CITY OF SANTA FE ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN REVIEW BOARD TACKLES SODA TAX CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Nancy Guthrie
SANTA FE, NM April 27, 2017 - The City of Santa Fe’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board, chaired by Bardacke Allison’s Justin Miller, ruled on several complaints under the City’s Campaign Code as money pours into both sides of the campaign on the proposed soda tax. The Board reprimanded Pre K for Santa Fe for failing to disclose its identity in campaign materials, dismissed a complaint that would ask the Board to become the arbiter of truth in campaign communications, and reprimanded and ordered the Rio Grande Foundation to disclose expenditures and contributions in connection with a video it distributed in opposition to the tax. The Board will soon request public comment on a variety of questions to be answered in anticipation of the upcoming mayoral election.