Filing Financial forms
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Topic: Filing Financial forms
Posted By: Mike_Presta
Subject: Filing Financial forms
Date Posted: Oct 26 2011 at 6:13am
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Well, I do have just a bit of Sympathy for Mr. Smith after
having just spent over four hours going through and filling out a plethora of campaign
financial forms that are due within a day or so. One must muddle through forms 30-A through 30-E, and 31-A
through 31-P. I had NO contributions or
fund-raisers, so mine was much easier than the folks with all of the donors. I did, however, finally have to report making a couple of “loans”
to myself, and promptly “forgive” those loans to make all of the carried-over
figures come out correctly on some of the forms in the end. The system just isn’t set up for a person who
is reaches into his own pocket and pays his own way. The financial reporting forms just don’t seem
to allow for that. Anyway, the real reason for this post is to confess to you
people, the real people, that in the process of all of this bookkeeping
tonight, I discovered that I went over my limit on the spending: It appears that my grand total will be $777.44. I had forgotten some signs that my wife picked
up for me, and I only learned of a fine from the Ohio Ethics Commission a
couple days ago!!! The Ethics Commission must've seen that picture that TudorBrown posted and figured that I MUST be guilty of something!!! (I put my Financial Disclosure forms in the mail Box at the
Middletown Post Office on the afternoon of October 10, a federal holiday. The Ethics Commission says it was postmarked
October 14, three days late, and fined me $10 per day!!! I know that I deposited it on the tenth,
because I stopped by the post office on my way to the “meet-and-greet” at Oasis
Church.) ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Replies:
Posted By: Kelly
Date Posted: Oct 26 2011 at 8:50am
| Mike - If you write a letter to OEC explaining the situation and ask them to waive the penalty, they usually will. At any rate, won't hurt to try. |
Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: Oct 26 2011 at 5:13pm
Thank you
for the tip, Kelly, but I’ve already put the check in the mail to the Ethics
Commission. It was my
responsibility to make certain that the forms and check were postmarked by
October 11. Depositing the envelope in
one of those mailboxes right on the post office property on October 10 should’ve
accomplished that, but “should’ve” doesn’t mean that it actually was. I guess I’ll chalk it up to “tuition” for learning
to take it inside to have it hand-canceled next time. It was my
responsibility, so I’ll pay the price for failing to deliver. ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Kelly wrote:Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: Oct 26 2011 at 11:00pm
Actually, it was my campaign treasurer's fault!!!  Oops...wait...that's me, too!!!  ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Oct 27 2011 at 6:12am
Just swell Mike. Spoken like a true politician, blaming your mistake on someone else, albeit a non-existent person.  You'll fit right in sitting behind that council desk.
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Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Oct 28 2011 at 10:44pm
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Surprise, Surprise!
From the MJ:
Mayor, brother top $10,000 in campaign fund raisingBy Andy Sedlak, Staff Writer 9:24 PM Friday, October 28, 2011 MIDDLETOWN — The city’s mayor and his brother, who is seeking an at-large City Council seat, have both raised more than $10,000 in their campaigns, according to documents filed this week. Mayor Larry Mulligan has received $15,875 in monetary contributions while Joe Mulligan has raised $10,100, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Butler County Board of Elections. All general election candidates who receive or spend more than $1,000 by Oct. 19 were required to file the reports by Thursday’s deadline. Larry Mulligan’s largest contributions include $700 from James Verdin, founder of the Pendleton Art Center; $500 from Ken Cohen, president of Cohen Brothers Inc.; and $500 from James Wainscott, AK Steel’s chairman, president and CEO, according to documents. Councilman Bill Becker also contributed $100. He had spent $7,933 as of Oct. 26, according to the documents he filed. He has a balance on hand of $11,289. Expenditures include $537 to Alliance Printing for campaign mailing and $417 to the U.S. Post Office for postage.
Joe Mulligan’s contributions include $250 from Cohen and Wainscott, $200 from Butler County Commissioner Don Dixon and $50 from Becker, according to documents. He has spent $4,983. He has a balance on hand of $5,116. The council candidate spent $3,050 to purchase signs from PCS Marketing Group, LLC in Cincinnati. Meanwhile, the Middletown Health Department Levy Committee has received $5,000 in monetary contributions and spent $335, as of the finance’s report filing Oct. 24. The committee has a balance on hand of $4,764. The Middletown Coke Company, located on Oxford State Road, donated the $5,000. Other candidates filing reports included Todd Moore, running for an at-large council seat; Fourth Ward Councilman Dan Picard, an at-large candidate; and Mike Presta, who is running for a First Ward seat. Moore has spent $1,050 “in-kind contributions.” He has devoted $586 to yard signs, $389 for direct mailing and $75 on a website. Picard has received $750 in total monetary contributions. He has a balance of $750 on hand. Cohen contributed $250 to Picard’s campaign. Presta has received no monetary contributions but has spent $637 largely on yard signs and lapel stickers. |
Posted By: acclaro
Date Posted: Oct 28 2011 at 11:06pm
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Excellent work in fund-raising. . |
Posted By: Richard Saunders
Date Posted: Oct 29 2011 at 4:27am
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Good grief. This means that between his 2007 campaign and this one, Mulligan has raised over $41,600 and spent over $29,000 just to be mayor of
Middletown, Ohio. What is it that makes that position so valuable? Perhaps he should forget about being mayor, and should volunteer to be chief fundraiser for the Dream Center or for Hope House? |