Moseley Braun hasn't accounted for campaign cash

Moseley Braun hasn't accounted for campaign cash

From "NBC Chicago":http://www.nbcchicago.com: Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun has failed to file documentation on how her unsuccessful 2011 mayoral campaign spent $315,000. State officials have twice asked Moseley Braun to detail campaign expenditures, something required by state law. But, according to a top official with the Illinois Board of Elections, Moseley Braun has not yet responded. "For someone running for mayor, this is probably the worst report I've seen," said David Morrison of campaign finance records the Moseley Braun campaign filed in April. Morrison is deputy director of the non-partisan watchdog group Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. "**Brizard Surprises School with Target Card**":http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Brizard-Surprises-School-with-Target-Gift-Card-130791533.html "The basic idea here is that the public has a right to know where the money is coming from and where it is going," he said. All the other major candidates, Rahm Emanuel, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle, and Patricia Van Pelt Watkins reported properly and in detail. Emanuel, who spent more than $9 million, itemized 776 expenditures, including purchases at Starbucks.

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In her unsuccessful bid, Moseley Braun raised a little more than $323,000 and spent $315,000 campaign documents filed in April show. The Moseley Braun campaign, in what some see as a violation of state law, only reported money went to a category it called "Vendors Multiple." Click here to "read":http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/carol-moseley-braun-mayor-race-campaign-funds-130825753.html the full story.