By GREG MARTIN Staff Writer
The Florida Elections Commission has scheduled a hearing next month to determine whether state Rep. Paige Kreegel, R-Punta Gorda, should be charged with an election code violation for using his public office for political purposes.
The hearing will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 12 in Tallahassee.
Kreegel will be given five minutes to make an oral argument in his defense, according to an Oct. 20 notice sent to Kreegel and his accuser, Robert J. Anderson of Lehigh Acres.
At the hearing, the commission is not deciding whether Kreegel violated a provision of the election code or setting a fine. The commission is merely deciding whether Kreegel should be charged with a violation.
If charged, a second hearing would be held to determine guilt.
Anderson, in January, lodged his complaint with the elections commission, the Florida Ethics Commission and the Florida House.
A House panel after a hearing in July dismissed its case against Kreegel.
The complaint alleged Kreegel misused his office in September 2007, when he directed his former aide, Barry Millman, to provide information about the educational credentials of Kreegel's then-political opponent, Keith Richter, to his employer, Hodges University.
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Florida Elections Commission has scheduled a hearing for Kreegel
