County Legislator Richard Beebe Fails to File Campaign Financial Disclosure Reports — What Is He Hiding?
The research team at Monroerising reviewed the New York State Board of Elections campaign finance reporting database and discovered that Legislator Richard Beebe has not filed any disclosure reports since the 32 day pre-general election report.
All other candidates for Monroe County Legislature in 2007 including all Democrats and Republicans (click link to view their reports) filed anywhere between 5 and 7 reports. Beebe has filed only one report. Another report is due on January 15th.
1st District Todd Dunn and Richard Yolevich, 5th District Mark Cassetti, 6th District Raymond Diraddo, 8th District Carmen Gumina and David Malta, 9th R. Anthony Lafountain and Doreen Levin (aka Mrs. Weese IV or V), 10th District Anthony Daniele and Ted Nixon, 11th District Michael Barker and Sue Davis, 15th District E. Daniel Quatro, 16th Vincent Esposito and Peter Kelderhouse, 17th District Edward O’Brien and Dan White, you get the idea.
Why is this important? First of all, state law requires all candidates to provide this information to the public. The lack of disclosure may indicate that Beebe has something to hide?
Sources in County Legislative District 6 tell us they received 8 to 10 negative mailings, a number of those pre-recorded phone calls and yet Beebe’s last filing shows a campaign account balance of approimately $2,000 — hardly enough for one mailing!
Are there contributions Beebe received that exceeded campaign limits? Are the contributions that would have caused concern and effected the results of last November’s election? Are there other rules and regulations Beebe didn’t follow?
Not providing information required by law gives the appearance that there is something in those reports he doesn’t want the public to know. This is a cloud hanging over Beebe’s head. He needs to come clean and explain why he failed to file legally required disclosure reports.
The fact that Legislator Beebe is the only candidate who didn’t file is very suspicious. There may well be something he is trying to hide. Perhaps the involvement of the special interest dominated Working Families Party?
Before you chalk this up to a novice candidate not familiar with the process, remeber Richard Beebe isn’t new to elective politics — he is a former mayor. Campaign finance disclosure has been around for years and undoubtely, Beebe should have filed them in his previous campaigns. It is interesting to note that the address for the campaign account is his home — so he can’t say he doesn’t control the account and blame his treasurer.
We are notifying the state board of elections of these violations and we are encouraging local media outlets to follow-up on our research.
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