Republican activist Jose Blas Lorenzo has filed a second ethics complaint against Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, as well as a new complaint with the state Ethics Commission for her use of the state plane, after she used campaign cash to reimburse her office $17,000 last week for her travel.

The Herald/Times reported that Sink's campaign made the payment to her own agency for 20 airplane trips to different cities where she had state business -- and campaign events. Sink's aide said Tuesday they made the payment "because it's following the law." State law, however, is silent when it comes to a candidate who travels on official business and campaign events using commercial aircraft, but Sink repaid her agency for the cost of that travel as well.

Lorenzo's ethics complaint alleges that Sink violated state law because she failed to timely report her use of the state plane for campaign purposes in the first quarter of the year and "corruptly used her official position to secure a special privilege or benefit" when she used state planes to travel for official business in conjunction with campaign events. Sink's $17,022 check repaid the state for her travel over two reporting periods.

The elections complaint alleges she violated state election laws by waiting to reimburse the state for her "gift" of state plane use until the second quarter, when several of her events were scheduled in the first quarter and that gift exceeded the $500 campaign contribution limit. Download Alex Sink Elections Commission Complaint Download Alex Sink Ethics Commission Complaint

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