Thursday, October 9, 2014

Sojourner still has not filed report.

State Senator Melanie Sojourner still has not filed her campaign finance report. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann levied a $500 fine against Ms. Sojourner for failing to file the report earlier this year.  The State Senator requested a waiver of the fine as she claimed tornado damage to her home that took place last fall prevented her from filling out the report.  However, the Secretary of State's office informed this correspondent that the fine can not be waived until the report is submitted. Ms. Sojourner is the only member of the legislature not to file the required annual campaign finance report this year.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

The only reason I can think of why she doesn't file a report is that there would be something she doesn't want people to see...and if she doesn't list it she is in big trouble....I say she is cooked either way.

Anonymous said...

When Chris McDaniel is elected senator she will be leaving the do nothing state legislature in her rear view mirror anyway so everyone might as well get over it.

Anonymous said...

really?
Has she found her whit mange as of yet??

Anonymous said...

She will file it right after the qualifying deadline next year...

Anonymous said...

I get that the tornado destroyed her house.

She may not be able to report every item but let me give her some help here.

1) Call the bank (or go online) and get a list of transactions and dates and balance. Put them in the form. You now at least have total raised, total spent and cash-on-hand as well as your expenditures that need only their descriptions.

2) Did you use a credit card for campaign purchases? Call (or go online) and get those records and you can get more detailed on your expenditures than simply "Visa." You can give dates, payee & address and purpose.

3) Use your memory to fill in some of the gaps. Surely you remember at least some of the people/organizations who contributed to you.

4) You can check the PACs at the Secretary of State and find the amounts and dates they gave to you.

Now you have a campaign finance report - incomplete but with many of the details.

I think everyone understands a tornado hit your house. I think it is reasonable to expect you could reconstruct many of the records with a few hours work.

One last piece of advice.

5) Don't be the treasurer and custodian of the records for Chris McDaniel.

Anonymous said...

just think, she WON an election...

Anonymous said...

The McD crowd seems to think that they are above the law.

Anonymous said...

Ok hosie-man...let's go for $500/day fine each day you're late. That'll get her attention. This is Ridiculous! Just think-these are the rocket scientists who write laws for our state! Sad sad sad. Uphold the law?!?!? Naw, I'll pass. I'm just going to write & pass laws that others must uphold.

Anonymous said...

"When Chris McDaniel is elected senator she will be leaving the do nothing state legislature in her rear view mirror anyway so everyone might as well get over it. "

What is that Internet phenomenon called? The one where you read something so ridiculous and laugh out loud because it is obviously satirical or sarcastic, then a second later you pause because you realize there are delusional nut jobs out there who are so far removed from the reality that most of us share that it dawns on you may be perfectly serious in their delusion.

An emoticon or a /sarcoff after such a comment would be very helpful if your ridiculous comment is as intentionlly funny as I first thought.

Anonymous said...

To believe " the tornado " excuse, I have to believe the following:

1) That she did not have a separate bank account for her campaign funds but co-mingled those funds into other accounts.

2) That wherever she banks doesn't have records of her accounts that she can access ( or online banking).

OR

3) That she immediately cashed every contribution and kept written records only.

In short, I have to believe she is completely incompetent in handling funds of any kind and should not be in the legislature at all!

Anonymous said...

She spent it all at a tanning salon.

Jim Craig said...

My guess is: just too lazy to get to it. Reports are tedious.

Anonymous said...

IOKIYATB!*

*It's OK If You Are A Tea Bagger

Anonymous said...

10:57 - good last piece of advice, but too late.

According to latest FEC report of McDaniel, she is now the Treasurer for his campaign.

If she thinks this little fine is a bitch, wait til she doesn't file Chrissy's report on time. She'll find what a late fee can be then!



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