Campaign finance: 1st Ward challenger Virginia Marquez
Virginia Marquez's most recent campaign finance statemeints contain the following information for the period from July 1 through Sept. 19:
Monetary contributions: $2,030
Loans received: $7,000
Expenditures: $7,340.72
Ending cash balance: $4,306.28
Contributors include:
Mirau, Edwards, Cannon, Lewin & Tooke - $500
American Promotional Events, (TNT Fireworks) - $250
Virginia Marquez - $7,000 loan
Expenditures include:
Steve Sammarco, political consulting services - $2,000
Accrued expenses
Steve Sammarco, political consulting services - $2,202
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October 5, 2009 5:39 PM
Gary Moore said:
Dear Mr. Pine, Editor, San Bernardino Sun:
It has been brought to my attention by the City Clerk's Office that Jason Desjardins has not, as of this a.m., filed any of the required forms regarding his campaign organization (Form 410) or the required filing, declaring donations and expenditures (Form 460), nor a Form 470, declaring he is not going to spend more than $1000. These filings are required by the Political Reform Act of 1974. My understanding is that the City Clerk has written Mr. Desjardins a letter requesting him to come into compliance. He has yet to respond to the Clerk's letter.
Mr. Desjardins has made a statements that he was all for "transparency" in government, although he has not filed any of these forms. Jason also says he is for eliminating blight and graffiti even though his business, Big Z towing, has numerous code violations which has been brought to your attention before. If you dont believe me, go look for yourself. It just seems very odd to me that Mr. Edwards has not followed-up on these matters. It seems to me that your newspaper owes it to the voters of the 2nd Ward and the citizens of San Bernardino, to put Mr. Desjardins on record regarding these obvious violations of State and City laws. No one, not Jason or any other candidate, should get a free pass.
October 5, 2009 4:09 PM