Re: [North Georgia Democrats] Georgia House Speaker David Ralston spent $21,000...

Gail Buckner commented on your post in North Georgia Democrats. Gail Buckner 8:34pm Nov 18 Frank, campaign money has always been legal to use for the fulfillment of the office. My guess that that since it was an election year, they were just looking for something to pass to help them look "ethical." When I first started reading campaign disclosures back in 1988, one of the "oldtimers' used to pay his Kiwanis Club dues out of his campaign account. Those that had extra money were able to do those extra things. Comment History Frank Gilkeson 7:28pm Nov 18 everyone was watching a football game when they snuck it by. Margaret Ball 4:59pm Nov 18 Why did you folks let this man get by with all this? Frank Gilkeson 12:35pm Nov 18 well gail the campaign contribution law has been changed so that elected officials can use cc money for any purpose to "fullfill and extend" their office. campaign contributions are now a general expense fund and not just for campaigns. not sure how the law was changed. last year speaker ralston refused to provide an explaination as to how he was spending his money so it is not possible to audit the expense account. everything is self reporting and no expense receipts are needed and their is no audit. so the mice will play. see my other posts for many details about all of this. anyone can view my facbook posts. Gail Buckner 12:13pm Nov 18 Just as an FYI, back when I served in the GA House, it took $16,000 in postage for me to mail one piece of mail per household. Printing the piece cost about $5,000 - $6,000. The money that I received from the state for me to manage my office was, $7,500, It would have been wonderful if I'd had extra campaign money that I could have used for good project such as this. Needless, to say I was never able to mail from my state expense money. Frank Gilkeson 9:12am Nov 18 i will look and see if i can find out. must be a way but i don't know how now to get that detail. i know how to get the detail for georgia state. View All Comments Original Post Frank Gilkeson 7:39pm Nov 14 Georgia House Speaker David Ralston spent $21,000 for 91 meals during the 2013-2014 campaign cycle. All meals were paid for by his campaign contributors. Speaker Ralston received $2.3 million in campaign contributionsin 2013-2014. He spent $2.1 million. He had an opponent in the Republican primary who he defeated 5,887 to 3,203 on June 20, 2014. He did not have an opponent in the General Election. Here is a list of Speaker Ralston's meals for 2013-2014. They are listed in order by date. The list identifies the restaurant, city, amount and the purpose of the meal. https://googledrive.com/host/0B3sIRC6XqGXSdTNBYWRtcmRyNlk/index.html googledrive.com 9402714ae5e9d994f6fd6a701249560b115b7e38.googledrive.com View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.