From NBC Chicago, about the liberal Democrat: "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."
The article states that all the other candidates -- including the no-name, long-shot candidates were able to do their reports right: "'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. '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."
Ms. Moseley Braun has responded with an ageist excuse: "Any fault, according to Moseley Braun, lies with her former treasurer, Billie Paige. ' Billie Paige neglected to (detail those expenses), it doesn't surprise, she is elderly and overwhelmed,'Moseley Braun said by phone this week."
However, Ms. Paige tells a different story: "Paige is a veteran of numerous campaigns and an experienced Springfield lobbyist whose client list includes METRA, AT&T and General Motors. By phone this week, Paige told NBC Chicago she had raised questions herself about the expenditure omissions. Paige quit the campaign April 15, and in an email statement to NBC Chicago, said she: 'notified the appropriate people, including Ambassador Braun,' that all expenditures needed to be itemized and reported."
You may recall that this isn't the first time that Ms. Moseley Braun has had issues with campaign expenditures: "As Moseley Braun won her history-making Senate seat in 1992, she was plagued by questions about finances. There was a Medicaid issue involving the sale of her mother’s property, followed by a 1998 re-election controversy calling into question whether $280,000 in campaign cash was allegedly spent for clothes, jewelry and trips. No charges were ever brought and Braun has said consistently that nothing improper occurred."
Moseley Braun Hasn't Accounted For Campaign Cash
