North Adams Mayor Candidates Fined for Missing Filing Deadline
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two mayoral candidates have been fined for not filing their preliminary reports on time.
Robert R. Moulton Jr. and Peter Oleskiewicz failed to file campaign reports with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance by the Sept. 11 filing date. Each was being fined $25 a day until their report is filed. This is a personal fine and committee funds may not be used.
Election candidates were required to submit all campaign donations and expenditures between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1, 2017.
As of Monday afternoon, Sept. 18, Moulton had not filed any reports. Oleskiewicz on Sunday filed a report showing no donations and no expenditures.
Oleskiewicz, whose name is on the ballot for Tuesday's preliminary election, had said two weeks ago he was not actively running because of his job as a truck driver on A. Duie Pyle keeps him on the road. It was too late to remove his name from the ballot. However, he told The Berkshire Eagle on Friday that he was still in contention for mayor.
Both Moulton and Oleskiewicz are vying against three other candidates, all of whom filed campaign finance reports by the Sept. 11 date.
Robert M. Martelle, like Oleskiewicz, reported no donations and no campaign spending.
Rachel Branch reported $225.60 in campaign donations from four supporters and spending $32.68, largely on printing campaign materials.
Thomas W. Bernard had the most donations and spending, reporting $11,630 in receipts and $3,166.84 in expenditures.
A number of the expenditures were for campaign events and materials, and processing fees for the Democracy Engine online payment system. Total donations were from 53 supporters, largely local, and $280 in unitemized contributions.
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