The Alaska Public Offices Commission heard testimony Friday involving a complaint against five Haines individuals for a series of 17 ads featuring state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, that appeared last summer in the Chilkat Valley News.

The five-member commission is expected to act on the matter in the coming weeks.

Complainant Linda Kellen, an Anchorage activist who describes herself as a government watchdog, told the commission that statements included in the ads, such as…