State Rep. Dan Roach has been ordered to repay his campaign $21,504 from his 2006 race because Roach improperly transferred the money to his own bank account to make up for lost wages, the Seattle Times is reporting.
But the money Roach paid himself was for profit disbursements from Roach Gymnastics, a gym he owns with his wife, and not eligible for the wage-only reimbursement rules set forth by the Public Disclosure Commission. However both the PDC and Roach characterized the instance as a misunderstanding of the rules.
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