By Kala Kachmar
Montgomery Advertiser
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Although incumbent Montgomery County commissioners have raised significantly more money than their challengers in the upcoming election, one candidate alleges at least $500 in campaign contributions shouldn’t have been accepted.
Democrat Allen Howell, who is running against incumbent Republican Dimitri Polizos in District 1, said Polizos shouldn’t have accepted a $500 donation from the Snowdoun Volunteer Fire Department.
Prior to the contribution, Polizos gave $4,000 in county discretionary funds to the fire department in January, which Howell said makes it appear fire department members could be making a contribution to Polizos because of the public funds he gave them.
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