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As he retired from four years in the Legislature, former Rep. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, had $13,741 left in his campaign account. He paid $10,000 to himself and $3,741 to his wife for unspecified "reimbursements."
"I want to hold it in reserve in case I run for office again. So it's just sitting in another account for now," he said about plans for the money. But Utah law allows him to spend it any way he wants.See the full content of this document
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Campaign Funds for Clothes, Nannies?
Several other legislators who left office last year followed suit -- pocketing thousands of dollars of leftover campaign money. Other lawmakers do not wait to retire to convert campaign money to personal uses that benefit themselves, family or friends.
Disclosure forms show such spending ranges from paying apartment rent to buying suits and shirts, freeway HOV-lane passes, baby- sitting, dry cleaning and personal passports.That is legal in Utah but may be questionable because recent analyses show that up to 95 percent of campaign fun...See the full content of this document
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