The Will Wadsworth campaign committee finally filed its required 32-day pre-General Election financial disclosure form yesterday, 12 days late. The report was due on Friday October 5 and was supposed to report on all activity up to Oct. 1.
The report shows that the Wadsworth campaign had raised a total of $10,210 as of the cut-off date. Major contributors include the candidate’s father Austin Wadsworth with $1,000 and Assemblyman Dan Burling’s campaign committee with $500.
On the expense side, the committee reported spending only $3,152, leaving a balance on hand of $7,057. The report, however, does not show any payments made for campaign signs, which have been much in evidence in recent days or expenses made before the caucus, which included at least one mailing. Under state law, the committee and the candidate are required to disclose all contributions and expenditures for the entire campaign.
The signs were seen at the candidate’s fundraiser at Sweet Briar in September and it would be very unusual for political sign makers to extend credit. The major item on the expense list was $2,605 to a catering firm for the fundraiser, however, there is no payment shown for the use of the Sweet Briar facility itself.
Will is, of course, a partner in the company that operates Sweet Briar Celebrations, but the facility is owned by Barry Caplan. There are no contributions listed in cash or in kind from Barry. The full report can be found on the NYS Board of Elections web site here.
October 18, 2007 at 10:29 am
Not only are they tardy and incomplete in their financial reporting, they persist in producing ads and mailers which do not say who paid for them! Bob
October 18, 2007 at 11:15 am
Actually, there is no NYS requirement to state who paid for a print ad or flyer, although it is probably a good practice, Confusion comes in because there are FCC requirements that apply to radio and television ads in federal races and some stations may apply them to local races.