Now it is true that using the Ethics Board in an attempt to silence someone is not something unknown to the Central Committee.
I recall about 6 or 7 years ago, I was doing about the same thing I am doing now.
Writing articles on this Website detailing what portions of the County Constitution, ByLaws and Rules of Order a previous Executive Board was violating , when---
I got a phone call at home from the State Ethics Board inquiring who was on the Board of Directors of something called the Linn County Republican Whigs.
I replied, "Bu-but we don't have a Board of Directors we are a FACEBOOK Group.
It seems someone (turned out to be the Chair at the time) was concerned that someone might confuse the Linn County Republican WHIGS with the Linn County Republican PARTY when we took out an ad opposing a Local Option Sales Tax Extension and had wait for it--
Filed a complaint with the State Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.
Turns out that the cost of the ad was below the amount where it was required to be reported and the Ethics Board thought the reason for the complaint ie someone might confuse the Republican Whigs with the Republican Party was a tad lame?
In any event we decided to fulfill all the Ethics Boards requirements as if we HAD spent an amount that required notification and--
the Iowa Conservative Union was born.
Bringing the ICU into this is fitting because it was why one of the Little Piggies was so incensed that the Ethics Board saw no reason to take any definititive action.
It seems that the the Central Committee's Treasurer wrote a check on the LCRCC account that should have been written on the ICU account.
When he determined his error he wrote a check to make good the amount erroneously withdawn from the LCRCC acount and informed the Ethics Board.
NO Smoking Gun.
I believe the incident has been referred to by one of the members of the Ethics Board as
" the famous $100 check transaction"
(note they do not usually make sarcastic references to something they take seriously)
So the Little Piggies and Goldilocks went looking for another Smokng Gun..
One of the little Piggies approached the Treasurer of the ICU trying to get access to the ICUs financial records.
The little Piggy tried coaxing and tried smooth talking.
It was Goldilocks who played Bad Cop.
Informing the ICU Treasurer that they might be in serious trouble and therefore should open the bank records to Goldilocks and the Little Piggies so they could HELP them. 
One of the Little Piggies even went so far as to be Outraged I tell you OUTRAGED!! because they thought the ICU Treasurer had LIED to them about why the Bank Records could not be made available to them,.
Me I think the fact that it would have been totally Unethical and a Complete Violation of his Fiduciary Responsibilites should have been reason enough.
But I guess small matters of morality such as that are not that important to them.
Updated: Friday, 16 January 2015 9:06 AM CST
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