Fallon Continues To Defend Unethical Practices
March 31st, 2008 at 05:43pm Geraldine
Ed Fallon today attacked a bill that would ban politicians paying themselves with campaign funds as “status quo politics at its worst.” The bill was introduced because Fallon had paid himself nearly $14,000 with campaign funds after the end of his 2006 gubernatorial bid, making Fallon one of the most notable politicians to line his own pockets with campaign funds since Alan Keyes paid himself $8500 a month to run for Senate in 1992. Although Fallon claimed there was leftover money in his campaign account because “most candidates aren’t as fiscally responsible as I am,” Fallon had nearly $40,000 still in the bank at the end of his gubernatorial campaign. In a close three-race where you being outspent, saving that much money isn’t exactly fiscally responsible.
But then again, Fallon was considering running through November even if he didn’t win the primary. Although Fallon denied contemplating a third party run for Governor, an email from his campaign manager/business partner/very close personal friend Lynn Heuss to the Iowa Campaign and Ethics Board stated that the reason that Fallon was paying himself after the Democratic Primary and had kept his campaign account open was because “there was also the possibility that he would decide to run as a 3rd party candidate” in addition to the need to perform administrative tasks. One wonders how such a miscommunication could occur between two people who are so close.
Although perhaps it wasn’t a miscommunication. Fallon already backed Ralph Nader in 2000 stating at a rally the week before an election “I can’t, I won’t and you shouldn’t vote for Al Gore” and later condemned the Polk County Democratic Central Committee for asking all Democratic candidates to support the Democratic ticket no matter. Although Fallon later said he only endorsed Nader when Al Gore added Joe Lieberman to the ticket, his published remarks on the subject don’t address Lieberman at all and seem more focused on attacking the Vice President and future Nobel Laureate as “to the right of Bill Clinton.” As a result of the loyalty pledge, Fallon compared the actions of the Polk County Democratic Central Committee to the Nazi Party in a hyperbolic statement of utter tastelessness.
In fact, it seems more likely that Ed Fallon is lying again. Fallon has already spent the week obfuscating about the financial irregularities of his “business” I’m For Iowa. He told one reporter that he only took a small draw from the business and another that he was paying himself a salary of over $30,000 a year. However, Ed Fallon has been consistent about one thing. He refuses to disclose the financial records of I’M for Iowa, reinforcing the fact that there is something rotten in Sherman Hill.
But in the meantime, Fallon, the erstwhile crusader for campaign finance reform, is attacking a bill prohibiting candidates from paying themselves as “status quo politics at its worst” and hiding the financial records of I’M For Iowa from public disclosure. For someone who claims to believe in clean elections, Ed Fallon certainly seems to be running his in the muck.
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23 Comments Add your own
1. noneed4thneed | March 31st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
What laws did Fallon break?
You could say that Fallon has been a little sloppy with things surrounding I’m for Iowa and earning some money from his campaign funds, but he did not break any laws. If you think there is a problem with this behavior then work to change the laws.
2. The big picture | April 1st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Thats exactly what the legislature is going to do with the “Ed fallon loophole bill” tomorrow. BTW he probably did break some laws with his I’m for Iowa list serve. I have an idea for ed, GET A JOB like everyone else and stop living off the donations of people who think they are donating to a good cause but really they are donating to the pay Ed Fallon’s sallary
3. Ryan Lewis | April 1st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
The law is “status quo politics at its worst.” How else can someone like Ed Fallon be able to make a living while running for office? While fatcat congressmen like Leonard Boswell enjoy steady employment and regular paychecks, a true progressive like Ed Fallon doesn’t have that luxury. This law would make it tougher for those only work for the little man. It is the epitome of the status quo. Shame on you Geraldine for defending this outrage.
4. here in the real world | April 1st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Are you kidding me ryan lewis. Working for the little man??? He is asking the little man to give him money because unlike them he was to lazy to ever actually get a job. Congressman Boswell was a farmer and a pilot before he became an elected official he actually had a job unlike fallon who has never had a real job in his life. Even when his kids were growing up he was too lazy to get a job, which i might add is something he says proudly when he talks to voters. Lets face reality here Ed fallon is a hypocrite who is just looking for a job.
5. and the mess continues | April 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
This is great not only is fallon being shown for what he really is but not he has been caught lying. check iowa independent at
http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2175
6. Iowa Progress » Fal&hellip | April 15th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
[…] dry up, he won’t have enough money to meet his payroll, let alone pay himself through “the Fallon loophole“. Of course, if Fallon had been upfront about I’M for Iowa and its donors, none of this […]
7. Iowa Progress » Why&hellip | April 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
[…] Fallon has attacked the attempt to close the “Fallon Loophole,”the practice of professional politicians paying themselves salaries with campaign funds, as […]
8. Iowa Progress » Sup&hellip | May 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
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