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Article: Auditor: Brochure is illegal; Minneapolis mayoral newsletter should be on Rybak's own dime, state official says.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 22, 2005
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Byline: Rochelle Olson; Staff Writer
State Auditor Pat Anderson on Friday called on Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to reimburse the city for his recent $42,000 newsletter because she believes it violates state law.
"While it is appropriate for a city to send out a newsletter to communicate with its residents, it is clear that glossy ... photographs of the mayor and a glowing recitation of his accomplishments do not meet that purpose," Anderson wrote. "Frankly, Mayor Rybak should have saved this brochure for his campaign."
Anderson said she saw the brochure after getting a complaint from a constituent late Thursday and reading about it in the ...