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The lack of reporting meant that the public and opposing candidates could not appreciate the full scale of Candidate Andersen s actions and acted/voted without that information, Motl wrote in his ruling.The decision listed three separate expenditures totaling $8,211.82 that were not properly reported. The first expenditure $5,083.45 to The Directory for mailing more than 16,000 fliers was invoiced May 8 and paid by Andersen on June 19.The second expenditure for the flier design was paid July 20 to Shane Cavaliere, but Motl argued the cost had to be known beforehand as the design was a precursor to layout, printing and mailing.A third expenditure for $2,640.87 to Pyramid Printing was invoiced May 7 and paid May 30.Andersen was unable to comment Friday morning about the violations, but in a news release later in the day apologized for any confusion this may have caused voters. It appears reporting mipatagonia locations new york2stakes were made in the timing of an election expense report, she wrote. My volunteers and I are not perfect. My bookkeeping volunteer has been in frequent contact with staff at the Office of Political Practices throughout the campaign and I can therefore say with 100 perpatagonia better sweater jacket in pineapplecent certitude that no one in the campaign, and that includes me, has deliberately misled anyone. In a response to the initial complaint, patagonia locations new york3she provided a letter detpatagonia locations new yorkailing her campaign s finances to the Missoulian in September. In that document, she claimed she paid for the expenditures Aug. 13 and Sept. 8 and reported the expenditures in an updated campaign finance report Sept. 17.According to Motl s ruling, those dates are fabricated and Montana law requires her to report the unpaid costs as debt on May 22, prior to the primary election.In the May 22 report and a second post primary report filed June 20, Andersen reported only about $2,000 in spending. Motl called that report disingenuous, addbuy patagonia runninging that Andersen disguised her campaign as low budget. In fact, Candidate Andersen engaged in a self funded, large scale direct mail primary election campaign that should have been, but was not, reported on her pre election campaign finance report, he wrote. McDermott in his bid for Missoula County sheriff. It supported Andersen in a similar fashion by hosting campaign events, which Andersen didn t report as in kind donations.Noting the findings already made in Andersen s complaint were so significant on their own that additional violations will not substantially increase the social debt consequences, Motl commented that if the law firm continues to act together to support a candidate, it must register as a political committee.He added that he was referring the case to the Lewis and Clark County attorney for civil prosecution. If the county attorney passes on prosecution, which is lipatagonia discount code inspiredkely, the violations could be resolved with a payment of a fine, or worse. Without some explanation or justification this Matter remains so serious that it cannot settle but will need to progress to a Court for determination of the consequences of the violations, including possible removal from elected office, Motl wrote.In her news release, Andersen said she would work with Motl to remedy the situation as quickly as possible. I am ultimately responsible patagonia locations new york0for the reporting errors that have occurred and will do whatever is necessary to rectify mistakes, she wrotpatagonia everlong review homee.ACCOUNTING ERROR!?!?!!? LAZY falsified legal documents to conceal spending over $8,000, a serious attempt by Candidate Andersen to avoid campaign practice requirements carried out through a series of actions separated by time. First, Candidate Andersen failed to report contributions (her own funds) and expenditures (the direct mail campaign) in her pre primary and post primary campaign finance reports. Then, when a complaint was filed, Candidate Andersen listed a false date of payment for these expenses and falsely represented the exppatagonia freeport maine new year's eveenses as being for thepatagonia footwear better ankle clog general election rather than the primary election. This matter remains so serious that it cannot settle but will need to progress to a court for determination of the consequence of the violations, including possible removal from office. Accounting error. What. A. Orzech previously published a guest column erroneously questionpatagonia guide jacket the northing Lowy s ethics and endorsing Andersen s character and morals. Again. We can only hope Andersen does not sue Missoula. Missoula County needs Matthew Lowy as its next justice of the peace.Motl cites the statute, that Montana law requires that a campaign report identify all patagonia guide pants girdle contributions received and expenditures made. He then proceeds to state that the administrators have changed the law as written, to mean expenditures when they are incurred, not when they are made. That s accrual basis accounting, and had the Legislators intended that methodology to be used, they would have stated that candidates report contributions received and expenditures as they are accrued. They didn t. Expenditures made means when the bill is paid. Motl changed the clear meaning of the statute, obviously because he thought he knew better than what the Legislature actually stated.
