Clinton has hundreds of outstanding bills for catering, security,
printing and hiring venues
Posted on 03/30/2008 11:46:13 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Hillary Clinton’s determination to remain in the presidential race may spell bad news for small businesses in the states that have yet to vote.
Staff have left a trail of unpaid bills and trashed offices across America in the past three months, raising fresh doubts about the viability of her run for the Democratic nomination. A property manager who let rooms to the campaign last summer in Clinton, Iowa, said that he found rubbish, rotting food, holes drilled in the walls and permanent stains on the carpet. He did not receive unpaid rent until last month — but kept the $500 (£250) deposit to cover clean-up expenses.
Clinton has hundreds of outstanding bills for catering, security,
printing and hiring venues
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, landlord Terry Bennett went to the media to complain about late payment from Clinton campaign tenants who, he said, “left enough trash for a small army” — but no rent. When he eventually got his cheque, he donated it to Barack Obama.
Ohio event management companies owed money by Mrs Clinton were quoted yesterday warning others to ask for money up front. Jim Phillips, the owner of Show Tyme Exhibits, said that he needed a $607 invoice settled. “I’m a small guy,” he said. “I could use that.”
The delayed payments may reflect her straitened circumstances after the most expensive battle for the Democratic nomination in history, in which she has recently been heavily outspent on advertising by Mr Obama.
Bill Clinton, in a weekend e-mail to supporters, underlined the urgent need for money before the end of March. “Our opponents and the media will scrutinise our fundraising reports and look for any sign of weakness,” he said.
Although February was her best month yet in fundraising, documents filed last week with the Federal Elections Commission show that at the end of that month Mrs Clinton’s total of $38 million in the bank was mostly money that can be spent only if she wins the nomination.
The Politico.com website reported that if she had paid off the $8.7 million in unpaid bills and not loaned her campaign $5 million, she would have had less than $2 million available for this month. Mr Obama would still have had $31 million cash-in-hand even if he had paid off the $625,000 owed to creditors.
Mrs Clinton’s biggest debts are to her pollsters, strategists and advertising consultants. She also has hundreds of outstanding bills for catering, security, printing and hiring venues. By the end of February, her campaign had not, for instance, reimbursed the Hy-Vee chain for making thousands of sandwiches on the night of the Iowa caucuses.
I hope they’re not expecting a tip.
Rush will lend her some money.
Cattle futures sounds good.
Daily STD screenings do run up quite a bill.
I am curious if Obama’s campaign is actually paying on time and leaving the offices clean when they leave.
According to his autobiorgraphy, when he trashes a room and puts cigarettes out in the carpet, it’s not because he’s a slob, it’s a sign of alienation, because Amerikkka is so oppressive.
yitbos
Did these people expect anything other than Clinton trash from the Clinton trash? It’s hard to feel sorry for them. Geez, talk about stupid.
“...said that he found rubbish, rotting food, holes drilled in the walls and permanent stains on the carpet.”
That must have been Bill’s room.
Run Hillary Run! Fight Hillary Fight! Go Hillary Go! Spend Hillary Spend!
Her campaign had plenty of money.. And the sheeple donated to help her Royal Heinous!
Correction: plow = ploy
> Mrs Clinton’s biggest debts are to her pollsters, strategists and advertising consultants.
On the one hand, I would have thought these would be the very people she would not want to get offside with:
“Gee Mrs Clinton, we’d love to release the poll results to you. Problem is there’s this overdue invoice...”
On the other hand, I guess keeping their payment in limbo is one surefire way to keep their attention until the end of the campaign.
It’s business as usual for the Clintons.
Trail of unpaid bills casts doubt on Hillary Clinton’s finances...
jeez louise ~ its the clintons!!!!
Why would ANYONE vote for someone for president who handles money like this?
Not sure of the implications of all this, but it does mean that Hillary! has accumulated most of her general election funds, but Obama's cash he's raised so far is just for primaries. So he has to raise all new cash for the general.
The beauty of this is that the articles themselves will make it even harder for her. The event management industry is a small one. As companies hear she’s not paying her bills they’ll demand payment up front, depleting newly raised resources.
That’s the way it works when a private company gets in trouble. The up front payments make it impossible to pay old bills. Revelation of financial difficulties make it hard to raise more money. Eventually the entity drowns in its own debt.
Hillary.....drowning....whining for money. I’d buy tickets to that!
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