Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Government fines coal company for posting anti- Obama sign

Weasel Zippers

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"A major coal mining company has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle charges that it violated election spending rules by distributing anti-President Obama signs in 2012.
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"n a settlement announced Friday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Murray Energy Corp. admitted that it failed to disclose paying for signs that read, “STOP the WAR on COAL — FIRE OBAMA” in the months before the 2012 presidential election.

"Following a complaint by a liberal group in Ohio, FEC investigated the signs, for which Murray paid about $22,000." . . .

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