Posted on 10/31/2004 8:06:21 PM PST by NormsRevenge
A San Francisco nonprofit group that touts its ties to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, Assemblyman Leland Yee and other well-known politicians made thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations during the past three years, state and local records show.
Campaign finance reports show that America Education Foundation International, a corporate-funded charity set up to help low-income schools and students, made $3,665 in banned political donations from November 2001 to September 2004.
The donations include $500 to former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown; $800 to Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante; $500 to San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier; $500 to San Francisco supervisor candidate Rolando Bonilla; $500 to San Francisco school board member Eddie Chin; $250 to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; and $615 to San Francisco's District 11 Democratic Club.
Federal tax rules bar tax-exempt charities, also known as 501(c)3 organizations, from endorsing candidates for public office or trying to help them get elected.
"The IRS rules are pretty clear,'' said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who helps oversee California charities. "It is a definite no-no for a public benefit corporation to contribute money to political campaigns."
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what? leftists breakin the law? whoda thunk it...
Cancel their status and throw the Board of Directors in jail, immediately!
Are they being prosecuted?
If not, why not?
Just like Gore... "No Controlling legal authority" that will ever prosecute! The Republicans won't do it either because they just don't want to make trouble. When a Republican does anything remotely close to this... It's exile time! Just ask Chuck Quackenbush!!!
There! That's better.
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