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Play Listen Live. Grossman created a television ad based on the reporting. In a follow up, the Globe pointed out that the plates given to Polito were never intended to be auctioned.
The cancer charity held back only a handful of the plates to be distributed to the highest bidders in August The commission requested documents from the Registry for the plate applications submitted by drivers with ties to Polito.
The conflict law prohibits public officials from receiving anything of substantial value because of an official act. It also bars public officials from getting something of value for themselves or others that is not available to the general public. Polito said she encouraged people close to her to sign up so the Registry had enough orders. She called the plate program "a huge success story. Kathryn Burton, the campaign manager for Polito's Democratic opponent, Steve Grossman, said the distribution of the plates was "old-time political abuse" and called for Polito and her family to give the plates back to be auctioned off to benefit the charity.
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