Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Erik Fresen's Loosey Goosey Campaign Report. By Geniusofdespair

I always enjoy looking at campaign reports and Rep. Erik's Fresen's report did not disappoint. He has a line $419.45 to Millie Fresen (5/10) and another for $509.04 (9/7) for "Various Expenses" and one to himself (6/27) for $447.34 - again various expenses. Like what are these "various expenses"? On 9/30 she got another reimbursement for expenses in the amount of $318.47. He had an expense for his cell phone for 5 months for $920.96. He also includes his wife's cell phone for $690.38. Didn't he ever hear of a family plan? Three weeks later his wife had another cell phone bill for $492.12 and on 9/20 her bill was $798.00. There also were separate campaign cell phones charges. Why is the campaign paying for their personal cell phones?

Fresen actually had a $459.41 Wynn Las Vegas Hotel expense for "fundraising". Was he playing poker to raise funds in Las Vegas? He charged his account $2,726.70 travel expenses and he had thousands of dollars of meals on his account at many high end restaurants. He also gave a hell of a lot of donations (a few thousand to the Republican Party), at least $5,000. People are not giving to a candidate to give donations. They would do that themselves. Why do they need him? In total he spent a whopping $48,139.52, about 50% of what he raised as of March 30th. How odd are Erik Fresen's expenses?

Well I compared his expenses to Ana Rivas Logan's (I don't like her either). She spent $11,821.72 during the same period and most of her expenses were actually for campaign related material, postage, printing, etc. There were hardly any meal expenses and no giant cell phone bills or travel expenses. She raised $119,445 and spent about 10% of her money as of the 30th of March.

Who would you want managing your tax money?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing about Fresen's finances makes any sense. He bankrupted the county party and was fired for it. The Educational Facilities Benefit District that he chaired just prior to running for House had to be shut down for going hundreds of thousands into the red. The district office that he rents with our tax money from a family member is currently shut down for "renovations" with no permit posted. His campaign website domain (http://www.erikfresen.com) just expired. He has personal foreclosure and IRS liens on record. Drugs, mental illness, or gambling? We want to know.

Anonymous said...

If any readers are a little adventurous, it's interesting to see how many of our State Rep's are living off of their "campaign" accounts. I think if you pick out five random districts and start looking at the incumbents, it's quite telling how they live their lives off of these account, but say it's a campaign expense.

Fresen isn't the worst out there, believe me, anyone can look for themselves. He is, however, a certified moron who should be in a jail cell for his backdoor lobbying and other stuff!

Anonymous said...

But he is SO good looking! And a dapper dresser too!

Geniusofdespair said...

He is spooky looking if you ask me.

Anonymous said...

Good looking and a dapper dresser?

What are you smoking?

I'd hate to see what you think creepy or ugly is.

Anonymous said...

Good job being our watchdog. You should check again though, Ana Rivas Logan is currently under investigation by the Florida Elections Commission for several fundraising and reporting violations.

Geniusofdespair said...

If she is under investigation...what about him?

Anonymous said...

Fresen's Republican primary challenger's team is preparing a series of campaign violation complaints against Fresen.

youbetcha' said...

He looks like a Ken doll. Very Plastic.