May 22,2018 Honorable Governor John Carey Carvel State Office Building 820 N French Street. 12th Floor ‘Wilmington , Delaware 19801 Re: Delaware Elections Commissioner Elaine Manlove Dear Governor Camey, am writing to you regarding the attached letter | received from Elections Commissioner Elaine Manlove. | have also attached my March 6, 2018 letter to her, which you were copied. Under Delaware Campaign Finance Law Title 15 Chapter 80, the maximum contribution for the office of County Council President is $600.00. | have reason to believe that Karen Hartley-Nagle diverted my funds into her campaign for New Castle ‘County President which would be a violation of the law and would exceed the Contribution limit. I have the right to request the Department of Elections investigate, as from my perspective, the purpose of this investigation is to clear me of any wrongdoing regarding these laws. Over the course of 2016, I sent Karen Hartley-Nagle checks totaling $60,000. This was intended as a loan to cover living expenses. She was unemployed at the time and remained so throughout the entire year. Itfhas come to my attention that during the course of her campaign, she listed loans to her campaign amounting to $30,960. She claimed this to be taken from personal savings, These loans coincide with the money | loaned her, especially in the months from March of 2016 through August of that year. | found this coincidence troubling, particularly given her unemployed status. This ‘concer grew deeper, when I found out that she had originally failed to disclose my loan with the New Castle County Ethics Commission. On that same NCC Statement of Financial Interests form, she claimed to own the residence where she currently resides. This claim is simply not true. |, along with my brother, own this property. Given the amount of the loan and the question of home ownership, itis hard for me to conclude anything other than that Karen Hartley-Nagle has engaged in deception. And if she is willing to deceive the Ethics Commission, why not also the Department of Elections? Given her record of deceit, | believe there is good reason to question the source of the $30,960 she claims came from personal savings. 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In her reply to me, Ms. Maniove states that “none of of the Committee to Elect Karen Hartley-Nagle reports as fled with the Department of Elections in 2016 disclosed any indebtedness toward you, nor have you provided that the funds you loaned to Ms. Hartley-Nagle were intended to be used by her in her campaign.” She also states that “if you wish to pursue repayment from Ms. Hartley-Nagle... you should not rely on the Department of Elections for assistance’ This first statement misses the point of my letter entirely. | simply want to be assured that the money | loaned Karen Hartley-Nagle WAS NOT diverted to her campaign. The second statement is even odder. | never asked the Department of Elections to help with repayment of the loan. I never made this request because | know that this is not the job of the Department, a fact that | reference in the March 6th letter (page 3). Ms. Maniove's reading of my letter is so egregiously mistaken that | cannot help but wonder whether the mistake is deliberate. In any case, | have a right to see that my request is met. And | am asking you to ensure that this right is upheld, Sincerely, at. fact Dimes Patrick Jones 911 Cloister Rd Apt A Wilmington, Delaware 19809 Co: Erik Raser-Schramm Chairman Delaware Democratic Party ‘Amy Cherry- WDEL ‘The News Journal ~ Lex Wilson New Castle County Council Members; eee ea elie om a Wo emerson vurW ee ee ee te Geman ALG ni ctottone | ners it caste ai belie re ligt hacribwety ictal are ernment rd ot ye Prat en eee ee ee i goo tee whe pe et Weayvetes et sees om ew ae fem yA ee a Soh it Race at redlE tts ginaet ee eee ee? SIN ur on “ean eT ee See BeBe S gem AD Famine: et sl veel] Te 1s nates wm be ami 2 tip ae ete g om $80 lds = aoe aha ata Beemre of coy mae Ghee 08 oP a rere Baga Dm Fey gre bev soe etn se wsseu A ee wyet iomet fo we! 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