Orleans sheriff says she missed campaign report deadline because her attorney was incarcerated
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson successfully argued Friday that she shouldn’t have to pay the full fine for missing a campaign reporting deadline because her attorney was incarcerated at the time.
The Louisiana Board of Ethics voted to reduce Hutson’s fine for filing the annual report for the Orleans Jedi Guardian political action committee three weeks late. She is the chairperson of the group.
Her original fine was $2,800, but the board lowered it to $500. The ethics board staff had recommended that the fine be reduced to no less than $2,000, according to board documents.
The board was apparently swayed by Hutson’s explanation that she didn’t realize the PAC’s attorney, Jimmy Burland, was behind bars and couldn’t file the paperwork on time. The report was due Feb. 18 but wasn’t filed until March 11.
https://lailluminator.com/briefs/orleans-sheriff-says-she-missed-campaign-report-deadline-because-her-attorney-was-incarcerated/
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