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Similarities reported on official Cain Treasurer website, Lausen's campaign site. This
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article is being read by an automated voice, brought to you by
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Everlet. Kane County Treasurer Chris Lowsen's official office website uses
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some of the same language as his campaign website, including a line
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asking for residents support. In an email stated. Attorney Jamie Masser said
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information comparing his campaign website to the official Treasure website was provided,
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but not as a complaint. My office has received the information, Mazer's
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email stated. We will look into it to determine what next steps
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are warranted, if any. At issue is state election law, which does
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not allow public funds to be used for political or campaign purposes
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or to urge voting for or against a candidate or party. Under
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the Treasurer tab on the Kane County website, it states, as Kane
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County Board Chairman and your former state senator, I have had the
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privilege of serving the residents of Kane County with honesty, competence, and
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common sense. With your support, I will continue to serve you as
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Kane
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County Treasurer, devoting my work to improve then lives of Kane County
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residents. His campaign website describes him with the same words, competence, honesty
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and common sense. Those descriptives are set aside as boxed headers on
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this campaign site, not the same way as on the official treasurer
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site. I have had the privilege of serving the residents of King
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County for decades, first As
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a state senator, then as elected King County Board Chairman, and now
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as your King County Treasurer, his website goes on to state. With
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your continued support, I will keep doing the work this office, demands.
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Lausen, a Republican, did not respond to an email seeking comment on
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the website language. Lauzen’s opponent, Democrat Penny Wegman, who is currently the
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county auditor, stated in a text that she was aware of the
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issue. As a candidate for treasurer, I believe elected officials need to
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be mindful of the optics and maintain a clear separation between government
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resources and political campaigns. Wegman's text stated. Earlier two residents filed formal
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complaints to Moss's office, alleging that an insert in the May first
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tax bills was actually a campaign piece for Lausen's re election as
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treasurer. The insert was a photo of himself, a chart proclaiming what
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the Treasurer's Office is doing to hold the line on taxes, and
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a graph of the county's cumulative interest earned for fiscal years twenty
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twenty one to twenty twenty six, with a green line at fiscal
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year november thirtieth, twenty twenty two, stating LAZEN elected treasurer. In an
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email, Lausen defended the insert as containing the same information in his
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Finance Committee reports. I I merely use public records Fotnets in my
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campaign literature for unquestionable accuracy. I make no statements that are not
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backed up by historical official facts, Lausen's email stated then. Masser said
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he received the complaints. We do not have any further information to
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provide at this time, but we are looking into the matter. Masser
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stated in an email.
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Similarities reported on official Cain Treasurer website, Lausen's campaign site. This
00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.320
article is being read by an automated voice, brought to you by
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Everlet. Kane County Treasurer Chris Lowsen's official office website uses
00:00:23.390 --> 00:00:27.230
some of the same language as his campaign website, including a line
00:00:27.230 --> 00:00:33.000
asking for residents support. In an email stated. Attorney Jamie Masser said
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information comparing his campaign website to the official Treasure website was provided,
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but not as a complaint. My office has received the information, Mazer's
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email stated. We will look into it to determine what next steps
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are warranted, if any. At issue is state election law, which does
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not allow public funds to be used for political or campaign purposes
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or to urge voting for or against a candidate or party. Under
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the Treasurer tab on the Kane County website, it states, as Kane
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County Board Chairman and your former state senator, I have had the
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privilege of serving the residents of Kane County with honesty, competence, and
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common sense. With your support, I will continue to serve you as
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Kane
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County Treasurer, devoting my work to improve then lives of Kane County
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residents. His campaign website describes him with the same words, competence, honesty
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and common sense. Those descriptives are set aside as boxed headers on
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this campaign site, not the same way as on the official treasurer
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site. I have had the privilege of serving the residents of King
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County for decades, first As
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a state senator, then as elected King County Board Chairman, and now
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as your King County Treasurer, his website goes on to state. With
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your continued support, I will keep doing the work this office, demands.
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Lausen, a Republican, did not respond to an email seeking comment on
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the website language. Lauzen’s opponent, Democrat Penny Wegman, who is currently the
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county auditor, stated in a text that she was aware of the
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issue. As a candidate for treasurer, I believe elected officials need to
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be mindful of the optics and maintain a clear separation between government
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resources and political campaigns. Wegman's text stated. Earlier two residents filed formal
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complaints to Moss's office, alleging that an insert in the May first
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tax bills was actually a campaign piece for Lausen's re election as
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treasurer. The insert was a photo of himself, a chart proclaiming what
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the Treasurer's Office is doing to hold the line on taxes, and
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a graph of the county's cumulative interest earned for fiscal years twenty
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twenty one to twenty twenty six, with a green line at fiscal
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year november thirtieth, twenty twenty two, stating LAZEN elected treasurer. In an
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email, Lausen defended the insert as containing the same information in his
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Finance Committee reports. I I merely use public records Fotnets in my
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campaign literature for unquestionable accuracy. I make no statements that are not
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backed up by historical official facts, Lausen's email stated then. Masser said
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he received the complaints. We do not have any further information to
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provide at this time, but we are looking into the matter. Masser
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stated in an email.
