What a way to start off the "change" in ethics in LA. Boy he sure is cleaning things up around here. Looks like wonderboy is finally showing his true colors and a full investigation is to follow rather than him just paying the fine and moving on like he would like to do. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/breaking/14290662.html Gov. Bobby Jindal faces state ethics charges for failing to timely disclose more than $100,000 in campaign aid he received from the state Republican Party. The Louisiana Board of Ethics ordered a public hearing to explore charges that Jindal and his governor’s campaign committee violated the state’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. Timmy Teepell, Jindal’s chief of staff, said Thursday night that Jindal would pay the fine. Jindal failed to “accurately disclose in-kind contributions” from the state GOP, according to a Tuesday letter notifying Jindal of the reporting problem. The Advocate on Thursday obtained a copy of the letter. Jindal was flying to Washington, D.C., according to his press secretary, Melissa Sellers, who said he could not immediately be reached for comment. Jindal campaign accountant William Potter of Baton Rouge said a mistake was made. “We are not trying to deny anything,” said Potter. “It’s an error.” The ethics board set a July 10 public hearing. If a violation is found, the board may impose civil penalties of $100 per day, up to a maximum of $2,500, for each day the report was not timely filed. Jindal would be exposed to the full $2,500 fine because of the lapse in time of reporting. Potter said he is recommending that Jindal settle the issue prior to hearing. Potter said Teepell, who was Jindal’s campaign chief, failed to notify those preparing the campaign finance report of the party expenditures for Jindal. The state GOP spent $118,264 between June 4 and June 28 in mail expenses on behalf of the Jindal campaign. Teepell said the Republican Party did not submit invoices to the campaign showing the expenditures on Jindal’s behalf. So, he said, there was no way of knowing for reporting purposes. After the omission came to light, the money was promptly reported and the party started filing in-kind expenditure reports with the campaign, Teepell said. “We are all about transparency,” said Teepell.
http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7775858&nav=menu66_2 Jindal cannot pay the fine to get rid of this quickly. The ethics board says a full investigation has to take place and Jindal must allow the full process to take its course. So… sorry Bobby, but this wont be going away for a while.
Did you read the article or just the headline? The state GOP spent money on the Jindal campaign and didn't report it to the campaign. No one with the campaign caught it. When it was finally caught, it was reported. These facts are not in dispute. They'll simply pay a fine. If you think the candidates know where every penny is coming from, then you are even more naive than I thought. Paul doesn't know if every penny collected in his campaign is reported, that is done by his staff. The state GOP screwed up. Jindal's campaign screwed up. Jindal will pay a fine.
I must be really bored to have a conversation with you. From the article you linked: They are going through the normal process. It is a formality. I'm willing to bet you $2500 (the amount of the fine) that nothing more will come out of this deal. I'll forward that $2500 to Jindal to pay the fine. You in?
It was an oversight by GOP. As soon as the oversight was caught, it was immediately handled. Jindal will pay the fine and the "full investigation" will confirm what is already known. It was an unintentional oversight. But Ron Paul supporters are determined to ignore facts try to make it sound like it was intentional. It was not and nothing they can say or do will change that.
Nope, not as long as the haters who will try to make more of it than it is refuse to let it go. It's no big deal. An error was made, the campaign thought the party was responsible for reporting the money. They were wrong, and they will pay the fine. The investigation will reveal no shady goings-on. Of course the dems won't be satisfied with those findings, but that's La. politics.
