ae = oe Enc teat Pts art Matstee| Date name {ee hanya Dart hse Sofie” Exjen Saye eke Say ert Smee! Cap ness aan sooner Posy tee (ahr ieee ne ‘Sovcal cao an er, Richard A. Spencer (aon m2-1981 (207) 12-3027 Fax DrummondWWoocsun scram tir 4 Marginal Woy, Suite 620 tad in ME NB coly Portand, ME OATO1-2380 we dwmiaw.com RECEIVED gep 07 2010 By E-Mail @ Jonathon. Wayne@Maine.gov Maine Exhios © September 3, 2010 Jonathan Wayne Ethics Director Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics 135 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 RE: Governmental Ethics Complaint filed on behalf of Cutler 2010 Dear Jonathan: Tam writing on behalf of Cutler 2010 to request that the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics conduct an investigation to determine who has made and financed the anonymous express advocacy communications found on the Cutlerfile website which T brought to your attention earlier this week. This anonymous website contains express advocacy communications that include untruths, half-truths, and are malicious and defamatory as well. We request that the Commission take appropriate legal action against the person or persons who made and/or financed these express advocacy communi for violation of Maine’s election laws, including but not limited to: 1. Failure to disclose the name and address of person or persons who made and/or authorized the expenditures for express advocacy communications as required by 21-A MRS §1014; 2. Failure to disclose whether the express advocacy communications were or were not authorized by a candidate, a candidates authorized political committee or their agents as required by 21-A MRS §1014(1)(2); 3. Violation of 21-A MRS §1014 with the intent to misrepresent whether the express advocacy communications were or were not authorized by a candidate as prohibited by 21-A MRS §1014(4); ‘Faces OESeptember 3, 2010 Page 2 4. Failure to comply with the reporting requirements of 21-A MRS §$$1017 through 1020-A; and/or 5. Failure to comply with the limitations on contributions and expenditures established by 21-A MRS $1015. Please direct any response to this governmental ethics complaint to Ted O’Meara, the Campaign Manager for Cutler 2010, as [ will be out of the office through September 15". ‘Thank you for your attention to this matter. Very truly yours > Richard A. Spencer RAS/kmr : Ted O’Meara