Using campaign coffers for personal expenses is wrong. But Baltimore County Councilman Ken Oliver should not be State Prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh’s poster case unless specifics behind the charges are worse than we know.

Oliver, a Randallstown Democrat, took $4,000 in campaign funds. Bad. He’s also in trouble for not keeping receipts for campaign expenses which were reimbursed in whole numbers. More bad. But he returned the $4,000 before anyone called him on it and last year apologized to the state board of elections for a “poor choice in handling a family emergency.” He has not yet responded to the receipt issue.