Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, who is pushing for a hefty raise, was slapped with multiple state campaign finance violations and ordered to pay $55,000 to settle the matter.
William Campbell, director of the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance, wrote a letter to Koch last week, informing the embattled Quincy mayor that a routine audit of his campaign finances and several complaints led the OCPF to determine “that the Koch Committee … did not comply with the requirements” of “the Massachusetts campaign finance law.”
“To resolve this matter, the Committee has made payments totaling $55,000, with $15,000 payable to the Commonwealth, and $40,000 payable to charitable entities of the Committee’s choice,” Campbell’s letter states. “Further the Committee has agreed to implement internal a

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