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Name: Valerie Lashell Tatumn Position or Title: Ineligibile/failed Little Rock Board
of Directors Ward 2 candidate; Ghost
Address: 5 Granite Court Phone: (Home) administrator of distressed Covenant
Keepers Charter School
Maumelle, AR 72113 (Work) 501-682-7550
Cellphone: 501-350-4009
2. State in your own words the detailed facts and the actions of the person named in section 1 which
prompted you to make this complaint. The brief space provided below is not intended to limit your
statement of facts. Please use the back of this form or additional sheets if necessary. Include relevant
dates, times, and the names, and addresses of other persons whom you believe have knowledge of the
facts.
See attachment "A".
3. Attach or make reference to any documents, materials, minutes, resolutions or other evidence which
support your allegations.
1. On October 30, 2018 Tatum filed a prelection Campaign Contribution and Expenditure
report (“CCE”) for the period of July 31, 2018 through October 30, 2018. See Exhibit 1.
Tatum reported total monetary contributions in the amount of $34, 561 and total expenditures
in the amount of $43,261.
Tatum reported illegal contributions from Sammy J. Baker, Sr. in the amount of $10,500;
McLarty Consulting in the amount of $9.051 (see Exhibit 1, page 4) and Ugly Mike’s Records in
the amount of $6,060.
Arkansas Code Annotated §7-6-203 (a)(1)(a) prohibits any candidate for public office or any
person acting on the candidate’s behalf to accept a campaign contribution in excess of $2,700
per election from a prospective contributor. See Exhibit 2.
Tatum reported a $6,500 contribution from herself (see Exhibit 1, page 4).
Tatum violated Arkansas Code Annotated §7-6-203 (B) by accepting and reporting contributions
from prohibited contributors – McClarty Consulting and Crazy Mike’s Records. Neither of these
entities are registered in the State of Arkansas as a Political Action Committee (“PAC”).
Tatum reports expenditures in the amount of $43,261 but her CCE only details $14,760 in
expenditures - $6,060 in unspecified “fund-raising expenses” and $8,700 in payments to
campaign workers (see Exhibit 1, page 6). This report claims $34,561 in itemized expenditures
but $19,801 in expenditures are undocumented see Exhibit 1, page 7).
Tatum claimed in an article published by Max Brantley with the Arkansas Times that others
prepared the report, though she signed and attested it was “complete, true and accurate.” See
Exhibit 3.
Based on an affidavit of candidacy Tatum filed with the Little Rock City Clerk (see Exhibit 4) the
handwriting on the CCE filed on October 30, 2018 appears to be Tatum’s own handwriting.
2. On October 31, 2018 Tatum filed an amended CCE. See Exhibit 5.
Tatum now reported total monetary contributions in the amount of $13, 495 and total
expenditures in the amount of $43,261.
Tatum lists an illegal loan in the amount of $7,800 from Sammy J. Baker, Sr. (see Exhibit 5, page
2) and she reports an additional $2,700 contribution from him (see Exhibit 5, page 4.
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Arkansas Code Annotated §7-6-203 (c) only permits loans from a candidate or personal loans
from a financial institution to the candidate to be applied to the campaign.
Tatum reported an illegal contribution in the amount of $1,845 from Crazy Mike’s Records. On
her CCE filed the previous day she reported a contribution in the amount of $6,060 from this
illegal contributor.
Tatum violated Arkansas Code Annotated §7-6-203 (B) by accepting and reporting this
contribution from a prohibited Crazy Mike’s Records is not registered in the State of Arkansas
as a Political Action Committee (“PAC”).
Tatum reported $29, 766 in expenditures on her amended CCE (see Exhibit 5, page 6) where on
the one filed the previous day, she reported only $6,060.
Tatum reports itemized campaign expenditures totally $22,195 but does not account for
$21,066 in expenditures on this CCE (see Exhibit 5, page 7).
Again, based on an affidavit of candidacy Tatum filed with the Little Rock City Clerk (see Exhibit
4) the handwriting on the amended CCE filed on October 31, 2018 appears to be Tatum’s own
handwriting.
