The citizens of Washington voted to create the Public Disclosure Commission to enforce transparent elections.
In my experience, a candidate that does not take campaign disclosure seriously will not be a transparent and open council member if elected. If a candidate will not respect the majority of citizens who created the PDC, then how can we expect them to respect the citizens they represent?
So I am more than concerned (and perturbed) when Ms. Cloutier filed a contribution report late! Very late!
I guess it is not unreasonable for someone who can’t figure out how to cast a ballot for our EMS levy to have problems filing more complicated forms like contribution reports.
By the way, the PDC bends over backwards to make report filing as easy as possible. They provide software to make it simple and they are easily accessible to answer questions for candidates.
Candidates should file contribution reports (called form C3), once a week. (see filing instructions) According to her own report, Priya received contributions as early as June 25th and did not report them until July 9th, over two weeks late.
I can understand why Priya is slow with her contributions reports. Over 90% of her cash contributions come from outside of Edmonds!
P.S. Her expenditure report (form C4) is late too. It was due last Friday and still does not appear on the PDC’s website.
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