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Post by augustwest on Apr 26, 2024 12:04:03 GMT -5
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Post by augustwest on Apr 26, 2024 12:05:42 GMT -5
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/nick-mosby-fundraising-errors-BSHUK37OQZBEJOPCCABPOH224Y/When Council President Nick Mosby filed a campaign finance report ahead of a midnight deadline on April 9, his disclosure had obvious errors the campaign left unaddressed. An amended version intended to resolve those issues, submitted by the Mosby campaign nine days later, might have raised even more questions. Since the original filing, the Mosby campaign has removed a long series of donations attributed to an Arizona-based payment processor, while a donation from a political action committee the campaign had originally listed at well over the $6,000 limit was revised down to $1,000. In some parts of the amended report, though, the inclusion of previously undisclosed or inaccurate contributions have led to a messy and incomplete picture of the council president’s financial position less than three weeks out from the May 14 Democratic primary election. They have also prompted a letter from state election administrators.The Baltimore Gas and Electric contribution has drawn scrutiny this week from administrators at the State Board of Elections, who sent a letter to Mosby’s campaign earlier Tuesday raising concern about the “potentially excessive” contribution and said any donation over the $6,000 limit must be returned by May 4. The letter, first reported by The Baltimore Brew, pointed to the $9,282 line item as well as an additional receipt of $1,000 from the utility that the Mosby campaign reported ahead of the December filing deadline. Allen Norfleet, director of Division of Candidacy and Campaign Finance at the board of elections, gave the Mosby campaign 30 days to submit all receipts, disbursements, and bank statements to validate its reporting. In addition to potential excess contributions, Norfleet’s letter notes more than two dozen possible discrepancies in donors’ addresses, including numerous large donations attributed to different people but the same address or the same street addresses listed in different cities. The largest discrepancy in the amended Mosby report, filed April 18, is a $9,281.94 contribution he reported receiving from Baltimore Gas and Electric’s PAC in February — well above the legal limit and a line item that didn’t appear in the original version. A spokesperson for Baltimore Gas and Electric disputed that sum in an email and said the actual contribution was much smaller: $450. Matthew Cramer, Mosby’s campaign manager, did not respond Thursday to a series of questions about inconsistencies in the amended report, though the campaign has confirmed to other media that the $450 number is accurate and said it has “consistently worked to correct any issues while also being transparent.”
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Post by augustwest on Apr 26, 2024 12:06:32 GMT -5
www.wbal.com/baltimore-city-council-president-nick-mosby-responds-on-donation-error-in-finance-report/Mosby is running for a second term as Council President in the May 14 Democratic primary. Discrepancies have been identified in his financial reports, which are now being reviewed by the Maryland Board of Elections. Mosby spoke with WBAL’s C4 and Bryan Nehman on Thursday. He said the discrepancies were an incorrect data entry. “It was not a PACT it was just my campaign committee and our former treasurer actually just coded in some donations incorrectly,” Mosby said. Those donations found that Mosby’s campaign finance committee reported more than $21,000 in campaign contributions, when apparently only $700 was actually transmitted. The full interview can be watched above.
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Post by guido2 on Apr 27, 2024 18:51:32 GMT -5
OK, let me get this straight.
This guy has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar...... how many times now? Now granted, much like you know who, he has managed to slip and slide around it.
But going forward, he is in a much much smaller election with an equally small number of voters in a very small area that are going to be voting.
If he gets re-elected, well............
Lets not wonder why the people that actually carry Baltimores tax water will (once again) not exactly happy should that happen.
Just say'n.
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Post by cowboyz on Apr 29, 2024 6:26:06 GMT -5
Color me SHOCKED!! LOL... seriously, I'd be shocked if he ran a clean campaign.
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Post by stevez51 on Apr 29, 2024 6:57:33 GMT -5
At his wife's trial he tried to take the blame for her mess.Is the Fed investigating him ..??
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Post by Evil Yoda on Apr 29, 2024 13:21:34 GMT -5
The citizens of Baltimore never fail to disappoint with their electoral choices, and I am sure they won't this time, either. Mosby will return.
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Post by guido2 on Apr 29, 2024 19:06:01 GMT -5
The citizens of Baltimore never fail to disappoint with their electoral choices, and I am sure they won't this time, either. Mosby will return. I think maybe it is time for those that live outside of Baltimore to start contacting their reps in the GA and letting them know that, 'we' are tired for this incredibly screwed up gooberment. IOWs. Get your act together or you aren't seeing anymore of our dollars. But that is definitely a fever dream that the GA actually do something like that.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Apr 29, 2024 19:54:23 GMT -5
The citizens of Baltimore never fail to disappoint with their electoral choices, and I am sure they won't this time, either. Mosby will return. I think maybe it is time for those that live outside of Baltimore to start contacting their reps in the GA and letting them know that, 'we' are tired for this incredibly screwed up gooberment. IOWs. Get your act together or you aren't seeing anymore of our dollars. But that is definitely a fever dream that the GA actually do something like that. Even if the GA was controlled by Republicans it wouldn't do that. It might do more than it does now to pressure the City for improvements, but it's never going to cut the City off. That would be horrendous optics, if nothing else. The problem is that (I believe) City government is deeply corrupt. Everyone has his hands in the till or else money wouldn't mysteriously disappear as often as it does. The GA could - but won't - insist on audits and investigations of that. It might do that if Republicans controlled it, and it should do that regardless.
