That white hat is not so white anymore!

Elections panel fines Brennan group $5.2 million
All Children Matter PAC handled $850,000 illegally, Ohio Elections Commission rules
Thursday, April 3, 2008
By Jim Siegel THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
File David Brennan A record $5.2 million fine was levied this afternoon by the Ohio Elections Commission against a group tied to David Brennan, Ohio’s biggest charter-school operator. The whopping fine was levied against All Children Matter, a political action committee that got and distributed some $850,000 in illegal campaign contributions funneled through Virginia, which has no limits on such money. Brennan, president of Akron-based White Hat Management, a for-profit operator of charter schools in Ohio and six other states, contributed $200,000 of the total. The assessment came on a 5-0 vote of the bipartisan commission, which had earlier warned the committee its actions would violate Ohio law. The group plans an appeal to Franklin County Common Pleas Court.