Another article published by Max Brantley with the Arkansas Times on November 5, 2018
pointed out problems with Tatum’s original CCE and amended CCE. See Exhibit 6.
3. On March 2, 2018 Tatum filed an Exploratory Committee Registration form (“ECR”) listing
the name of the committee as “Valerie Tatum LR City Council”. See Exhibit 7.
Again, based on an affidavit of candidacy Tatum filed with the Little Rock City Clerk (see Exhibit
4) the handwriting on the ECR appears to be Tatum’s own handwriting.
4. On July 25, 2018 Tatum filed a CCE (See Exhibit 8) which appears to be for contributions
made to her “Valerie Tatum LR City Council” exploratory committee. Total monetary
contributions were listed as $1,345 (see Exhibit 8, page 1) with expenditures for paid campaign
workers as $650 (see Exhibit 8, page 6) leaving a balance of $695.
The funds collected by Tatum’s exploratory committee were not reported on the CCE filed on
October 30, 2018 or her amended CCE filed on October 31, 2018. See Exhibits 1 and 5.
Tatum also failed to properly list place of business or employer/occupation of financial
contributors on CCE’s filed in October 2018.
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Based on a preponderance of the evidence, the Commission should make a finding that Tatum
violated Arkansas Code Annotated §7-6-203 and have an appropriate sanction applied to her.
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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AND EXFENDITURE REPORT
For County, Municipal and SchoolBoard Candidates
{Clerk's Fite
CUIIULATIVE TOTAL
4. Balance of ca funds at
5. lnterest earned 0n cam n account
6. Total Loans (enter total from line I
7. Total Contributions (enter total from line
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9. Balance of funds at close of
'10. lf this is candidate's final report for an election, amount of carryover
funds or outstanding indebtednesS {use brackets to indicate
1 1 " ( ) NO ACIVITY lcnecx f you have not received contribrrtions, expenditures dunng this r€porting peilsd)
I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that the i is a complete, true, and accurate
financial statement of my (the candidate's) campaign
Ark. Code Ann, $ 7-&202 provides that a person \,rho knowingty fails to comply Wth the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter 6, Title 7 of the Arkansas Code
shdl upon convictlon be guilty of a class A misdemeanor
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IMPORTAN?
lf a candidate desires to use or raise campaign funds to repay himself or herself for
personal funds which he or she contributed to the campaign, then he or she would need
to report those personal funds as a loan in $ection 12.
lf a candidate does not desire to use or raise campaign funds to repay himself or herself
for personal funds which he or she contributed to the campaign, then those personal
funds would not be reported in Section 12. lnstead, they would be reported as a
campaign contribution either in Section 1S or on line 18, depending upon the ar*ount.
lf a candidate has unpaid laans at the end of the primary, runoff, special, or general
election, the source, description and amount of each such loan should be itemized in
Section 29. Candidates ending their campaign in debt are permitted to raise funds to
retire the debt subject to the restrictions contained in Ark. Code Ann. $ 7-6-219.
Ark. Code Ann. S 7-6'202 provides lhat a person who knoningly fails to comply with the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter 6. Title T of the Akansas Code
shall Upon convlcUon be guiity of a Class A misdemeanor.
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value and the amount charged. ln-kind contributions are addressed in greater
detail in Sections 205 and 206 of the Commission's Rules on Campaign Finance
& Disclosure.
Ark. Code Ann. $ 7€'202 provides that a p€rson u/iro knowingty fails to comply with the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter 6. Tille 7 of the Artansas Code
shall upon conuiction be ouilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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Ark- Code Ann. $ 7-6-202 provides ihat a person who *nowingly fails to comply with the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter 6, Title 7 ol the Arkansas Code
shall LFon convieticn be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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shall upon convicti$ be guilty of a Class A misdemeafior.
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A.C.A. § 7-6-203
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Current through all laws of the 2018 Fiscal Session and 2018 Second Extraordinary
Session, including changes and corrections by the Arkansas Code Revision Commission.
