Campaign finance notes
The next series of postings will contain summaries of San Bernardino candidates' most recent round of campaign finance disclosures.
All candidates are included, except for 2nd Ward challenger Jason Desjardins, who did not have a filing available from the City Clerk's Office as of Thursday morning.
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Andrew Edwards. E-mail Andrew here.
Hey Andy, Check with the City Clerk and you will find out that, as of last Monday, Jason had not filed a 410 (Statement of Organization) or a 460 (Campaign finance disclosure) forms as required by law. He does not even have a campaign committee id#. Raising and spending money without executing these forms is a gross violation of the Political Reform Act. If Jason has spent his own money, out of pocket, that is even more of a crime. Please Andrew, get on the stick and do a little more homework. I know you can do it.
October 2, 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
Desjardins never mentioned why he left law enforcement after a few years. The truth be known he was a screw up, and was never going to get promoted. I know many of ward 2 residents have proudly served in our military, and knows if you get skipped over twice for promotion you might as well DD214. Same thing in law enforcement. Desjardins left because he was going no where. I hate to break it to Mr Desjardin but Mr Baxter is well loved in our ward just like Ms. Estrada is well loved in her ward. Guess you picked the wrong neighborhood to carpetbag in Mr Jesdardin. Do what you do best, start packing your bags. Moving day is coming soon when we vote Mr Baxter in for another four years!