Hales Aiming to Break Contribution-Limit Promise Again

Willamette Week:

Even after the race is over, Portland Mayor-elect Charlie Hales keeps finding new ways to break his promise of campaign financing limits.

Hales is paying off his campaign debts with a reception at Old Town restaurant Gilt Club on Dec. 4, with tickets starting at $50 and "sponsorship levels" ranging from $200 to $2,500. That's well over the $600 cap Hales placed on individual donations in June.

Hales won the election handily, but his campaign finished the race $35,971 in the red. It has $11,800 in outstanding bills, and $71,000 in unpaid loans. All of those loans are money Hales loaned to his own campaign.

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