LACROSSE, Wis.—rLa Crosse County Democrats have leveled campaign violation chatges aganst the county‘s Republican Party and County Board candidate Robert Haines. The Democrats called both were campaign violations. The complaints went to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. The allegaions:
> $500 off the books to Haines before he registered his campaign
> $3,500 to seven county board candidates, including Haines, by giving money directly to them rather than to their campaign committees. Listed as recipients: Kevin Decker, Josh Dirks, Jeff Fimreite, Ken Johnson, Chris Muller, Jack Pogreba.
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Wyatt Molling, Democratic chair: “This is about transparency and ensuring that everyone plays by the same rules. If the Democratic Party wants to give money to local candidates, we dot every ‘i’ and cross every ‘t’ to make sure we’re following the law.”