Later, they acknowledged that the campaign had paid a telemarketing firm $8,000 to make 24,000 phone calls.

Berlin's campaign to win the 2000 Games has already cost nearly $100 million, paid for by a combination of public and private contributors.

He told the board that the campaign would pay his firm a minimum of $400,000.

In the end, the campaign admitted wrongdoing and paid a $100,000 fine.

Regarding the other polls, he said the campaign did not pay them much heed.

The campaign, he said, had already paid for the advertising it will air in the last week of the race.

The Governor insisted until a week ago that he did not know his campaign had paid for the calls.

It happened when he got back to New York, and a reporter asked if his campaign would pay for the trip.

The campaign has paid about half the loan and all interest due.

The commission approved a settlement agreed to by both sides late last year in which the campaign paid $9,600 to the company.