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carryover funds shall be transferred to the person's active campaign fund. Once
transferred, the funds will no longer be treated as carryover funds.
(ii) This subdivision (g)(4)(B) shall not apply to carryover funds from an election held
prior to July 1, 1997.
(iii) This subdivision (g)(4)(B) shall not apply to a campaign debt.
(C)
(i) If carryover funds are expended prior to transferring the funds to an active campaign
fund, the expenditures shall be reported pursuant to this subdivision (g)(4)(C). A person
shall file an expenditure report concerning carryover funds if, since the last report
concerning the carryover funds, the person has expended in excess of five hundred dollars
($500). The report shall be filed at the office in which the candidate was required to file his
or her campaign contribution and expenditure reports for the previous campaign not later
than fifteen (15) days after a calendar quarter in which a report becomes required. No
report is required in any calendar quarter in which the cumulative expenditure limit has
not been exceeded since the person's last report.
(ii) The person shall also file an expenditure report for the calendar quarter in which he or
she transfers the carryover funds to an active campaign fund.
(iii)
(a) A person who retains carryover funds shall file an annual report outlining the status of
the carryover fund account as of December 31 unless the person has filed a quarterly
report during the calendar year pursuant to subdivisions (g)(4)(C)(i) and (ii) of this
section.
(b) The annual report shall be due by January 31 of each year.
(c) A person who retains carryover funds from a general election held in November or a
runoff election held in November is not required to file an annual report for the year of the
general election or runoff election from which carryover funds were retained.
(iv) The carryover fund reports of a candidate for school district, township, municipal, or
county office shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the election was
held.
(v)
(a) The carryover fund reports of a candidate for state or district office shall be filed with
the Secretary of State.
(b) The carryover fund reports of a candidate for state or district office filed with the
Secretary of State shall be filed in electronic form through the official website of the
Secretary of State. The Arkansas Ethics Commission shall approve the format used by the
Secretary of State for the filing of carryover fund reports in electronic form under this
subdivision (g)(4)(C)(v)(b) to ensure that all required information is requested. The official
website of the Secretary of State shall allow for searches of carryover fund report
information required to be filed in electronic form under this subdivision (g)(4)(C)(v)(b).
(D)
(i) Carryover funds may be retained by a person for not more than ten (10) years after
the last election at which he or she was a candidate, or if applicable, not more than ten
(10) years after the last day that the person held office, and any remaining carryover
funds shall be disposed of in the same manner as for surplus campaign funds.
(ii)
(a) The officer with whom the person last filed a final campaign report shall provide the
person timely notice of the requirements of this subdivision (g)(4)(D) prior to the
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History
Acts 1975, No. 788, § 2; 1977, No. 312, § 6; 1981, No. 690, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 3-1110;
Init. Meas. 1990, No. 1, §§ 2, 3; Acts 1993, No. 1195, § 1; 1993, No. 1196, § 1; 1995,
No. 863, §§ 1-3; 1995, No. 1296, § 41; Init. Meas. 1996, No. 1, §§ 2, 3; Acts 1997, No.
116, § 1; 1997, No. 491, §§ 2, 3; 1999, No. 553, § 3; 1999, No. 1057, § 1; 2001, No.
954, § 1; 2001, No. 1839, § 2; 2003, No. 195, §§ 2, 3; 2003, No. 248, § 1; 2005, No.
1284, §§ 3, 4; 2005, No. 1413, § 1; 2005, No. 1695, § 1; 2007, No. 221, § 2; 2009, No.
340, § 1; 2009, No. 473, §§ 3, 4; 2009, No. 1204, § 2; 2011, No. 721, §§ 3, 4; 2013, No.
382, § 1; 2013, No. 1110, § 7; 2015, No. 142, § 1; 2015, No. 1280, §§ 5-7; 2017, No.
318, § 1.
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Perusing campaign finance filings yesterday, I discovered multiple problems on the click to enlarge
report filed by Valerie Tatum, a candidate for Ward 2 on the Little Rock City Board,
who already faces questions over her eligibility to run for the seat. UPDATE: She has
filed an amended report.
