Posted on 03/30/2008 6:45:32 AM PDT by george76
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.
Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord, an Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer highlight a less-obvious impact of Clinton’s inability to keep up with the staggering fundraising pace set ...
It’s not just the size of Clinton’s debts that’s noteworthy. It’s also that her unpaid bills extend beyond the realm of high-priced consultants who typically let bills slide as part of the cost of doing business with powerful clientele whose success is linked to their own.
Some of Clinton’s biggest debts are to pollster and chief strategist Mark Penn, who’s owed $2.5 million; direct mail company MSHC Partners, which is owed $807,000; phone-banking firm Spoken Hub, which is waiting for $771,000; and ad maker Mandy Grunwald, who’s owed $467,000.
word is getting around that Clinton’s campaign does not promptly pay those who labor to make her events look good, said an employee of the event production company Forty Two of Youngstown, Ohio.
“I feel insulted by the way that the campaign treated this company and treated us personally,”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Theft of services?
Thanks, Calpernia and George76.
Ping.
Grifters...
Sociopaths...
Deadbeats...
The shoe fits.
My company requires ALL politicians to pre-pay. And we sell lots of political stuff.
"We were ducking sniper fire in Bosnia"
"I was a part of the Northern Ireland Peace Process"
"I had no idea where the billings records were"
"I had nothing to do with the travel office firings"
Yeah, Sure, Right !!
If this neurotic mega-liar ever gets elected as POTUS
WE ARE DOOMED !!
THE COUNTRY IS DOOMED !!
FREEDOM IS DOOMED !!
Contractors that never submit an invoice or, who submit one but make no effort to collect show themselves to be people that can be worked with.
Go read the article.
My, my....
If the Clintons are so serious about becoming “public servants” — perhaps they should invest some of their own ill gotten millions in the race....
I wonder why they haven’t??????
Oh, I’ve forgotten — these ^%$#&^$&%^$%^ wish only to spend other people’s money....
Sue what? These are political campaigns, corporations with no money and nobody home.
I searched, I promise I did. :)
So, the folks who want to manage healthcare for the entire country can't even pay the insurance bills for their campaign? OK.
Great catch. Someone should send this to Limbaugh.
Can’t she pawn some of the stuff she stole from the White House and pay the little people?
ROLFMAO!!! Mark Penn REALLY expects to get paid if she loses? Hell...IF SHE WINS??? 2.5 MILLION for the job he’s done???? MY GOSH....
I was looking to see if her ‘cried for votes’ medal was in that group. Apparently she hasn’t updated her uniform lately.
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