Alleged Illegal Campaign Activity

Allegany County Commission President Dave Caporale talked with WCBC’s Dave Norman Friday morning about possible illegal campaign activities that took place during the general election cycle.  Caporale said information has been given to the local board of education regarding use of school property to conduct political campaign business for a candidate, which is against written board policy…

“Employees may not distribute campaign literature on school property on school hours, etc. May not use public school property, funds, communication channels, and or employee hours cannot be used for political advocacy.”

Caporale says it isn’t a matter of trying to find fault, but accountability…

“We’re just not, you know, trying to turn over rocks to find something. This did happen, there’s something there, and people should be held accountable for it. It was, you know, they broke the state code.”