(Campaign staff “Diggs” Brown quite a hole, too. And what are the odds, really, that Boucher can go without violating a campaign finance regulation by next year? – promoted by Colorado Pols)
Another scalp for Colorado Ethics Watch. The indefatigable Bob Moore writes that Andrew Boucher, who runs the Draft Diggs Brown committee, is under deferred indictment for campaign finance violations relating to his Fort Collins city council campaign:
A special prosecutor has ruled there’s probable cause to believe Andrew Boucher, a political consultant and unsuccessful Fort Collins City Council candidate, unintentionally violated city campaign finance laws in the April election.
As part of an agreement Boucher reached with special prosecutor Jerry Gordon of Boulder, no charges will be filed if Boucher isn’t accused of any other campaign finance violations before Sept. 3, 2010.
Boucher’s spin–apart from refusing to take responsibility for himself–is that the complaint was “dismissed” and therefore never had merit, but that’s pretty hard to square with his agreement to not break the law for a year before getting out from under a possible prosecution. That just means the prosecutor is a prudent fellow, since this isn’t the first time Ethics Watch has scalped Boucher:
This is the second time that Boucher has entered into a settlement over campaign finance violations brought by Colorado Ethics Watch.
The group alleged that a Boucher-led group, the Northern Colorado Victory Group, did not properly document independent expenditures against legislative candidate John Kefalas in 2006. That case was settled when Boucher agreed to provide the documentation to the Colorado secretary of state.
If Diggs Brown genuinely wants to be a congressman, he’s going to have to make some tough decisions if he wants a campaign that is both viable and credible.
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I bet you all are really thrilled Andrew Boucher earned the Coloradoan’s endorsement last spring. Proud moment.
And you did. 🙂
The coverage of the accusation against Boucher is a fraction of what I wrote last falls about the accusations concerning Markey and Syscom. The Musgrave campaign wound up using much of what I uncovered as part of their campaign. The obviously were selective about what they used. And you’re off on a couple of your points. Markey was never Salazar’s campaign manager; she was his district director in Northern Colorado. Secondly, the Bush administration’s General Services Administration looked into the accusations raised by the Musgrave campaign and said that there was no evidence that Markey used her position with Salazar to get contracts for Syscom. Finally, your accusation that Markey spent the “millions” she made from these contracts to get elected isn’t borne out in campaign finance reports. Markey didn’t spend any of her own money in the campaign maybe he went to some payday lender.
the tenacity and ingenuity of these folks.
Too bad pPayday lending and the Personal Money Store are such scams that prey on unsuspecting, desperate people..
This playday lending stuff has gotten really sophisticated. Now they are basically indistinguishable from Libertad’s trolling.