If what's alleged is true, Kydd is guilty of some really sloppy rookie mistakes. He allegedly created his own political action committee to spend less than $5000 of his own money on ads in his own newspaper, and failed to include the correct disclosures and file the right paperwork about it.
Moral of the story: don't bring money into politics unless it's Big Money, and you have high-priced advisers to make sure you do everything by the book.
UPDATE: Here's some background on Ken Moser, who the U-T named as being behind the complaint. He seems to be something of a career litigant:
Moser, a Republican, does have a litigious history. He’s been a part 163 lawsuits during the last 15 years, most in small-claims court. He’s filed suits against former City Councilmember Scott Peters, City Council candidate Tom Behr and San Diego Community College Trustee William Schwandt, all Democrats. Moser said most of the cases he’s filed were against companies that spammed his fax machine and that he’s won 95 percent of them.Moser was an unsuccessful candidate for San Diego City Council in 1991.
