Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba has been cleared of allegations that he was misusing government resources for his campaign.
The allegations were made in a letter that was shared with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board on September 23, 2015 (read the letter below). In the letter, Mayor Gluba was accused of “violating Iowa law by using taxpayer money and city people and services to support his campaign.”
The letter also claimed that Gluba’s secretary Kim was “always gone helping Gluba with his campaign” and that she was using city computers for his campaign.
Executive Director and Legal Counsel for the board, Megan Tooker, said the difficult aspect about an anonymous letter is that there is no opportunity to ask “how does he or she know this.”
On Friday, October 9, Mayor Gluba was cleared by the board, according to a report by QConline. Tooker said that after talking to city employees that were mentioned in the letter, she found no reason to launch an investigation.
“[All] of them have denied having any knowledge or evidence that you have used city staff or city equipment to support a re-election campaign,” Tooker said in her letter, according to the report.
Mayor Gluba said that he had “nothing to hide,” according to QConline’s report. In addition he said he’d guess that there would be “more cheap shot allegations from detractors in the next few weeks.”
“This matter is closed unless I receive some evidence to support the allegations,” Tooker said, according to the report.
Gluba is serving his fourth term as Mayor of Davenport and is campaigning against Frank Klipsch in the upcoming election.