Right on the heels of documentation being released that demonstrates that the Manassas Ballet is unlawfully employing illegal aliens we have another example of Mark Wolfe playing fast and loose with the law. Someone is really racking up quite a consistent pattern here.
Wolfe recently sent out a letter to convention delegates, using the resources of his company ADCO for the mailing. Although it’s quite laughable that Wolfe describes himself as a “fiscal conservative” while he funnels taxpayer dollars to support the Manassas Ballet Theater, it’s even more laughable that the mailing itself violates Virginia Code Section 24.2-956 (link http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+24.2-956). To wit:
It shall be unlawful for any candidate or candidate campaign committee to sponsor a print media advertisement that constitutes an expenditure or contribution required to be disclosed under Chapter 9.3 (§ 24.2-945 et seq.) unless all of the following conditions are met:
1. It bears the legend or includes the statement: “Paid for by ………… [Name of candidate or campaign committee].” Alternatively, if the advertisement is supporting a candidate who is the sponsor and the advertisement makes no reference to any other clearly identified candidate, then the statement “Paid for by ………… [Name of sponsor]” may be replaced by the statement “Authorized by ………… [Name of sponsor].”
2. In an advertisement sponsored by a candidate or a candidate campaign committee that makes reference to any other clearly identified candidate who is not sponsoring the advertisement, the sponsor shall state whether it is authorized by the candidate not sponsoring the advertisement. The visual legend in the advertisement shall state either “Authorized by [Name of candidate], candidate for [Name of office]” or “Not authorized by any other candidate.” This subdivision does not apply if the sponsor of the advertisement is the candidate the advertisement supports or that candidate’s campaign committee.
3. If an advertisement is jointly sponsored, the disclosure statement shall name all the sponsors.
4. Any disclosure statement required by this section shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner.
Funny, I don’t seem to find any disclosure on this letter, conspicuous or otherwise. Perhaps it’s one more law Manassas Councilmember Mark Wolfe thinks applies to others, and not to himself.
Filed under: Virginia Politics
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A friend of mine asked me about this the other day and I wasn’t sure if it was legal or not, thanks for checking into it. Any MBT patrons get a letter on MBT or Academy letterhead? Oh, wait he couldn’t do that, MBT receives public funding.
I can’t breathe. Help me!
Should the other candidates challenge all delegates delivered to Party headquarters and demand that they be cross-checked with his ADCO mailing?
Why isn’t the Party doing a better job of monitoring or mentoring their incumbent office holders? Or is this just a lone wolf problem?
Maybe a lone Wolfe!
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