Anchorage Assembly candidate Trombley may face fine for late campaign filing

Former Anchorage Assembly candidate Adam Trombley could face a hefty fine for failing to timely disclose a big contribution from a builders' group in the April city election.

The Alaska Public Offices Commission sent a letter to Trombley on Aug. 1 notifying him that he reported a contribution in June that should have been disclosed March 30. Trombley, a candidate from West Anchorage, should have disclosed the contribution as a 24-hour report a week before the April election, the commission staff said.

The maximum penalty is $500 for each late day. That would mean as much as a $33,500 fine, the letter said, but such fines are normally reduced to a fraction of that amount.  

Trombley said in a phone interview Tuesday he had already filed an appeal and expected the fine to be reduced or eliminated. He characterized the late filing as an oversight.

He also noted that the contribution, a $1,000 check from the Anchorage Home Builders Association, was reported separately by the association on March 29. He said he relayed that information to APOC.

"It was available to the public," Trombley said. "It was just an oversight."

Trombley lost the West Anchorage race to Eric Croft.