Campaign roundup: You know, there is a city that likes electing really rich guys; councilor gets dinged by state campaign office

Politico reports that the invitation for a Josh Kraft fundraising soiree at the UMass club downtown tonight invites you to help him "reimagine Boston"  - apparently to make it look like downtown Manhattan.

But, hey, we hear New York is looking for a new mayor, too, and the Boston area has a history of sending  guys to NYC to serve as their mayor. 

One of the invite's signers is Rishi Shukla, who is a co-founder of the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association (and who has been vocal criticizing the Wu administration's handling of crime downtown), so you'd think he'd have recognized a skyline featuring the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building does not exactly say "Boston."

The state Office of Campaign and Political Finance sent City Councilor Brian Worrell a stern letter about campaign fundraising and spending issues, including accepting three individual contributions above the $1,000 state's annual limit, a couple of $1,000 PAC contributions (the state only allows $500) and late reporting of new contributions and campaign expenses. And a lot of that reporting only came, the office reports, after repeated phone calls, e-mails and even old-fashioned printed letters.

The letter notes that Worrell "purged" $3,750 in excess contributions by giving that amount to the state and that he's hired a new campaign treasurer - whom the office put on notice that "further instances of non-compliance" could result in referral to the Attorney General's office.