State Senator (R-House of Seale) and Chris McDaniel campaign manager Melanie Sojourner told the Natchez Democrat she did not turn in her campaign finance report because her home suffered major tornado damage last September. Secretary of State Dogbert Hosemann fined her $500 for failure to submit her campaign finance report that was due January 31.
The Natchez-Democrat reported:
Sojourner said she was aware of several notices she had been given on the late reports, but that retrieving the needed documents was a difficult task....
"I lost the overwhelming majority of my paperwork, bank statements, records, you name it," Sojourner said. "I even filed for an extension on my taxes for the first time ever, because I just don't have alot of that information.
Sojourner said she had relayed some of that information to the Secretary of State's office, and the secretary advised her to file a waiver explaining why she couldn't find the appropriate documents.
"I just hadn't expedited it because there was nothing that was ever said to me, 'You have until X date to do it," Sojourner said. "I just kept telling myseslf I would do that when I sat down later in the summer to do my taxes".....
Sojourner said she sent a waiver Monday to the Secretary of State's office and would beging attempting to collect the necessary documents to file the report....
The Secretary of State's office says all other lawmakers have filed their 2013 annual campaign finance rpeorts.
Sojourner said she felt as if she was being targeted because other legislatores have told her they don't file those reports or often submit partial ones...
"They're doing whatever they can to target a few of us right now, but I can't help what happened and I'm going to go ahead and get it filed...." Rest of article
However, Secretary of State Communications Director Pamela Weaver told JJ that Ms. Sojourner still had not filed her waiver as of 5:00 PM today. Earlier post breaking news of fine.
39 comments:
This is pretty sad, in my opinion.
I've been filing FEC monthly reports for two different committees for, what, eight years now, and never missed a deadline. Same goes for finance reports to the SOS - every year, the end of year report, never missed.
If my records were corrupted or lost, you can be sure I'd be on the phone with the FEC analyst to make sure I did what was necessary to make all the deadlines.
This is just too sad. There's no good excuse for it.
Sorry, Melanie, the "but everyone else is doing it" defense doesn't really hold water.
So, she IS alive!
Ouch! Evidently, poor Mel's hometown constituents aren't feeling too sorry for her, given her priorities versus doing the job for which she was elected.
But at least she's got that whining victim act down pat to go along with her job malaise. And only a freshman!
I can, of course, understand a tornado destroying documents.
What I can't understand is not knowing ( or finding out ) the deadlines and requirements for the office one holds.
I'm also surprised that someone doesn't have the necessary information on a laptop and/or Ipad in this day and age so that back-up exists.
I'm surprised she can keep up with her legislative duties and obtain adequate information without modern technology and why that wouldn't be what you'd grab at home or have with you. I watched the storm info on my Ipad while in during the warnings in my designated tornado area of my house.
once dated a bitch like that. thank goodness I figured out she had snakes for brains.
There ya go you buncha whiney bitches. Pile on the woman. Then head on to bed and wish you could get it up. Pattern much?
What she really means:
" I thought I was untouchable."
I work for an IT Managed Services company. Maybe I can recommend some good cloud backup services. We have data centers on the east and west coast so no data center is affected if one goes down because of a disaster.You want backups as far away from your home base as possible. On second thought she may not trust those liberal east and west coast types with her data.
She was somehow able to find the time to work full-time as a United States Senate campaign manager AND vote against $3 million in construction funds for Natchez. She also had time to take a call from "someone" and be up "most of the night" on the Clayton Kelly matter.
Who can't download a years worth of bank records from their bank in about 15 seconds? Did she lose her abacus in the tornado too? Not buying it.
By itself this might be plausible, although a stretch. But this group has a far fetched excuse for EVERYTHING. Over and over and over
Thad Cochran caused the tornado and took her documents. Paging Mitch Tyner.
Bottom line - she just can't seem to get her act together! Her senate district probably does not want that type representation - again! - - - - just saying - - - -
Considering he funded HAARP, you r probably right
my gawd ya'll! You thad bitches need to give it a rest! just saying.....
6:57 pm " the woman" invited comments by giving the interview to the Natchez Democrat and making such lame excuses.
She can't seem to keep her feet out of her mouth. If she'd keep her feet on the ground, there'd be nothing for anyone to say about her.
10:06 is right. This bunch is like a Republican MSNBC.
Can someone please let me know when this site stops being the "McDaniel/Cochran election" blog? There are many more things in this city. It was interesting a month ago. Now it's just laziness on KF's part.
I'll check back in a month to see if there's anything here other than Chris McDaniel stories.
Here's why this is so lame. She should have just stopped with sorry tornado. Not the greatest explanation (see backups and other workarounds already discussed) but still probably would have been workable and not worthy of news coverage when paired with whoops my bad.
Sadly, no,instead she chooses to continue with "I've been talking to people who say, 'I've been here for years and never filled out one of those," (apparently not correct- also does she intend to rat out her fellow non filers if they actually exist?)
Then she requests we all put on the tin foil hats (left over from #mssen?): "They're doing whatever they can to target a few of us right now, but I can't help what happened, and I'm going to go ahead and get it filed." Because she didn't follow the rules and she got called on it (#mssen) and she should have declared her Tenth Amendment immunities but didn't remember to invoke them.
