Yakima City Council member Dave Ettl was fined $500 by the Public Disclosure Commission. $400 was suspended provided he has no further violations for the next 4 years, leaving $100 to be paid in 60 days. You may remember this blog commented last November about Ettl’s lack of transparency on his PDC filings. 6 weeks before the election he asked for and received approval from the PDC to switch to full reporting, but, failed to do so until a couple of days before the November election. The Homebuilders, Realtors and Mike Olson Dodge all had kicked in $2,000 to $2,500 each in September prompting Ettl to ask for the change in reporting. Problem was he didn’t report it till a couple of days before the election. Conveniently bypassing public scrutiny until the day before the election.
Sonia Rodriguez and Bill Lover were also fined for late filing. Rodriguez fine was $250 with $150 suspended and Lover’s was $250 with $200 suspended pending no further violations.
The public has a right to know in a timely manner all contributions and expenditures. There are NO excuses for these violations. All the other candidates had to follow the same rules. Ettl’s violations were the most serious resulting in the bigger fine. There is no doubt that it is a pain in the ass to file these reports but it’s one of those irritating things candidates for public office must adhere to.
Sour grapes are still making a rather dull whine.
Bad Dave, no sub-shop coupons for you.
No sub-Shop coupons for Sonia, either, shame on her, she is a lawyer…she should know better! What kind of lawyer is she? I am so disappointed in Sonia Rodriguez’s inability to file her legal documentation in a timely manner. This is outrageous!!!
Beware of the ones with the biggest bullhorns in town. They have charted a course to “sail on,” even though it might be off the edge of the earth.
About pols in general (not all of them). Most of what they are saying/doing is to become re-elected–not much about what the will of the people or their welfare.
Same goes for that Houston Cessna fly-in guy. He figured he could set his own course in spite of the rules–and could not hire enough accountants to bend the rules enough for his liking. So, his solution–ruin some federal property, kill some federal people and burn his wife and daughter to death. Really a simpatico guy.