Omar Fateh’s campaign for mayor has been fined $500 by the Court for violating the Minnesota Fair Campaign Practices Act by continuing to falsely claim to have the DFL endorsement after it was revoked.
“Respondent knowingly violated Minn. Stat. § 211B.02 by distributing campaign material and yard signs that falsely claimed Omar Fateh was endorsed by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) after the endorsement had been revoked. For this violation, a $500.00 civil penalty is appropriate.”
“Respondent knew it was distributing material claiming an endorsement its candidate no longer had. No matter how disruptive it would have been to cease using campaign material designed and ordered in good faith in the middle of a campaign, inconvenience does not excuse failure to follow the law.”
See the attached ruling from the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings.
Only wishing that fine had a couple more zeros behind it, because Fateh’s signs are still out, right now, displaying ” DFL endorsed.”
They can be seen in his supporters’ yards, the group that is not keen on the ” rule of law” concept.