Aubertine among lawmakers to receive charity $$

The NYT investigative unit reported yesterday that 81 not-for-profits contributed to state lawmakers’ campaigns, a violation of federal law. The Watertown Daily Times reports today that Senator Darrel Aubertine received $375 from the Children’s Home of Jefferson County, a result of a golf tournament fundraiser held for Aubertine’s campaign.

Both parties pleaded ignorance. The Home’s director says she didn’t know it was against the law. Aubertine’s spokesman says the money will be returned.

It’s hard to file this in the serious transgression department, that $375. But the law’s the law…