Joe Mesi Reacts to Alleged Ties to Steve Pigeon

Erie County's Republican Elections Commissioner, Ralph Mohr, is charging that former Erie County Democratic party chairman Steve Pigeon broke state election law more than 20 times over the past three years.

Pigeon has his own political action committee called Citizens For Fiscal Integrity. Pigeon is also running the new political action committee formed by Sabres' owner Tom Golisano.

Mohr says Pigeon has repeatedly hid campaign donations he's received, as well as contributions he's made to political candidates, evading campaign disclosure laws.

The Board of Elections subpoenaed the bank records of Pigeon's group, here's some of what it found:

* $11,000 worth of donations to Pigeon's group from former County Executvie Joel Giambra that were never reported;
* A two thousand dollar donation to Joe Mesi's senate campaign was never listed;
* A $4,000 check from Tom Golisano's political action committee, Responsible New York to Pigeon's group. On the memo line of the check it's written that it's for Mesi's campaign.

By law, Golisano's group is not permitted to coordinate its efforts with individual candidates.

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