More Shady Barletta Accounting…
The Lou Barletta campaign has some serious issues in terms of finances. Not only has Barletta run up a huge amount of debt, there are lingering and serious questions about whether or not Barletta has violated Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules. After filing his latest Personal Financial Disclosure with the FEC, these questions have once again come front and center.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), as you might expect, is all over this….
“Lou Barletta is playing quite the shell game with his questionable loan,” said Carrie James, regional press secretary at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Lou Barletta’s crooked book keeping raises serious doubts about his ability to honestly represent middle class families struggling in a tough economy. Pennsylvania families have to pay their bills on time, pay down loans and they certainly don’t have the option of taking out a loan without interest. Why should Lou Barletta’s deal with the bank be any different? If Lou Barletta has done no wrong, why won’t he release the proper documentation showing he is paying down the loan, it has accrued interest and he, like all other Pennsylvania families, is responsibly taking care of his finances?”
As I’ve said before, I don’t know what the real story is with this “loan”, or even if it is a loan. The problem is, however, that it would appear that the Barletta campaign doesn’t know what the real story is, either. And neither does the FEC. Obviously, this is a huge headache for everyone involved.
This much is clear, though; Lou Barletta’s campaign is a mess. Aside from this little nightmare, the campaign also has to deal with the fact that they are facing huge fund raising problems. Additionally, Barletta has yet to make a stand on any relevant political issue, aside from illegal immigration. Combined, all of this makes Barletta and his campaign people look like a bunch of clueless amateurs. If Lou Barletta has managed to screw up his own campaign this badly, how can anyone expect him to be an effective Congressman?
-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
StopLouBarletta@gmail.com
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
I just read your letter to the editor. You are from Gouldsboro? You do realize young man that you are not even in Lou Barletta’s district, don’t you?
What a year, a moron from the 11th runs in the 10th, now a child in the 10th has a sight opposed to someone in the 11th.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 am
Yes, extremely old person, I do realize I live in Gouldsboro. As a “child”, I am still aware of where I am and where I live.
I wonder why you feel it’s so odd for someone, even a “child” like me, to have an opinion on local politics. No, I don’t live in the 11th Congressional District, but I do go to school there. Also, the decisions that Barletta will make, if elected, in Congress will affect many people, not just those in the 11th. Finally, if Lou Barletta can travel all over the country speaking about what he speaks about, and appear on every cable news network that will have him, why can’t I blog about him?
Besides, aren’t you old people always complaining about us “children” not caring at all about politics?
May 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
It must be getting borning for you to keep recycling old news. Yawn. you’re making us all sleepy.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
No, that’s just your Valium kicking in. See, now you get it, it’ s just like Lou who recycles other peoples ideas.
June 1st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Well if nothing else, at least this website’s comments are entertaining.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:23 am
[...] A political hell-storm has been swirling around the Barletta campaign because of a $65,000 “lo…. This “loan”, according to paperwork filed by the Barletta campaign, hasn’t been repaid, at all, and has accrued no interest. In six years. When local papers brought the issue up, the Barletta campaign offered three different explanations (1. There was no loan. You’re all on drugs. Leave us alone. 2. Okay, there was no loan, but we said there was a loan, but it was just a paperwork error. 3. There was a loan. I am stupid. Elect me to Congress.) over the course of eleven days. [...]