Clarkstown Town Council candidate Aney Paul has failed to
make all five campaign finance filings required by New York State Election Law.
There is a political committee listed with the New York State
Board of Elections - Friends of Aney Paul. Aney Paul is listed as the committee’s treasure. The committee address is Ms Paul’s home
address.
Candidate Paul was seen campaigning in June, handing out
literature and signs. The mid-year
report due July 15, 2009 would have shown from whom she received funding and
how she spent it in furtherance of her campaign, including printing the
literature and printing the signs.
Ms Paul did not file that report.
Paul was involved in 2 primary elections, one for the
Democratic Party line and as well as
an opportunity to ballot ( a hijack attempt ), organized by some of her
faction. Three campaign finance
reports are required for a primary election.
The first due was the 32 day pre-primary report, due August
14th. This report would
have covered the period from July through mid-August. Candidate Paul held a fundraiser on August 6th,
2009.
From her Facebook page –
ANEY PAUL FUNDRAISER!!!
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Wm. E. DeBevoise, Jr. American Legion Post 1682
65 American Legion Way
New City, NY 10956
Time: 7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
Donation: Single ……… $99.00
Couples ……. $175.00
Silver ………..$250.00
Gold ………… $500.00
Other…….. $_____
RSVP: Aney Paul
37 Etna Place, Nanuet, NY 10954
The proceeds from this fundraiser should have reported on
the 32 day pre-primary report.
Candidate Paul has not filed this report, now 6 weeks overdue.
The next report mandated by campaign finance regulations is
the 12 day pre-primary filing, which this year fell due on September 4th. Again candidate / treasurer Paul failed
to file this report.
September 24th was the filing date for the 10 day
post-primary report . Again Ms
Paul was delinquent.
The 32 day pre-general election report was due on October 2,
2009. No report has been filed as
of this writing.
Altogether, in the 4 months of her campaign, Ms Paul, acting
as treasurer of her own campaign committee, has neglected to file 5 separate campaign
finance statements.
Campaign finance regulations are put in place to ensure that
voters and residents can see what interests are financing political campaigns.
There are any number of reasons why Aney Paul has ignored
the campaign finance requirements:
ignorance, contempt, incompetence, disorganization or a desire to
conceal her funding sources. None
of the likely reasons are indicative of a trustworthy candidate or politicians.
