Phill Kline and I have never met, but I feel like I know him. He once was Attorney General in the state of Kansas, and when he ran for re-election in 2006 used some very, very questionable tactics in getting church support for his campaign. As you know if you're a regular reader, that's illegal under tax law. I wrote a complaint to the IRS on behalf of an organization I used to work for, and it got a fair amount of attention from the local press. Kline lost that election, but became a county DA in Kansas right afterwards. This year he's running for reelection and lo and behold, guess who's got yet another 501(c)(3) problem? Phill Kline. This time, it's a supporter who has put her pro-life group's tax status in jeopardy by basically fundraising for Mr. Kline's campaign under the banner of her group's letterhead. Check out the letter at the Nonprofit Law Prof blog (a regular read for me these days!).
In any event, it's funny running into Phill Kline again in the pages of Kansas newspapers for more issues with campaign intervention by (c)(3)s...
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