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According to lastest FEC report Republican 11th CD candidate Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta has debt of $263,170 including $65,000 owed to Legacy Bank in Harrisburg that he says he is making the payments himself. The dean of local political reporters Borys points out that Barletta sent out a fundraising letter last November asking donors to help retire the debt but He has not paid off a cent yet. His campaign Manager Vince Galko said that will happen soon.
Barletta's Republican opponent, Chris Paige, charged that "The undisputed and indisputable reality is that Barletta is taking money from his campaign and putting that money into his own pocket."
7 hours ago
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HMMMMMMMMM i wonder if Borys didnt call Barletta on this would Lou have tried and use this money for general campainging expenses? NAHHHHHHHH we are talking about America's Mayor..... white as the new snow that fell on the area recently.....
I don't live in the 11th, so I have no dog in this hunt - but Chris Page is making a fool of himself. Barletta loaned his campaign money; now he is paying himself back. Paige says that Barletta is "taking money from the campaign and putting that money into his own pocket"? Chris Paige is intentionally twisting the truth. Chris Paige is unethical and a liar.
actually you can NOT just take money from campaign without notifying contributors you are going to do so.
Chris Paige, you are a weasel..a democrat sent here to use up Barletta's money. You know full well that what Barletta is doing is 100% ethical and legal. He is NOT taking money from the campaign. He is paying off a debt owed to himself. Read the article. You are allowed to pay off a debt you owe to yourself. What is sad is that you know full well you are twisting the truth, yet you do not have the moral character to allow that to bother you. Your mother obviously did not raise a very honorable son.
Stop ........ please! What Lou is doing is NOT 100% OK. He can not just take campaign funds to pay back loans to himself. There is a legal process and he is not following it. Say what you want about Lou Barletta but he is a terrible Mayor, will sell out the comunity by selling the water authority, he cannot manage his campaign expenses so on top of all of this, he wants to be ou COngressman. Give me a break!
Lou has DONE nothing. In fact, THAT is the point of the article:
"Barletta's latest campaign finance reports show he raised $58,206 in the last three months of 2009 and had $52,330 left, but no debt payments were made.
The reports for his two campaign committees - one for his 2002 congressional bid, one for his 2008 run - show the same $263,170 in debt as his reports for the previous three months."
How can he be paying back himself, when the point of the article is that he is not paying it back?
What is funny is that 1. Chris Paige thinks that no one can tell that it is he who is posting on here, and 2. Chris Paige thinks that anyone in the 11th is foolish enough to not see through the democrats' plan to try to use up Lou's money. Chris Paige is a weasel, a liar and a closet democrat!
boo hoo hoo ..... give it a break. Support Lou is you want to but at least look at the package before putting into your shopping cart. Lou is a lou....ser
thats right chris is using up lou's money. what fucking money. only an ass thinks that if you make 50 but owe 250 you have money
Wow..your language on a public message board makes your opinion count for ZERO!! If this is the mental capacity of those that oppose Lou Barletta, then I will join Lou's team any day! Go LOU!
hey anon 12:54 fuck you...
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