Well, I for one, am glad the Fletcher administration has rooted out the waste, fraud and abuse so that they have the extra dollars to spend stone walling the Attorney General in the process of defending the indicted Fletcherites.
From the Courier Journal:
“FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Fletcher administration could spend $632,000 or more to comply with an investigation into whether it used political favoritism to hire civil service workers, officials said yesterday.”
I’m so glad to see my tax dollars at work, helping out eight citizens of the Commonwealth.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Show Me The Money
One of the things I learned a long time ago was to follow the money. I guess that happens when you are married to a CPA and work for the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.
So here’s a few questions to ponder:
On November 5th 2002, Dick Murgatroyd, currently indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury, won the office of Kenton County Judge Executive. He beat Patrick Hughes with 18,142 votes to Hughes’ 16,489 votes.
So what does any politician do as soon a he is elected? He starts raising money for the next election.
According to the report filed by “Murg” with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on November 12, 2003 he started with $1,127.64 and raised another $33,000.00 for the May 2006 primary. Most of the money was raised during April, May and June of 2003.
On January 16, 2004 Ralph A. Drees, was sworn in as Kenton County Judge-Executive. Murg had gone to Frankfort to help the Governor get rid of waste, fraud and abuse.
A second report was filed on November 12, 2004 with the Registry of Election Finance showing no additional money raised for the May 2006 primary. Maybe he decided not to run.
So was Murg was keeping his options open? Who knows? He was replaced by a 69 year old guy appointed by the Governor. This sounds like someone to sit in the seat till Murg comes back and he had a good start on fund raising.
Now what is more interesting, Murg has already spent $26,430.57 of the $34,127.64 he had in his war chest for the next primary.
Was the $26,000 plus spent on the campaign?
What legitimate expense does a candidate, who also happens to be a state employee at the time and has quit raising money, have on a campaign that is at least 18 months away?
In other words, how did he spend $26,430.57 on an office he had appeared to give up on?
So here’s a few questions to ponder:
On November 5th 2002, Dick Murgatroyd, currently indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury, won the office of Kenton County Judge Executive. He beat Patrick Hughes with 18,142 votes to Hughes’ 16,489 votes.
So what does any politician do as soon a he is elected? He starts raising money for the next election.
According to the report filed by “Murg” with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on November 12, 2003 he started with $1,127.64 and raised another $33,000.00 for the May 2006 primary. Most of the money was raised during April, May and June of 2003.
On January 16, 2004 Ralph A. Drees, was sworn in as Kenton County Judge-Executive. Murg had gone to Frankfort to help the Governor get rid of waste, fraud and abuse.
A second report was filed on November 12, 2004 with the Registry of Election Finance showing no additional money raised for the May 2006 primary. Maybe he decided not to run.
So was Murg was keeping his options open? Who knows? He was replaced by a 69 year old guy appointed by the Governor. This sounds like someone to sit in the seat till Murg comes back and he had a good start on fund raising.
Now what is more interesting, Murg has already spent $26,430.57 of the $34,127.64 he had in his war chest for the next primary.
Was the $26,000 plus spent on the campaign?
What legitimate expense does a candidate, who also happens to be a state employee at the time and has quit raising money, have on a campaign that is at least 18 months away?
In other words, how did he spend $26,430.57 on an office he had appeared to give up on?
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