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Mark Douglas Olson

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Minnesota Republican 6th Congressional District Chair, Mark Swanson [[1] ]is editing the page for his friend Rep. Mark Olson who is awaiting trial in July for domestic assault. Mark Swanson was once Rep. Mark Olson's campaign manager. Swanson is defending his edits on the comment section of the MN Publius blog [[2]].Avidor 15:49, 10 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

All of my edits have been well within the neutrality guidelines and were very cautious. I don't think the same can be said of the edits by the user: Avidor. His edits of this article have been far more extensive and less cautious and should be reviewed for this COI.

If you feel you don't not have a conflict of interest, take it to arbitration (and sign your posts with four tildes, please.)Avidor 21:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)Reply