Friday, December 30, 2011

Johnny's last campaign being audited


From NY1:

City Comptroller John Liu may be limiting campaign contributions to $800 for his 2013 campaign, but that definitely is not the case for his 2009 campaign account.

Since taking office almost two years ago, Liu has raised more than $250,000 to pay off debt from his run for comptroller.

As a result, he has accepted thousands of dollars in contributions that are over the legal limit set by the city's Campaign Finance Board.

The firefighters' union gave nearly $10,000, twice the limit, as did the plumbers' union and a state construction union.

The general manager at SMC Stone, a Brooklyn contractor, gave Liu nearly $7,400, more than $2,000 over the limit. The president of the company did the same thing.

Candidates often keep old campaign accounts open, as the finance board audits them. It sometimes takes years to retire a debt; Liu's 2009 account is nearly $8,000 in the hole.

Using his old account, Liu bought an airline ticket to a speaking event in Texas last year. He has paid his campaign consultant Chung Seto, spent thousands on a volunteer dinner, and bought print ads.

Some government watchdogs say the spending is questionable.


Hey, no problem! Now that he's been caught, Johnny says he'll give back the shady donations.

And he's lifted the $800 limit on his campaign contributions, no doubt so he can go after big developer money.

22 comments:

georgetheatheist said...

Oyez, oyez, oyez!

Anonymous said...

Maybe they should also audit his '05, '03, and '01 campaigns.

Anonymous said...

Maybe they should look into Gary Ackerman's campaign financing!

Congressman Gary has been tied into the Asian sector for years via his "committee".

Might he be one of the recipients of laundered overseas Chinese cash?

The FBI & IRS should be able to determine if Gary should be fitted for an orange jump suit!

The Flushing Phantom said...

It looks like Liu is preparing to have his "last supper".

H-m-m-m...
imagine if Leonardo were still around to paint the others gathered attending "Lui's Last Supper"...LOL!

Who might those others be?

Tommy Huang, Wellington Chen, Gary Ackerman,etc.

WOW!
The ocean of corruption will soon yield some other fish.

Be patient folks.
The Peking/Taipei soap opera continues.

Warm up your egg rolls, sit back and enjoy the show!

I certainly am!

Anonymous said...

Who got paid to do Liu's "print ads"...his close cul-de-sac neighbor, CB 7's own, Chuck Apelian?

Just follow the money trail to "follow the buck" Chuck!

Anonymous said...

SMC Stone and Flametech -- both Tommy Huang suppliers. Huangs, none of them, made any contributions to Liu.

FDNY does nothing about Huang's Bayside Project -- illegal road -- unstable, etc.

Time might be right to go to the FBI -- They may be interested in talking now.

Anonymous said...

Liu’s is breaking the law by not listing his bundlers. If he continues to refuse to release those names, he should be removed from office and arrested.

Where's the governor? Don’t tell me Andrew Cuomo is not using his power to remove Johnny Boy from office because he doesn’t want to “offend the Asians”. Or maybe Andy is afraid of retaliation on the part of Liu’s bundlers? This whole situation stinks!

Anonymous said...

SMC Stone - President & Manager

Contributed big time to Liu. Why?

Susan Szeto, Manager
Sing Chao - President

Susan Szeto a/k/a So Mok Szeto Chao?

Sing Chao a/k/a Sing Ming Chao - legal documents say they live together

Anonymous said...

The Huang / Liu Dynasty may be coming to an end. Between the FBI, OAG, DOB, DOI and DA, perhaps it will eventually happen.

The FBI needs to find out how they have gotten away with so much for so long. It had to have a lot of help from the politicians and others. Hope for the New Year.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Hope for the New Year! For what? Hope that Bloomberg loses one of the last people with any semblance of power that critiques the outrage of the crony capitalist no-bid contracts which have been adding up to the billion dollar plusrange, with no oversight or end in sight. Surely,Mr. $1 a year is taking a bit more than that off the top, and all you sheeple can think of is Charlie Chan and egg roll jokes.If only we all didn't have to live with the effects of your turning a blind eye to the heinous acts of someone whoconveniently looks and talks a bit more like you. Ah, the price of the comfort of familiarity.

Anonymous said...

The audit which should be performed is a forensic audit of the non-Foundation acounts of Bloomberg in the various locales he's squirreled awayhis ill-gotten gains in-Bermuda,Ugland House,Mauritius, Dubai,Qatar,Maldives,Gibraltar,etc.

Queens Crapper said...

"If only we all didn't have to live with the effects of your turning a blind eye to the heinous acts of someone whoconveniently looks and talks a bit more like you. Ah, the price of the comfort of familiarity."

If Bloomberg hadn't been relentlessly critiqued on this blog since its inception, I might take offense at this statement. Surely, you jest.

Anonymous said...

Those who have been getting things from John Liu are crying and will continue to cry.

They'll cry about Bloomberg
They'll cry about Quinn

They'll cry about anything they can think up.

Nobody cares who dropped the dime on Liu and his problems have zilch to do with others.

I swear these zombies would defend mass murder if it took ten cents a year from them.

But nobody cares the game is up.

I'm lovin' it

Anonymous said...

"Liu’s is breaking the law by not listing his bundlers. If he continues to refuse to release those names, he should be removed from office and arrested."
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All Campaign Finance can do is impose a monetary fine. He'll pay it from his campaign funds and move on. No arrest, no removal from office.

Anonymous said...

Wishful thinking, laughing boy. The FBI doesn't impose fines. They arrest you and then you go to federal prison. That's where Liu is headed.

Anonymous said...

All Campaign Finance can do is impose a monetary fine. He'll pay it from his campaign funds and move on. No arrest, no removal from office.

The Investigators can ask a Federal Judge to issue a subpoena for that information which is required to be made public by law. Then when Liu refuses to obey he can be tossed in jail for contempt of court until he complies.

Let's be clear about FRAUD and the theft of public money. If there is one communist Liu supporter who does not comprehend that then they ought to ask a grown up to explain it to them real slow.

Anonymous said...

are you saying that communists are supporting John Liu ?

the libs on this site usually RIDICULE (a saul alinsky ,rule for radicals) any one who mentions COMMUNIST.

Anonymous said...

No they don't RIDICULE anybody, Gramps. Just people who keep dwelling on irrelevant issues and people who have been dead for decades.

Anonymous said...

does the recent communist spy "red" chapman and her gang of marxists, who obama SPEEDILY returned to Communist Putin, refresh your memory .

did not a few members of obama's WH leaders admit to marxist and maoist allegiance?

the background of many of the OWS anarchist leaders were reported to be marx followers. see arron klein.com

Anonymous said...

The only Marxists I care about are Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo, Gramps. Remember, the Cold War is over; we won. George W. Bush looked into Putin's eyes, saw his soul and believed him to be a good man.

Anonymous said...

Anon No. 17: Are you aware that Saul Alinsky died in 1972?

Anonymous said...

alinsky is dead ,but his marxist philosophy is alive and well, being espoused in American universities by former columbia u.professors like married team Clowert & Piven. Piven as well as Lisa Fithian (anarchist social activist ) were leading supporters of the recent O.W.S/public union mess.
look them up on wikipedia.

a vigilant American citizen will survive these MASTERS OF DECEIT.