6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, APRIL 28.2006
Sebelius fined for ethics violation
BY JOHN HANNA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STATE
TOPEKA — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was fined $1,500 by the state ethics commission Thursday for illegally soliciting campaign contributions from lobbyists.
The case involved an April 12 e-mail that Sebelius' re-election campaign sent to 92,000 supporters.
Among those supporters, 39 appeared to be lobbyists, and 16 registered lobbyists actually received the e-mail, according to testimony before the commission.
State law prohibits legislators, statewide officials and candidates for those offices from seeking contributions from lobbyists, corporations and political action committees while the legislature remains in session.
The Governmental Ethics Commission concluded that the Sebelius campaign e-mail was a solicitation.
Sebellus' campaign paid the fine immediately.
Sebelius' staff had described the e-mail as an update on education, but at the bottom was a link to the governor's campaign Web site, where people can make a contribution. The link itself said: "Make a contribution."
The governor in a statement said she respected the ruling and looked forward to getting more "guidance on the use of e-mails, since this technology is becoming more widely used to communicate with voters."
She can dig it,can you?
Lisa Linovac/KANSAN
Sara Johnson, St. Louis freshman, plants a tree behind Bailey Hall at 2 p.m. Thursday, E.A.R.T.H. played host to the event as an Into the Streets Week activity. "I like planting trees because so many trees are cut down," Johnson said. "Somebody should plant them back."
NATION Man killed in airport after shooting officer
CLEVELAND — A man who argued with workers at an airport ticket counter grabbed a police officer's gun and shot a patrolman before he was killed by another officer Thursday, authorities said.
The patrolman was shot twice in the chest and was in stable condition, authorities said.
The shootings at Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport followed a disturbance earlier Thursday morning involving the same man in an airport parking garage, city Safety Director Martin Flask said.
Authorities would not give any details on the argument at the ticket counter or the incident in the parking garage.
Flask said the man had a criminal record that included prison stays for burglary and drugs.
~The Associated Press
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