Filing an incident report on her behalf with any judge who will accept it,she is apparently suffering unfairly as the butt of jokes due to her ineffective excuses and deflection attempts. Also she forgot to name names.
Hoping sarcasm with 10:06 and not catching it at 10:46- so hard to catch in this race.
After this bunch accusing Cochran's side of pretty much everything under the sun and being possibly incapable of doing his job, this is pretty fair commentary. She's missed 2 filings. Calling her names- a little much. Fair to have an opinion on this- yeah.
Can't take it? Consider not dishing it.
10:23pm,
Are you posting again to agree with your own previous posts at 10:06 and 6:57, calling those of us who support individual responsibility "bitches"?
Individual responsibility means not making excuses for repeatedly not doing her damn job, not whining about those who rightfully criticize her for failing in her job as "picking on her". Didn't your daddy teach you about personal responsibility?
Only a LOSER calls anyone "bitches", son. Didn't your daddy teach you any manners or how to behave? Or did he not know any better himself?
We call ourselves Republicans. And Conservatives.
And because of your ignorant redneck behavior, we refer to you and your TeaBagger cohorts as a bunch of butt-hurt losers without a damn clue.
Don't threaten to take OUR party down. Instead, take YOUR ass and hit the road your damned self, and take your ass-clown whining loser buddies with you. GO NOW!!!
Before you get your widdle feefees hurt again. Go on. GIT! The adults are having a conversation here, and your wailing is annoying.
11:20, I agree that this has gone on long enough, but then the neshoba county fair rolled around. Now I am thinking that this week will be the end of McDaniel's dashed hopes for senatorial glory. Tomorrow is my day in the office pool, so McDaniel, feel free to crash the fair, get arrested, or file a lawsuit (if you get arrested and file a lawsuit, I hit big).
P.S. This could have ended a month ago if McDaniel had class.
PPS anyone else think 10:06 and 10:46 are the same person ?
i am particularly fond of the term "douchebags" versus the usage of "bitches" and am a bit tired of both the Thad and McD crowds.
Roo Roo; As you have suggested on multiple occasions, then...Go somewhere and start your own blog.
Definitely need a fresh public money or sex scandal to replace the never ending stoopid scandal that the teabaggers have brought to #mssen.
Bless her heart. Bow your heads and let us pray for the poor dear. I'm just thankful to The Lord she is alive.
I will certainly be happy when the McDaniel people stop making news.
If you don't like the reports of Tea Party people doing and saying and filing stupid things, talk to them and ask them to stop embarrassing you!
Sojourner the Cat, McD the Rat, and Watson their dog, have still not filed their challenge expected last Friday. Could it be Mitch Tyner and their dog have to climb down from their far reaching accusations of their wild press conference two weeks or so ago because of a fear of sanctions if the filing is frivolous? Or that all that mad scribbling by their poll examiners on extremely detaied questionnaires amounted to nothing more than never ending but meaningless detail? Or that they can't allege fraud under Rule 9 MRCP "with particularity" instead of stupid "Incident Reports" ?
Can someone please let me know when this site stops being the "McDaniel/Cochran election" blog? There are many more things in this city. It was interesting a month ago. Now it's just laziness on KF's part
Laziness? I sat six hours in a courtroom last Thursday, paid a sketch artist, and wrote a post about it that took several hours. Yeah, laziness.
Its interesting as its unprecedented in Mississippi history or in the history of Senate elections nationwide. Another reason: traffic. Believe it or not, you guys want to read this. I posted a nice shoot of St. Andrews Sunday. Some original content by JJ. It earned a decent amount of traffic and I am working on shooting another church. However, the post about the Race Saturday, the couldn't find the courthouse post, the Supreme Court decision post, all received much more traffic. The rest of the Senate race posts for the last ten days all earned roughly as much traffic. You can hate it, but this is what you guys want to read. I'm trying to balance it out and also make it more funny i.e. the post about not being able to find the courthouse.
Meanwhile; I've noticed that an ambulance has delivered Thadeus to the Fair, although his name does not appear on today's schedule. Of course Sam Hall claims the agenda was printed up months ago. Right.
Come on people she is just a girl. FoR here a break.
The Cat, the Rat and Watson their dog, would ruleth all Mississippi under a great fog.
9:51 am... I doubt there's a Mississippian alive who doesn't know Thad is doddering in his old age.
I would have voted for a rational candidate who ran against him.
Instead, his competition was someone who clearly had bizarre supporters, incompetents running his campaign and said things that made me think he was either mentally unbalanced or has an anti-social personality.
I'll chose doddering and benign every day of the week! Especially when the old person has a competent and experienced staff in place!
And, subsequent actions by McDaniel and his supporters just confirms I made a good decision to vote AGAINST McDaniel.
Don't you get it yet?! You lost because of the people voting AGAINST your insanity and AGAINST your candidate!
I am with you @6:25 AM ! I wish that BOTH the "uncle thaddeus bitches" and the "mcdaniel douchebags" would give it a rest....just saying......These back and forth diatribes really does sound like those shrill nuts & fruits bleating on msnbcpms 24/7.
At least she didn't blame it on a sharknado.
Dog ate my homework.
house of seale?
Sojourner needs to quit her whining and file the reports. That "dog ate my homework" tornado was almost a year ago.
Kingfish, how about a story about DMR and Scott Walker's plea agreement last week? That should keep the Republicans reading but shift the conversation from #mssen.
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