Mitchell’s ad takedown may have been the first domino to fall after the Florida Election Commission asked St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Scott Wagman to remove his campaign’s text ads on Facebook and Google because they allegedly violated a law requiring disclaimers in political ads. That story was reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal.
“Because of recent developments in the Scott Wagman campaign, we are going to look again at election law and until made clear…we’re going to discontinue our ads on Google,” Mitchell told ClickZ News this afternoon. “This is my first time running and I don’t want to be seen as someone who’s skirting the law…whether I agree with the rules or not.”
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