Big Money Left Over From Last Kansas City Mayoral And City Council Election Cycle

A great report from Northeast News regarding the ongoing aftermath of the last Kansas City Mayoral and City Council Campaign:

Multiple mayoral and city council candidates exceed contribution limits

Read the whole thing for yourself . . . But at a glance . . .

Check the candidates who exceeded the campaign contribution limits included:

Mayoral candidates:

•Mark Funkhouser, $5,000 from James B. Nutter

•Deb Hermann, $3,500 from Transystems Corporation

In-district candidates:

•Aaron Benefield, $2,000 from Sequoia Logistics

•Michael Fletcher, $5,000 from Geoffrey C. Garth and $2,000 from Mike T. Yonke; two $1,500 contributions from Operating Engineers Local 101

•Russ Johnson, $3,000 from Transystems Corporation

"Both Hermann and Johnson returned the excess funds and provided copies of the cancelled checks. Funkhouser’s campaign treasurer, Takamasa Morita, said via e-mail he would “address this issue soon.”"

"Benefield e-mailed Greenway, stating he was not aware of Ordinance 2-53 until he received Greenway’s letter May 13, 2011."

Johnson and Hermann have already returned their cash according to the report . . .

The Northeast News Article includes more detail about the strong refutation of alleged ethics violations from Former City Council Candidate Michael Fletcher . . .

Still . . . The election is decided, the politicos are TRYING to get back to business and most of the voters will forget the details of how these races were won.