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Kansas Liberty: 22 January 2009
Commission seeks to punish Van Meteren for discussing a complaint with the press
Ethics commission charges against whistleblower heard
A campaign consultant faced a Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission meeting in Topeka Wednesday on charges that he provided the press with details of a complaint he filed with the commission about a rival’s possible misuse of campaign finances.
An ethics commission investigator claimed Kris Van Meteren filed a complaint with the commission alleging Sen. Dwayne Umbarger, an influential Thayer Republican, had misused campaign funds - then discussed the complaint with the media, a violation of ethics commission rules that require confidentiality once a complaint has been lodged.
Van Meteren helped his mother, Helen Van Meteren, in her unsuccessful primary fight last year against Umbarger. Van Meteren then reported Umbarger had used his campaign funds for a personal project - building a carport. Umbarger repaid the money after the complaint became public.
A Kansas Liberty reporter and a Topeka Capital-Journal reporter were cited by the committee in their charge against Van Meteren.
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when he purchased a laptop at Best Buy in Tulsa, Ohlahoma (Will he pay Kansas compensation use tax on this out of state purchase ?).
Moral don't mess with crooks as you will be prosecuted.