(It’s not easy, dethroning Dan Maes – promoted by Colorado Pols)
Originally post at The Bob Hatter
Remember when Dan Maes got the biggest fine in Colorado political history? And remember the talking point “If Dan can’t fill out proper paperwork, how can he possibly be a competent Governor?” I do because I used it. Well it turns out Larimer County GOP wanted to remind every one how much of a failure Dan Maes was by getting an even BIGGER fine. (Fort Collins Coloradoan–Pols) The current total is somewhere around $60,000.
The current Larimer County GOP Chair Larry Carillo has resigned. There were rumors that he was going to take a shot at State Chair. With this information coming out, I’d honestly rather Ted Harvey than him (yea low blow I know).
Now 60k is way more than the 30k the Larimer County GOP raises in 2009. I was not able to get records on how much they raised in 2010. The most humorous part is due to a paperwork error, there are now two Larimer County GOP parties. Because of this, the fines are raising at a rate of $700 a day.
What will this mean for Scott Gessler? As Sectary of the State, I believe he has the power to wipe all the fines. Now I don’t believe Scott will pull something that dumb, but I believe he will reduce some of the fines considering the organization got cloned. I’m pretty sure he will have some pressure to reduce the fines. The question is at what point in reducing the fines does he cross from “being nice” to “corruption”? Secretary Gessler was in the news recently about trying to work for his old lawyer firm that deals with election law, so any reducing in the fine that looks like corruption will not benefit him right now.
What will the State GOP do to Larimer? Will the State Party bail them out? I think it’s in the best interest to do so, but what will the new State Chair decide?
How will this affect the GOP State Chair race? Are any of the candidates going to speak out on this? I personally hope so.
Now here is something to think about. If you count fines as negative income, I’m pretty sure the Larimer County Libertarian Party raised more money in 2010.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Wish I knew how to embed this.
and not just an embedded link should go to Bob Moore at the Coloradoan, who first and thoroughly reported this.
If Scott reduces their fine by 90% it will still be in line with virtually every other similar situation for at least the last 15 years. This goes for either the FEC or SOS.
As for SOS, both Donetta and Bernie significantly reduced legitimate fines for both party’s candidates.
Did Dan Maes get a reduction in his fees?
His initial fine was basically cut in half. But if 20th thinks the responsible thing to do is beg the government to throw out 90 percent of your fine, that’ll sure teach the scofflaws!
It should be noted that even if the state lets the Larimer Republicans pay only a tiny fraction of what they owe, it’ll still be more money than they have in the bank.
… history of being against the leniency demonstrated by SOS’ of both parties toward candidates of both parties. That goes for the FEC as well.
For example:
http://eqs.sdrdc.com/eqsdocsMU…
The FEC fines Colorado Dem Party $105k for violations that include, among many, the illegal expenditure of $3.1M against Allard in ’02. And it took them 5 yrs to do it.
Why doesn’t anyone look into the connection of fromer Larimer County GOP Chairman Larry Carillo and Northern Colorado Tea Party Leader Lesley Hollywood? Lesley’s real name is Lesley Schoonmaker and she goes by the alias of Lesley Hollywood so people cannot investigate her sordid lifestyle and past. She is very close to Carillo, and how has see funded her operations without working and being seperated from her husband for almost 6 months? Wonder if some of that money went to pay her drug habit?
You’ve made some serious allegations here. I hope you plan to back them up.
Nothing like the Automobile Dealers Assn reduction from 255K to @ 15K! Remember, the SOS did not file the suit against me. It was a private interest. Hmmmm…right before the primary. Wonder who? If the SOS doesn’t allow “unknown” for occupation then why is it in the drop down? That simple error cost us thousands.