Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Former State Senator Kay Wojcik Writes Self Check for $104,000
She’s not the first to have taken massive sums from her campaign fund when she closed it. But the $104,259.68 check written from former Republican Senator Kay Wocjik political action committee on October 30th is a big one.
She was grand-mothered in when the last “ethics” bill was passed in the fall of 2003. The new rules restrict PAC funds from being "cashed out" by candidates up to the amount reported in that particular political fund as of June 30, 1998.
Wojcik had $104,259.68 on that date, according to her State Board of Elections report.
She follows the example of Republican Doris Karpiel, the woman she replaced in the State Senate. After Karpiel resigned to take a post with the Illinois Pollution Control Board, the former state senator wrote a check to herself for $24,153.17, the amount her political action committee had in the bank in mid-1998.
Politicians who take payments from their campaign funds are responsible for paying state and federal income taxes on the money.
She was grand-mothered in when the last “ethics” bill was passed in the fall of 2003. The new rules restrict PAC funds from being "cashed out" by candidates up to the amount reported in that particular political fund as of June 30, 1998.
Wojcik had $104,259.68 on that date, according to her State Board of Elections report.
She follows the example of Republican Doris Karpiel, the woman she replaced in the State Senate. After Karpiel resigned to take a post with the Illinois Pollution Control Board, the former state senator wrote a check to herself for $24,153.17, the amount her political action committee had in the bank in mid-1998.
Politicians who take payments from their campaign funds are responsible for paying state and federal income taxes on the money.
