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Portland withholds $71K in public matching funds from Rene Gonzalez amid ca
Susan Mottet, director of Portland’s Small Donor Elections program, wrote in an Oct. 10 letter to Gonzalez that the city, under administrative rules, can withhold public funds in cases of “high outstanding penalty amounts” or “egregious violations.”
Portland elections program fines Rene Gonzalez $77K over cushy campaign off
Since May, Gonzalez’s campaign has paid a mere $250 a month to rent more than 3,000 square feet in a Southwest 11th Avenue office building owned by Jordan Schnitzer, a real estate mogul and philanthropist who also donated the most money allowed by law, $250, to the candidate, according to city elections officials and campaign finance reports.