Finance Board Sues 'Seinfeld' Inspiration (campaign finance law problems)

[Khephra]

NEW YORK -- It sounds like a "Seinfeld" episode: Kramer runs for mayor, then runs afoul of campaign finance laws and winds up in court as his own lawyer. But this mix of law and laughs is no Larry David script. Instead, David's one-time neighbor Kenny Kramer -- the real-life inspiration for the quirky "Seinfeld" character -- has a Jan. 5 court date with the city Campaign Finance Board.

"This is an agency run amok," Kramer complained Friday. "They use their weight like a 500-pound gorilla."

The spat dates back three years, when Kramer mounted a campaign for City Hall as the Libertarian Party candidate. He supported the legalization of drugs and gay marriage. Only 1,408 New Yorkers cast their votes for the K-Man as Michael Bloomberg swept into office.

"My whole campaign committee collected $7,000 total," Kramer said. "Because my campaign took in so little money and spent so little money, I thought it was not necessary for me to file."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-candidate-kramer,0,74122.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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1. Kramer a Libertarian?

I suppose there's a certain symmetry to that.

[patdem]

2. Well, hell, when you run for office you gotta find out the laws and rules

you must follow...gee I did not think shooting 12 year old girls who ran away was against the law? Oh, well okay...since you did not think..all is well, since your president has set the standard!! :grr:

And I LOVE Seinfeld! AND Kramer...on his TV show!..again I say :grr:

Thanks DU for that emoticon!