Claims of Bias<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis week Lisa Scott and her lawyer Bruce Merrill complained to the courts that the fine was unreasonably high and claimed that the commission had \u201cinaccurately determined that the reports filed by the petitioners did not substantially conform to the statute\u2019s reporting requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n
The penalty is almost ten times the amount the commission has ever imposed, although the maximum fine permitted by law would have been $4.7 million.<\/p>\n
The 12-page filing claims the commission\u2019s decision was \u201caffected by bias and errors of law, was arbitrary and capricious, and was in violation of constitutional and statutory provisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe penalties imposed by the final determination amount to an unconstitutionally excessive fine,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The backers of a failed Maine casino proposal which was accused by the State Governor of \u201chigh jacking democracy\u201d are suing the state\u2019s Commission on Government Ethics and Election Practices in the hope of reversing the record fine it imposed on them in November. The commission hit Lisa Scott, sister of controversial casino entrepreneur Shawn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":68161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,11,60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Maine Casino Backers Sue State Ethics Commission Over $500,000 Fine<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n