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I am writing to provide a bit of background on the Levison matter as Sarah's legal representative. One of the arguments that we made is that the interpretation being used by the city to fine Ms. Levison by claiming that aggregated reporting of small electioneering communications expenditures is required has never been the practice of any of the candidates or committees that have campaigned in the city of Longmont. Interestingly, even Mr. Bagley, who filed the complaints against Ms. Levison failed to report his electioneering communications in the aggregate as is easily viewable on the Longmont Campaign Election site,
www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-a-d/city-clerk/election-information/candidate-and-committee-information. On September 20, Mr. Bagley made an expenditure for advertising in the amount of $66, but failed to report this amount (aggregating the expenditures) on his electioneering communications report filed on Sept. 25. It is unfortunate that Mr. Bagley sought legal action against Ms. Levison for an interpretation of the ordinance that he himself did not follow.
Angelique Layton
Louisville, CO 80027
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