Posted on 03/30/2008 6:45:32 AM PDT by george76
Hillary Rodham Clintons cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community and anyone else who will listen to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.
Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord, an Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer highlight a less-obvious impact of Clintons inability to keep up with the staggering fundraising pace set ...
Its not just the size of Clintons debts thats noteworthy. Its also that her unpaid bills extend beyond the realm of high-priced consultants who typically let bills slide as part of the cost of doing business with powerful clientele whose success is linked to their own.
Some of Clintons biggest debts are to pollster and chief strategist Mark Penn, whos owed $2.5 million; direct mail company MSHC Partners, which is owed $807,000; phone-banking firm Spoken Hub, which is waiting for $771,000; and ad maker Mandy Grunwald, whos owed $467,000.
word is getting around that Clintons campaign does not promptly pay those who labor to make her events look good, said an employee of the event production company Forty Two of Youngstown, Ohio.
I feel insulted by the way that the campaign treated this company and treated us personally,
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I hope the Clintons never pay them!
Any business owner who provides a product or service on credit to any political campaign with the expectation of being actually being paid is truly stupid.
Serves them all right.
If you do business with a criminal enterprise you can expect to get stiffed.
Which happens over and over again with the clintons...
signed,
Carvillizard.
Doesn’t giving away their services for free come under the heading of a “campaign contribution”? And isn’t there a law as to how large it can be? Maybe these ‘innocents’ can and should be prosecuted for campaign law violations. Oh, I forgot,McCain took the money out of politics. Fugeddaboudit.
No matter what the Clinton's do, they always get a pass from the MSM and their “liberal” sycophantic believers and fans.
The Clinton's are pure Teflon.
When told the [HillayCare] plan could bankrupt small businesses, Mrs. Clinton sighed, "I can't be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America."
Oopsie.
Someone should sue.
I knew a small businessman who was stiffed about $50K by Jesse Jackson’s campaign in the 1980s. They told him tough sh*t and to sue if he didn’t like it, the attutude being he should have been proud to have been part of it.
Well, no.
See the “return the illegally donated money” scam can be easily circumvented.
The campaign writes a (big) check to the Chinese businessman/military/union office/criminal/drug dealer/etc.
The check is widely reported. Once.
The Chinese businessman/military/union office/criminal/drug dealer/etc then simply “forgets” to ever cash the check.
Money stays in the Clinton’s pocket.
Like most liberals, she expects SOMEONE ELSE to pay.
Cash strapped? I thought she was raising 35 million a month.
Preferably, a taxpayer.
Let them eat cake!
Thanks for that list!
I wonder how much Oobama and McCain owe?
She has done it before.
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