Frank Guinta: Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Union Leader Covers Mystery Money

Impossible! (4.00 / 6)

Frank Guinta could NOT possibly have this kind of money around AND still owe student loans.

That would make him a FREELOADER!

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

---

by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 08:41:58 AM CDT

The Banks Paid The TARP Back (4.00 / 3)

faster than Frank Guinta paid off his student loans?

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

---

by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:05:08 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Guinta refuses to answer questions (4.00 / 2)

In a Monitor story today, Guinta's spokesman refuses to answer questions:

"All I can say is that it's his money," Bosse said. "It's his personal business."

No, it is not his personal business. Guinta repeatedly filled out public disclosure forms that did not show ANY bank accouints with $355,000 - or $200,000, or $100,000.  That is the public's business.

In the Monitor, there was some blah blah by the campaign about his student loans, too:

Trying to show that government helps people, Shea-Porter had asked Guinta if he received any student loans to go to college.
Guinta responded by saying he did not receive student loans while attending Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. His disclosure form lists a "school loan" liability between $15,001 and $50,000 from NHHEAF Network.
Bosse said Guinta responded correctly during the debate, though he did not address whether the loan was used for Guinta's master's degree at Franklin Pierce Law School.

Well, if he didn't use it for his masters in Intellectual Property (which has to be one of the bigger ironies of the campaign), and he didn't use it for his undergraduate degree, then what else was it used for? His campaign bio only lists Assumption and Franklin Pierce. Did he forget something else, too? Like another college he attended? Or is Frank Guinta refusing to give his campaign spokesman the full story, too?

Monitor story: http://www.concordmonitor.com/...



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

---

by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 09:39:52 AM CDT

Bosse cowed ? n/t (4.00 / 2)

24 Days until GOTV!

Have you written a letter to the editor today? Have you donated today? Have you put up signs? Have you made calls? Have you talked to your neighbors?  

---

by: JonnyBBad @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:00:18 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Bosse feeling the pressure (4.00 / 2)

Any day that Guinta spokesman Bosse has to mumble his way through this is a good day.

Frank has to know that the pressure is not going to go away,

Thanks to everyone who is keeping this boiling.  

---

by: Chaz Proulx @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:16:04 AM CDT

UL comment from Joanna B. (0.00 / 0)

How did Frank and Morgan Guinta both qualify for state grad school loans if they have investment properties and a quarter to half mill in the bank? I couldn't get aid and I don't have close to that. Did they both use a government agency, not a bank (Guinta believes in "small government" except when it benefits him) so he could use political pressure on the struggling NHHEAF (NH Higher Education Aid Foundation)? And if they have so much money, why didn't the Guinta's do the right thing and pay off the loans instead of milking taxpayers? You can't trust Guinta!
- Joanna B, Concord/blockquote>

24 Days until GOTV!

Have you written a letter to the editor today? Have you donated today? Have you put up signs? Have you made calls? Have you talked to your neighbors?  

---

by: JonnyBBad @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:25:05 AM CDT

Answer (4.00 / 1)

No, he did not use a bank loans. Guinta's loan is with NHHEAF.  Mrs. Guinta's loans are through used Sallie Mae. As of the filing of the report, they have a combined student debt of $30,000 to $100,000.  

Joanna B. raises a good question: are there financial restrictions that would keep someone with a bank account of a couple of hundred thousand dollars from qualifying for a NHHEAF loan? I don't know the answer, if anyone out there does, or has the time and inclination to find out, that would be great!



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

---

by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:59:42 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

I put in a call... h/t (0.00 / 0)

24 Days until GOTV!

Have you written a letter to the editor today? Have you donated today? Have you put up signs? Have you made calls? Have you talked to your neighbors?  

---

by: JonnyBBad @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 15:25:55 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

LOL. Bob Jean from Northwood (4.00 / 3)

in the comments:

Frank Guinta supports "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

Don't ask him where the money came from.

And he won't tell you if you do.
- Bob Jean, Northwood, NH

Sounds like a sign to me!

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world." A. Einstein

---

by: StraffordDem @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 10:53:29 AM CDT

I like it so much I changed diary title! n/t (4.00 / 6)

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

---

by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 11:05:23 AM CDT

[ Parent ]

Page 2, eh? (4.00 / 3)

Yep, it's the UL being the UL like always. Imagine if Carol Shea-Porter had "found" a half mill and loaned it to her campaign. It'd be on the front page every damn day.

I guess I should give the UL a little bit of credit for covering it at all; they certainly wouldn't have if Bill Loeb were running the store. But still: page 2?  

---

by: jvwalt @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 12:18:45 PM CDT

From this blog to CSP's lips (4.00 / 3)

Imagine if [I] had "found" a half mill and loaned it to [my] campaign. It'd be on the front page every damn day.

If CSP doesn't say it, a prominent surrogate should.

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

---

by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 13:17:08 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Another Guinta fib (4.00 / 3)

You have to verify every single thing the former mayor of Manchester says. Back before the primary, Guinta told the Portsmouth Herald

The report came with a 100-page rulebook, he said, and he corrected the error immediately.

This is part of his, "the form is convoluted" defense.  So, I looked at the rule book today. It is 71 pages, not 100. Which you might say is quibbling. But, the instruction section is only 24 pages, the rest is sample forms, copies of the ethics rules, the index and table of contents.

And the part regarding bank accounts? About a half a page, with the first sentence stating, "Interest bearing checking or savings accoutns held by you, your spouse or a dependent child must be reported only if their total value exceeds $5,000 as of the end of the reporting period."  What is convoluted about that?  

NOTHING!

http://clerk.house.gov/public_...  



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

---

by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 15:09:05 PM CDT

350 k (0.00 / 0)

one way to fill the 'doughnut' hole   :-)

24 Days until GOTV!

Have you written a letter to the editor today? Have you donated today? Have you put up signs? Have you made calls? Have you talked to your neighbors?  

---

by: JonnyBBad @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 15:22:10 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Crossing Memes (0.00 / 0)

Stephen likes doughnut holes. Careful. Cross memes and who knows what happens?

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

---

by: Jack Mitchell @ Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 15:28:19 PM CDT

[ Parent ]

Widening the Bagel Gap? n/t (0.00 / 0)

24 Days until GOTV!

Have you written a letter to the editor today? Have you donated today? Have you put up signs? Have you made calls? Have you talked to your neighbors?  

---

by: JonnyBBad @ Thu Oct 07, 2010 at 22:22:12 PM CDT

[ Parent ]