A friend of mine (whose anonymity I'll protect since I'm not sure he wants his name attached to this) made me aware of this press release on the FEC website.
Apparently, IBEW Local 98's Committee on Political Education, with possible mayoral candidate John Dougherty listed as treasurer, agreed through ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) to pay the FEC $8,500 for "failure to file pre-election independent expenditure reports."
Here is a copy of the settlement agreement between the two parties.
I would be remiss if I failed to mention that my source's suggestion for this blog post title was "Johnny Docked by the FEC." Not wanting to steal outright from him, I ended up with the rather pedestrian effort you see above.
(edited to add)
My source seems to have found the source of Dougherty's FEC transgressions. According to the original complaint:
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee on Political Education (“the Committee”) failed to file one (1) 48-Hour Notice to support an independent expenditure totaling $68,284.00 made between January 1st and the 20th day before the 2004 General Election and one (1) 24-Hour Notice to support three (3) independent expenditures totaling $56,088.97 made after the 20th day, but more than 24 hours before the 2004 General Election
What did they spend over $120,000 on? Looks like t-shirts supporting John Kerry according to IBEW's own expenditure reports here and here. Look closely at that first one and you'll see that the Local 98 "Committee on Political Education" also $1480 worth of "Brady for Congress" hats (aka "Thinkin' Caps"). I guess that's one candidate they're unlikely to spend money for this year.
Yes, this is some pretty inside baseball stuff but just thought y'all might be interested.
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$55,000 on t-shirts?? I think I could get Johnny a better deal somewhere else...and in the city he loves as well...
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