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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Because the video is very short and no questions are asked how is it known whether what he said was trying to circumvent election rules. All you would need to do to prove that false is look at the last election donation record and see if any gas cards were claimed as donations and then that theory is blown out of the water. It probably was their intent to circumvent rules but its not like they were saying to have each of your 5th cousins donate the max amount of money like does go on. Of those who have helped in a campaign before have you ever brought pizza or donuts and not claimed them as a donation. If gas cards is the worst they were planning then I think anyone who has been involved in an election is at risk.
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FWIW, in Nenshi's lawyer's response to Wenzel's lawyers, he does not make mention of gas cards. He counts the donation of the vehicles themselves as a contribution with monetary value that would put Wenzel (technically, Shane Homes) over the limit.
I'm not sure why Wenzel brings up the gas cards that the candidate gave his staff at this point, but his suit does try to defend against the use of company vehicles by arguing that it was his employees acting on their own time without compensation from Shane Homes. Problem is, his claim that the employees/vehicles were being used independently is directly contradicted by Wenzel's own words in the video.
As to the rest of your comment, I tend to agree. Wenzel isn't trying to clear his name so much as take Nenshi down. This is definitely personal to him.