* She reported contributions of $10,500 from Sammy J. Baker Sr. and $9,051 from
McLarty Consulting. The state law limits individual contributions to $2,700. It also
VALERIE TATUM: Promises to correct initial
prohibits corporate contributions. campaign filing.
* She reported $6,050 in "fund-raising donations" attributed under the "place of business" column to Ugly Mike's
Records. This sounds like a contribution kitty maintained at a place of business. That method of fund-raising, without
itemization, is frowned on by the state Ethics Commission. This issue remains unclear. If a single contribution from the
record store, it is illegal.
Other basic bookkeeping problems turned up. The report says she's made $43,261 in expenditures, but the report
breaks out far less — $6,060 in unspecified "fund-raising expenses" and $8,700 in payments to campaign workers. The
report claims more than $34,000 in "itemized" expenditures, but no others are itemized beyond the $14,760 worth.
The report summary claims more than $34,000 in "itemized" contributions though it includes that unsourced amount
from Ugly Mike's. The report said Tatum had also put $6,500 personally in the race. Candidates may spend an unlimited
amount of their own money, though they often do so in the form of a loan so that they might raise money to pay
themselves back.
I reached Tatum by telephone yesterday and her responses to questions were muddled. She said others prepared the
report, though she signed it and attested it was "complete, true and accurate." She said she'd be filing an amended
report today, but had wanted to meet "due diligence" by filing a timely report yesterday. "I'll get it cleaned up
tomorrow," she said.
I couldn't get direct answers to questions about several points. The McLarty "contribution" perhaps should have been
listed as an expenditure rather than a contribution, she seemed to suggest. It is a political consulting firm. The Ugly
Mike money? I couldn't get a clear response.
Tatum has had bookkeeping problems before. When she led the Covenant Keepers Charter School, a charter school
panel recommended revoking its charter because of governance, financial and management issues. The pro-charter
state Board of Education overturned the recommendation. Charter school backer, Claiborne Deming, the wealthy former
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Murphy Oil executive from El Dorado, was an early contributor of $1,000 to Tatum's campaign. She says she's "retired"
from the charter school, where she'd been accused in 2015 of self-dealing.
Tatum enjoys some campaign support from prominent members of the Little Rock business establishment — $750
from John and Shayla Copas, $500 from Gary and Rebecca Smith and $1,000 from Gus Vratsinas, all in the construction
business.
City Attorney Tom Carpenter has said Tatum isn't eligible to run for Ward 2 against incumbent Director Ken
Richardson because when she filed she claimed a residence outside the ward. She moved to an address inside the ward
after that was reported, though Carpenter says the law requires proper residency to become a candidate. The City Board
has refused to take action over her candidacy. She's been represented legally in fighting Carpenter's opinion by Jess
Askew, a lawyer who often represents charter school, school choice and similar interests of the powerful school lobby
led by the Walton Family Foundation.
I tried to find out from Tatum if she still owned the house in Maumelle that she has long claimed as a residence and on
which she has claimed a homestead property tax exemption this year. She declined to answer questions about it. "I'd
rather not," she said.
UPDATE: She filed an amended report Wednesday. You can see it here. It still confuses me.
Instead of a $10,500 contribution from Baker, she now reports a $2,700 contribution and a $7,800 loan. She describes
him as a relative. The law says:
Where she had reported $6,050 from Ugly Mike's she now reports $1,845.
Where she had reported more than $9,000 from McLarty Consulting, she now reports that as expenditures on campaign
services to the political consulting firm.
In all, the report now says she has spent $43,261 will raising only $13,495 in contributions. The ony lending on the firm
is the amount reported from Baker. Some forensic accounting is needed here.
