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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001

The Connecticut State Ethics Commission has fined the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation $40,000 for serving meals that exceeded the limit for state officials, public employees and their families.

State law limits gifts of food and drink to $50. But at two events -- one at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and the other at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles -- the tribe served dinners that cost between $110 and $120.

Apparently trying to get around the limit, the tribe's lobbyists told guests the cost of the meal was $48.

The tribe entered in a settlement with the commission on the fine.

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Mashantuckets fined $40,000 for costly convention dinners (The New London Day 9/15)