Not only did it take Second District Congressional challenger Luke Puckett several extra weeks to figure out how to file his most recent campaign finance report, but man, oh man, was it a doozy.
The South Bend Tribune reports this morning that things are so screwed up that Puckett is firing his campaign treasurer:
Republican congressional candidate Luke Puckett said Monday he will remove campaign treasurer Art Willis after the discovery that his campaign paid almost $2,000 in bank service fees to Lake City Bank from late April through the end of June.Sixty different payments to the bank, 53 of which were for $34 each, appear in a report the campaign filed Monday with federal officials. The payments, which total $1,946, started on April 30 and run through the end of the reporting period on June 30.
Sixteen of the payments were made June 2.
"That was a group of debit card transactions that were drawn against an account that didn't cover them," Willis said Monday.
The expenses were mostly meeting and travel expenses, he said.
"When Luke or (campaign manager) Kyle (Bailey) was on the road, they incorrectly assumed that there was enough cash to cover the debit entries," Willis said. "And there wasn't."
Puckett said he accepts full responsibility for the problem, but that he didn't know about the bank fees until his staff called him Monday afternoon.
Good thing it doesn't cost a penny to upload crazy YouTube videos.
Seriously, friend, if you want to run for Congress, get some qualified people to help you.
tee-hee
Train wreck.