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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
Remember a guy named Riedemann?
He was a Kennesaw City Councilman for 6 months when our ethically challenged mayor (small m for mayor) appointed him to finish the term of deceased Councilman Bill Thrash.
This appointment caused a lot of controversy as it aced out the widow who only wanted to serve the final 6 months of her late husbands term.
Reidemann ran for as he termed it 're-election', that alone should tell you a bit about his character as he was never elected by anyone but the mayor.
He ran and lost by 400 votes to his opponent. Got totally beat down by the voters in an election that sent all 3 of the Council seeking another term into the unemployeed councilman line.
As you may know Riedemann had a very sketchy financial past, including bankruptcy and it is amply demonstrated by his accepting illegal campaign contributions from William J. Harper and not filing his Personal Financial Disclosure Statement for 2012.
Now finally the 2015 chickens have come home to roost on my 2013 complaint about this to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission as shown below.
Hopefully we have seen the last of Mr. Riedemann in any Kennesaw office.
Riedemann agreed to:
Pay a $400 civil penalty for the violations,
Pay $125 in late fees for failing to file his 2012 Disclosure statement,
Pay the above $525 in civil penalties and late fees within 30 days,
Refund to William J. Harper $500 in excess campaign contrubutions within 30 days,
File his 2012 Personal Financial Disclosure Statement within 30 days,
Agrees to not commit further violations.