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4 Tatum Complaint Exhibit 4
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION AND EXFENDITURE REPORT
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12, LOAN INFORMATION
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IMPORTANT
lf a candidate desires to use or raise campaign funds to repay himself or herself for
personal funds which he or she contributed to the campaign, then he or she would need
to report those personal funds as a loan in Section 12.
lf a candidate does not desire to use or raise carnpaign funds to repay himself or herself
for personal funds which he or she contributed to the campaign, then those personal
funds would not be reported in Section 12. lnstead, they would be reported as a
carnpaign contribution either in Section 16 or on line 18, depending upon the amount.
lf a candidate has unpaid loans at the end of the primary, runoff, spocial, or general
election, the source, description and arnount of each such laan should be itemized in
Section 29. Candidates ending their carnpaign in debt are permitted to raise funds to
retire the debt subject to the restrictions contained in Ark. Code Ann. $ 7-&219.
Ark. Code Ann. S 7-S202 provides that a person who knowirEly fails to comply with the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter 6, Title 7 of the Artansas Code
shall upon convictlon be guiffy of a Class A misdemeanor.
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value and the amount charged. ln-kind contributions are addressed in greater
detail in Sections 205 and 206 of the Commission's Rules on Campaign Finance
& Disclosure.
Ark. Code Ann. S 7€-202 provides lhat e person who knorvingly fails to comply wilh the provisions of subchapter 2 of chapter S. Tille 7 of the Arkanses Code
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Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 8:06 AM
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MAYORAL MONEY: Warwick Sabin (center) has raised the most, but Baker Kurrus (right) has raised by far the most since
official fund-raising began June 1. Frank Scott has nearly matched Sabin in the official fund-raising period.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today summarized campaign spending on races for Little Rock city board and mayor
and, in the process, fixed an earlier misunderstanding about the mayor's race but added to the fog about a city board
race.
* Mayor: Baker Kurrus has raised decisively more money than any other candidate since June 1, almost $325,000.
Warwick Sabin has reported more than $357,000 in total contributions, but more than $187,000 was transferred from
an exploratory committee that raised money before Kurrus entered the race and before official fund-raising began in
June. A Sabin campaigner disputed my original report that said just that and later apologized for saying he'd spoken
too soon. Frank Scott has raised almost $230,000 with more than $60,000 coming in his exploratory phase.
* City Board, Ward 2: The D-G article credited Valerie Tatum as having spent more than $43,000 while raising only
$13,495. The article explains the difference was made up by loans from the candidate and a relative and by her
exploratory fund-raising.
Those points are worth more examination. Tatum's most recent report, an amendment made after I pointed out
numerous discrepancies in the first filing, does not reflect a loan from the candidate. It does show a $6,500
contribution from her. It also reflects a loan from an uncle of $7,800. My reading of election law says loans are
allowable only from financial institutions and then must be reported as a loan to a candidate, not directly to the
campaign. Other loans must be considered as contributions and those are limited to $2,700. Her exploratory committee
effort? It raised only about $1,300 according to reports on file with the county clerk. That carryover, by the way, isn't
reported as a contribution to her regular campaign report, but it still falls far short of closing the gap in unaccounted for
money that Tatum has spent. Also, Tatum falls thousands short of identifying the $43,000 in expenditures, even
including exploratory committee spending.
Tatum had numerous bookkeeping problems while running the Covenant Keepers charter school, but they were
overlooked along with academic deficiencies by the state Board of Education in continuing the school's charter. The
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Board tends to be more forgiving of charter schools than, say, the Little Rock School District.
Tatum, by the way, filed for Ward 2 from an address outside the ward, another error "corrected" after the city attorney
noted it. No lawsuit has been filed challenging her candidacy and none will be possible, the city attorney says, if she is
elected from the address to which she moved after filing closed. Ken Richardson is the incumbent in the race.
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EXPLORATORY GOMMITTEE REGISTRATION FORM
NOTE: The exploratory committee registration form of a For assistance in completing
committee for an indir.tdual persofl who, upon becoming a this fotm contact:
candidate will seek a school district, township, municipal, or
county office, is required to be filed with the county cletk of the 7 Arkansas Ethics Commission
Post Office Box 1917
county in which the election will be held. The exploratory Little Rock, AR 7 2203-7917
committee registration form of a committee for an individual Phone (501) 324-9600
person who, upon becoming a catdidate will seek a state or Toll Frce (800) 422-7773
district office, is required to be filed with:
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