House Candidate Reed Cannot Do Math
Billy Reed, GOP candidate in the 130th District (formerly represented by Dennis Leh) has filed campaign finance reports with the state which don't add up. Normally it can take quite a bit of work to determine this except in cases such as this where there's so little to report. Mr. Reed only has accepted two contributions and one was for in-kind services. The other was for $100. His total reported income is $ 764.25.
The in-kind donation of $664.25 from a Glenn Reed of Reading is listed as a newspaper advertisement. I'm assuming this was for the comical ads he ran in the Reading Eagle prior to the primary. Comical because they identified him as a candidate in the 126th House District instead of the 130th.
In his expenditures he also lists ads placed in The Pottstown Mercury costing $571.21 and another $980.82 for yard signs, business cards and a few other items. This means a total campaign expenditure of $1552.03 against income of $100 (assuming the $664 was in-kind for the Eagle ads). The interesting item missing in this equation is any information on loans to the campaign or any disclosure of debt. In short, the numbers on his reports don't add up.
The reason for campaign finance reporting is to disclose who pays for these campaigns. Billy Reed has failed to disclose who has paid for his campaign expenditures and is a violation of the law. Where did the money come from to pay for these yard signs? He also fails to disclose his campaign debt and to whom he owes these funds.
Not that any of this surprises me. Reed also supports Sam Rohrer's Commmonwealth Caucus tax shift plan that doesn't add up. That has a $10 billion funding hole. Granted his campaign debt, unreported, is much smaller, but shouldn't someone wanting to be my next State Representative at least be able to do simple math?
This race is of particular interest to me because I live in this district. Please, please save me from having another idiot representing me in Harrisburg! Go to Dave Kessler's website and give generously.
The in-kind donation of $664.25 from a Glenn Reed of Reading is listed as a newspaper advertisement. I'm assuming this was for the comical ads he ran in the Reading Eagle prior to the primary. Comical because they identified him as a candidate in the 126th House District instead of the 130th.
In his expenditures he also lists ads placed in The Pottstown Mercury costing $571.21 and another $980.82 for yard signs, business cards and a few other items. This means a total campaign expenditure of $1552.03 against income of $100 (assuming the $664 was in-kind for the Eagle ads). The interesting item missing in this equation is any information on loans to the campaign or any disclosure of debt. In short, the numbers on his reports don't add up.
The reason for campaign finance reporting is to disclose who pays for these campaigns. Billy Reed has failed to disclose who has paid for his campaign expenditures and is a violation of the law. Where did the money come from to pay for these yard signs? He also fails to disclose his campaign debt and to whom he owes these funds.
Not that any of this surprises me. Reed also supports Sam Rohrer's Commmonwealth Caucus tax shift plan that doesn't add up. That has a $10 billion funding hole. Granted his campaign debt, unreported, is much smaller, but shouldn't someone wanting to be my next State Representative at least be able to do simple math?
This race is of particular interest to me because I live in this district. Please, please save me from having another idiot representing me in Harrisburg! Go to Dave Kessler's website and give generously.
posted by PA progressive @ Monday, July 31, 2006
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