finance law is not optional. Mr. Dick and Mr. Kuklis blatantly and repeatedly violated the law and should be subjected to the appropriate sanctions. We look forward to the FEC’s prompt investigation of this matter.”