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September 20, 2006

Democrats file ethics complaint against Carcieri

PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island Democrats accuse Republican Governor Carcieri of breaking the state's ethics code.

Democratic Party Chairman William Lynch says Carcieri's campaign sent fund-raising letters to two executive branch employees. He says the state ethics code makes it illegal for Carcieri to solicit campaign donations from anyone in the executive branch.

The allegations are part of a complaint that Lynch filed today with the state Ethics Commission.

One of the men, Albert Nani, works as a human relations analyst for the Department of Administration. The other man, Robert Moniz, is a supervisory electrical inspector for the Department of Transportation.

Carcieri said the letter was "probably a clerical issue."

"That shouldn't happen," he said, adding "I'm not about soliciting state employees at their place of business."

-- The Associated Press

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