Ward, Dunbar accused
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By The Tribune-ReviewSaturday,
November 3, 2007
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Four Democratic Party operatives filed a lawsuit Friday in which they allege Republican county commissioner candidates Kim Ward and George Dunbar accepted an improper campaign donation from a local billboard company.
The Democrats said the GOP candidates violated election laws when they allowed Wagner Outdoor Advertising to erect the $2,200 campaign billboards. They want a Westmoreland County judge to audit Ward and Dunbar's campaign accounts and forward any findings to the district attorney.
Attorney Gary Falatovich, representing the Democrats, denied the lawsuit was politically motivated.
Ward and Dunbar issued a statement yesterday afternoon calling the contribution an "interpretive error." They said they will pay the tab for the billboard and amend their financial reports to reflect the expense.
This Lawsuit brings to mind a glaring problem with the Ward Dunbar team. First, Kim Ward's campaign finance report is the worst report that I have seen. She doesn't seem to think it is necessary to completely fill out all the fields for donors that have given her thousands of dollars. Many don't have the dates when the check were given. Every check I get has a date on it. How hard is it to go through the detail of making sure that every thing is filled in properly. My point is if Kim is so sloppy with this report when she is running for office how much is she going to pay attention to the finances of the county. She states that she and her running mate want to increase reimbursements to the county from state and federal sources if she sets the standard as low as she set it for her report she is going to cost countains millions in reimbursable dollars. We as commissioners fight every year to make sure that we get every dollar that we have coming. The basis for all arguments is detailed accurate financial reporting. Kim has failed at this. The story in the tribune review the other day should have pointed this out instead all it did was write copy for libelous mailers that have been put out by the republicans.
In the case of Mr.. Dunbar he States this was an "interpretive error" as a CPA he should be fully aware of what an error of any type can mean. Going back to the county. The basis for all arguments is detailed accurate financial reporting. When you go to the state and federal government any error costs money. This is very troubling because Mr. Dunbar had to see his face of the billboards. If he didn't know how they were paid for that's still his fault. As a CPA Mr. Dunbar should know better. Maybe this is why Wright Industries is in bankruptcy today. Was it an interpretive error that caused a federal tax lien to be place on the corporation? Was it an interpretive error that created a situation that workers couldn't get their prescription drugs paid for? Was it an interpretive error that cause moneys not to be paid into their pension fund? Was it an interpretive error that the unions didn't get its dues money remitted after it was already deducted from the employees paycheck? Mr. Dunbar loves to use terms to explain away his shortcomings when it comes to financial matters.
November 3, 2007
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Four Democratic Party operatives filed a lawsuit Friday in which they allege Republican county commissioner candidates Kim Ward and George Dunbar accepted an improper campaign donation from a local billboard company.
The Democrats said the GOP candidates violated election laws when they allowed Wagner Outdoor Advertising to erect the $2,200 campaign billboards. They want a Westmoreland County judge to audit Ward and Dunbar's campaign accounts and forward any findings to the district attorney.
Attorney Gary Falatovich, representing the Democrats, denied the lawsuit was politically motivated.
Ward and Dunbar issued a statement yesterday afternoon calling the contribution an "interpretive error." They said they will pay the tab for the billboard and amend their financial reports to reflect the expense.
This Lawsuit brings to mind a glaring problem with the Ward Dunbar team. First, Kim Ward's campaign finance report is the worst report that I have seen. She doesn't seem to think it is necessary to completely fill out all the fields for donors that have given her thousands of dollars. Many don't have the dates when the check were given. Every check I get has a date on it. How hard is it to go through the detail of making sure that every thing is filled in properly. My point is if Kim is so sloppy with this report when she is running for office how much is she going to pay attention to the finances of the county. She states that she and her running mate want to increase reimbursements to the county from state and federal sources if she sets the standard as low as she set it for her report she is going to cost countains millions in reimbursable dollars. We as commissioners fight every year to make sure that we get every dollar that we have coming. The basis for all arguments is detailed accurate financial reporting. Kim has failed at this. The story in the tribune review the other day should have pointed this out instead all it did was write copy for libelous mailers that have been put out by the republicans.
In the case of Mr.. Dunbar he States this was an "interpretive error" as a CPA he should be fully aware of what an error of any type can mean. Going back to the county. The basis for all arguments is detailed accurate financial reporting. When you go to the state and federal government any error costs money. This is very troubling because Mr. Dunbar had to see his face of the billboards. If he didn't know how they were paid for that's still his fault. As a CPA Mr. Dunbar should know better. Maybe this is why Wright Industries is in bankruptcy today. Was it an interpretive error that caused a federal tax lien to be place on the corporation? Was it an interpretive error that created a situation that workers couldn't get their prescription drugs paid for? Was it an interpretive error that cause moneys not to be paid into their pension fund? Was it an interpretive error that the unions didn't get its dues money remitted after it was already deducted from the employees paycheck? Mr. Dunbar loves to use terms to explain away his shortcomings when it comes to financial matters.
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so, four democratic operatives combed through Ward's campaign finance report and found an error? You guys use Harriet Ellenberger like a tool.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I hear that you owe Tom Bayla alot of money . . . where is your wide-spread support?
DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR! DUNBAR!
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