IS IT TRUE that the matching of expenses on the disclosure form of the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee with contributions reported by a group of 18 local Democrats seems to have taken on a life of its own?…that the City County Observer was alerted to these potential discrepancies by local Democrats after posting the entire disclosure documents of the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee last week?….that after all is said and done there are four local candidates where the disclosures do not agree with the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee’s?
IS IT TRUE that candidates Steve Smith who ran for the Indiana House of Representatives and Tim Taylor who ran for Vanderburgh County Council both were recorded as recipients of donations from the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee?…that neither of these candidates reported having received any donation?…that upon examination of the contributions to the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee both of these candidates are credited with making donations of the same amount that they were reported to have received?…that the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee wrote checks to these two candidates and then voided the checks?…that the net result of these actions is a big ZERO financially but does overstate both the contributions and expenses reported by the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee by a total of $600?
IS IT TRUE that maybe after writing the check the only way the accounting software chosen by the committee could have dealt with voiding is to report both?….that for some reason a check for $500 was written to Steve Smith’s campaign and another for $100 was written to Tim Taylor’s campaign and then voided?….we wonder why the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee changed their mind about supporting these Democratic candidates after making a decision to do so?
IS IT TRUE that the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee disclosed that it supported Maura Robinson’s campaign for Vanderburgh County Auditor with a contribution of $250?…that the committee also disclosed that it supported the campaign of Hayden Barth for Vanderburgh County Council with a contribution of $100?…that both of these candidates have filed their end of year disclosures by the January 19, 2011 deadline?….that neither Maura Robinson nor Hayden Barth have a contribution from the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee recorded in their disclosure statements?…that even though this is a small amount of money relative to the $367,930 that the Mayor’s Committee spent that the books need to be balanced?…that either the Weinzapfel for Mayor Committee was incorrect in reporting or that these two candidates were incorrect in reporting?…that whichever of these disclosures are in error need to be amended to reflect what really happened?…that none of these errors in reporting affected the outcome of any elections?….that sometimes you just gotta say “no harm, no foulâ€?
IS IT TRUE that winning candidate for the Pigeon Township Trustee, Mary Hart has not yet filed her disclosure statement?…that the deadline was 6 days ago?
Lets set the record straight, I did receive a very much appreciated $100 campaign contribution from Mayor Weinzapfel. When you reviewed my financial discloser statement you should have realized that contributions of $100 or less need not be itmized. Lets not infer that I or Mayor Weinzapfel didnot follow the rules. I had many contributions for less than $100 which I didnot itmized.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, A follow up report would be appreciated.
Hayden Barth
Thank you for clarification. We simply reported on the disclosure discrepancies and stated as such where there were none. We will put your clarification in IS IT TRUE.
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