CLAYTON — A complaint alleging St. Louis County Executive Sam Page illegally used public money for campaigning has made its way to the Missouri Attorney General.

Tom Sullivan, a University City resident, accused Page of using nearly $36,000 for a mailer to sway voter opinion about a proposition on April's ballot. Sullivan submitted complaints to the Missouri Secretary of State and the Missouri Ethics Commission.

The Secretary of State's office referred the matter to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office. And the prosecuting attorney's office forwarded it to the Missouri Attorney General, said Chris King, a spokesman for county Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Price Smith.

A spokesperson for the Attorney General's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Thur

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