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Post by guido2 on Apr 30, 2024 9:00:02 GMT -5
I think maybe it is time for those that live outside of Baltimore to start contacting their reps in the GA and letting them know that, 'we' are tired for this incredibly screwed up gooberment. IOWs. Get your act together or you aren't seeing anymore of our dollars. But that is definitely a fever dream that the GA actually do something like that. Even if the GA was controlled by Republicans it wouldn't do that. It might do more than it does now to pressure the City for improvements, but it's never going to cut the City off. That would be horrendous optics, if nothing else. The problem is that (I believe) City government is deeply corrupt. Everyone has his hands in the till or else money wouldn't mysteriously disappear as often as it does. The GA could - but won't - insist on audits and investigations of that. It might do that if Republicans controlled it, and it should do that regardless. You make some very good points. However, there have been a number of cities that, because of pretty much the same sort of thing we are talking about corruption, ineptness. Have been taken over by the state. Detroit, East St. Louis, Chelsea, and Camden to name a few. And the state cleaned house. My understanding is that in most cases the city in question was much improved after the fact. But getting back to Baltimore. Maybe it is because I am retired and have time to pay attention. But, I have never seen a city, that can't account for money, "disappears" money, and when given an opportunity to just fill out some paper work..... and be able to look at a calendar and set internal deadline to do so, such as in the case of the HVAC funding and not get it. Well as you said, ACCOUNTABILITY and potentially heads rolling never seems to happen. Hence, here we are.
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Post by summer23 on Apr 30, 2024 9:26:23 GMT -5
Even if the GA was controlled by Republicans it wouldn't do that. It might do more than it does now to pressure the City for improvements, but it's never going to cut the City off. That would be horrendous optics, if nothing else. The problem is that (I believe) City government is deeply corrupt. Everyone has his hands in the till or else money wouldn't mysteriously disappear as often as it does. The GA could - but won't - insist on audits and investigations of that. It might do that if Republicans controlled it, and it should do that regardless. You make some very good points. However, there have been a number of cities that, because of pretty much the same sort of thing we are talking about corruption, ineptness. Have been taken over by the state. Detroit, East St. Louis, Chelsea, and Camden to name a few. And the state cleaned house. My understanding is that in most cases the city in question was much improved after the fact. But getting back to Baltimore. Maybe it is because I am retired and have time to pay attention. But, I have never seen a city, that can't account for money, "disappears" money, and when given an opportunity to just fill out some paper work..... and be able to look at a calendar and set internal deadline to do so, such as in the case of the HVAC funding and not get it. Well as you said, ACCOUNTABILITY and potentially heads rolling never seems to happen. Hence, here we are. I find that I cannot disagree with you. I interact with Baltimore City government agencies weekly. While the people I speak with are really wonderful, the agencies and their contractors are a mess. That starts at the top. There is a reason that ABC lost the Ryan White contract with the City.
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Post by upstream on Apr 30, 2024 12:43:55 GMT -5
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Post by Evil Yoda on Apr 30, 2024 14:03:23 GMT -5
Let's hope Mosby gets rubbished, as the Brits might say. It needs to happen.
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Post by guido2 on Apr 30, 2024 15:09:23 GMT -5
You make some very good points. However, there have been a number of cities that, because of pretty much the same sort of thing we are talking about corruption, ineptness. Have been taken over by the state. Detroit, East St. Louis, Chelsea, and Camden to name a few. And the state cleaned house. My understanding is that in most cases the city in question was much improved after the fact. But getting back to Baltimore. Maybe it is because I am retired and have time to pay attention. But, I have never seen a city, that can't account for money, "disappears" money, and when given an opportunity to just fill out some paper work..... and be able to look at a calendar and set internal deadline to do so, such as in the case of the HVAC funding and not get it. Well as you said, ACCOUNTABILITY and potentially heads rolling never seems to happen. Hence, here we are. I find that I cannot disagree with you. I interact with Baltimore City government agencies weekly. While the people I speak with are really wonderful, the agencies and their contractors are a mess. That starts at the top. T here is a reason that ABC lost the Ryan White contract with the City. Not familiar with or forgotten that one.
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