Record fine levied against former GOP candidate

[Judi Lynn]

Record fine levied against former GOP candidate
By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer | December 20, 2005

BOSTON --A former candidate for lieutenant governor and one-time chairman of the state Republican Party has agreed to pay the largest campaign finance fine in state history, prosecutors said Monday.

Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts It's the second time James W. Rappaport has been fined for failing to fully disclose expenditures from his personal account during his failed 2002 run for lieutenant governor.

Rappaport, a real estate developer who lost the Republican nomination to Kerry Healey, has agreed to pay $60,000 in fines, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly, a Democratic candidate for governor.

Rappaport told The Boston Globe in its Tuesday editions that he decided to pay the fine because "it was easier to pay them the $60,000 than to continue paying lawyers. It's cheaper."
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/20/record_fine_levied_against_former_gop_candidate/

[Javaman]

1. one more for the daily corrupt repuke of the day calendar...n/t