Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
Got wind of this just this morning and thought I'd take 10 minutes out of my cramming for finals to showcase this South Bay scumbag:
Lawmaker keeps wife on payrollOkay, one question that pops into my mind: WTF!?!
U.S. Rep. Bob Filner has paid at least $505,000 in campaign funds to his wife for political consulting services since 1995. For the past five years she has run her unregistered business out of their condominium in Washington, D.C.
Filner has properly reported the payments to his wife's business, called Campaign Resources, on his campaign statements. He also has filed annual financial disclosure reports stating that his wife earns an undisclosed salary as a "self-employed consultant."
However, the District of Columbia government has no record of Campaign Resources existing as a business, and directory assistance has no phone listing for that name.
With no public records linking Jane Filner to her company, Bob Filner's constituents have no way of knowing that some of his campaign contributions are finding their way into his household's income.
Asked to prove the existence of his wife's business, Filner's campaign provided faxed copies of a blank check from an account at SunTrust bank and a sheet of Campaign Resources letterhead with an outdated address and phone number.
It is illegal to spend campaign funds for personal use, but it is not illegal to use them to pay family members who provide "bona fide services" at fair-market value. Still, election watchdogs question the way the Filners set up their arrangement.
This is the kind of crap that initially steered prosecutors to Randy 'Duke' Cunningham and his taking of bribes; not so much this 'mystery' consulting firm, but the whole stink of the situation.
Filner has got a metric ton of explaining to do and quite possibly be brought up on charges of improper campaign financial dealings, especially since he's the type of jerk to jump up and down if this were pinned to a Republican representative.
Mike, that guy looks like the devil! Make it stop!
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Bob Filner has shamed San Diego and his congressional seat. It is time we as San Diegans start doing something. Please visit www.filnergate.com and lets start taking action.
|| Posted by Webmaster Filnergate, December 7, 2005 10:04 PM ||Mike, that guy looks like the devil! Make it stop!
|| Posted by Davey, December 10, 2005 09:07 PM ||