The second set of primary
election financial statements are in, and as expected, neither PutnumLive nor Halburn's names appear on Natalie Tennant's or Betty Ireland's reports.
PutnamLIES.com exposed the fact that their political ads run by Halburn on his opinion blog appeared without the consent and without payment by their respective campaigns.
And that it appears to be a long standing practice of his, running over several election cycles.
And as always Halburn has a convoluted excuse why.
He claims to have PLENTY of documentation to cover himself. PLENTY! Signed agreements, income statements, EVERY penny is listed. EVERY penny!
He says.
He claims that if a candidate and/or supporter fails to declare a contribution to the SOS, that is on them.
He claims that some local candidates failed to report their purchase of ads.
His explanation is that supporters bought the ads and did not report the buy to a candidate. That's why the buy wasn't reported.
This, however, does not explain the fact that the Tennant ad specifically stated: "Paid For by the Elect Natalie Tennant Committee".
Now, in order for an ad to carry that disclaimer, it had to be placed by that committee, not a random supporter.
It also does not explain the fact that MULTIPLE campaigns did not report any expenditures at PutnumLive over the course of SEVERAL election cycles.
We can see if one candidate forgets to list such an insignificant ad buy like PutnumLive, but 2 in just 1 primary this year? And at least 3 other candidates in past elections? We were born at night, but not last night.
He then tried blaming unnamed out-of-state organizations for running the ads, saying because of that, the candidates can't possibly be aware of all of the advertisements run.
Hallburn says the Secretary of State knows that he WILL PROVE EVERYTHING that he says!
We say prove it to the reading public.
Show us the proof, fatboy. Either on your blog or send it to us and we'll print it, without alteration.
Provide the names of those who paid for the ads.
Then he claims that he has provided a document to the WVSOS office proving that they were paid for by supporters.
That's not good enough.
The public that you claim to serve has the right to know. The public that you claim to serve has the right to see whatever documents that you claim to have supplied to the secretary of state's office.
Show us the documents.
But we all know why you don't provide any proof. It doesn't exist. There's nothing to show.
You claim you did nothing wrong. Now prove it.
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The Facts Don't Lie
His silence speaks volumes about his guilt.
ReplyDeleteCould a freedom of information request be filed with the SOS office for his documentation? Seems that would prove whether he filed it with them or whether he LIED again!
ReplyDeleteHe says he has proof. We say produce it.
ReplyDeleteHe can save everyone the trouble by just producing what he claims to have.
If he doesn't have anything to hide, he shouldn't mind showing what he has.
The candidates' reports speak for themselves.
He can't produce what he doesn't have.
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