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Late ethics filings could snare local leaders

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Mike Buffington

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Wednesday, July 27. 2011

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A new state law requiring locally elected officials to file campaign and personal financial information with the state could snag the wallets of several local office holders in the coming weeks.

The Georgia Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission has assessed $12,750 in fines to public officials or candidates in Barrow County who did not meet the first filing deadline for 2011 that was in March, according to the commission’s web site.

And unless they filed paper reports postmarked by July 1, another 17 local office holders could be facing similar fines for not having filed their annual Personal Financial Disclosure Forms on time.

For the full story and list of who may be fined, see the July 27 issue of the Barrow Journal online or in print.

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#1 John Wages on 07/27/11 at 07:14 AM [Reply]

Maybe they did not get the memo.

#2 Anonymous on 07/27/11 at 12:21 PM [Reply]

It would have been the responsibility of the local elections office to send out the campaign contribution disclosure report package. Maybe our election supervisor, you know the one that just quit, forgot!

#2.1 Dorissa Shackelford on 07/28/11 at 07:10 AM [Reply]

With the new electronic filing, it is the sole responsibility of the elected official to file these reports. No "packages" can be sent out from other sources any more.

The State was very late in getting the needed passwords and information to all of the officials in GA and this is a totally new way of reporting, so I am not surprised that there were many who filed late.

Let's cut them all some slack...in this instance.

#2.1.1 Anonymous on 07/28/11 at 07:19 AM [Reply]

According to the state ethics themselves, some people: didn't get their password, others had passwords that didn't work, and finally for those that had missing or not filed reports from 2010 that were emailed over from the counties, some didn't make it into the system.

All of this from the ethics commission person I spoke with yesterday.

#3 TickedOff on 07/27/11 at 01:03 PM [Reply]

Come on Barrow Journal cough up the names of these violators. Lets have some fun. After all this story is about transparency.

#3.1 Mike Buffington, Publisher on 07/27/11 at 01:06 PM [Reply]

They are in tonight's print edition.

#4 Jacquelin Twiss on 07/27/11 at 01:39 PM [Reply]

My name is going to come out in that article as not having filed the proper paperwork.

I checked with the commission and it shows I didn't file the paperwork required by 10-25-2010.

I DID file the paperwork. I just spoke with the local elections office and was told all papers submitted were sent to the state and any errors were on the part of the state. Of course I have to wait for Ms. Ferm to return from lunch to verify the information.

I'm ticked!

#5 Jacquelin Twiss on 07/27/11 at 01:50 PM [Reply]

Just found the copy I filed and it's dated 10-4-2010 @ 2:50 PM. Got to love those time stamps!!!!!

#6 Fortitude on 07/27/11 at 10:38 PM [Reply]

Dang, it looked like just about anyone and everyone got his with the exception of a few on the BOE and surprised the BOC had only one who missed to file

#7 Watcher on 07/29/11 at 07:51 PM [Reply]

Tony Funari was too busy wheeling and dealing real estate in Braselton to be bother filing any forms with the State Ethics Commission. This guy is a sleaze. Only ran for office so he could push his real estate business.
The jig is up Tony. Pay up and get lost!

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