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AP: Guinta "Has Declined to Release Any Bank Records"

by: Dean Barker

Mon Oct 25, 2010 at 21:47:50 PM EDT
Holly Ramer of the Associated Press describes the bizarre reality of the Guinta money scandal in her debate write-up:
Shea-Porter, who has been relentless in raising questions about how Guinta was able to loan his campaign $355,000, responded by once again arguing that Guinta's explanations don't add up.

Guinta amended a financial disclosure form in June to add a previously unreported bank account holding between $250,000 and $500,000. He has declined to release any bank records to prove the account existed before then and has said he and his wife earned the money by working in the private sector "for approximately 20 years." Guinta, 40, was 35 when he was elected to the first of his two terms as mayor in 2005.

And the Nashua Telegraph:

Guinta quickly amended the report to include the account, between $250,000 and $500,000. But Shea-Porter has continued to push the matter throughout the campaign, questioning the source of the funds and challenging him to release his bank records.

Guinta declined to do so once again during the debate.

And the Union Leader:
The sharpest exchanges took place as Shea-Porter urged Guinta to disclose his bank statements to explain the source of a $245,000 loan that Guinta made to his campaign. Guinta has said he forgot to disclose the account and subsequently amended his disclosure forms.
The Concord Monitor:
Guinta says it is his money, but he has not yielded to Shea-Porter's requests for bank records for the account.
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AP: Guinta "Has Declined to Release Any Bank Records" | 12 comments
it was in the 'private' sector (0.00 / 0)
ahhh it's private, now I get it.

for transparency sake ~I represent Union print shops
In the conservathief dictionary, (4.00 / 1)
privacy is not something they respect.  Private means secret and serves to protect the miscreant from what the public needs to inspect.

Why?

Because victims, even if they're not dead, are usually not in a position to avenge themselves.  Nor do we want them to seek revenge.  That is basis of the public right to know.


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Guinta: Chump Bravado (0.00 / 0)
The CM writes:
Guinta says it is his money, but he has not yielded to Shea-Porter's requests for bank records for the account.

Guinta's attitude is cunningly misplaced. He knows that he needs to prove nothing to CSP. What he must do is prove to the people of NH-01 that he has not broken the law in pursuit of that seat.

He can stick his chest out and pose for his buddies, but it is a chump's bravado.

This is where the press is supposed to come in. They are supposed to be the arbitrator in these matters. What happened?

Whack-a-mole, anyone?

Press? Chump Bravado...n/t (0.00 / 0)


for transparency sake ~I represent Union print shops
[ Parent ]
Do People (aside from us BHers) Get This? (0.00 / 0)
Is this issue resonating with the crucial independents?

Please submit any observations. Thanks.

No'm Sayn?

Not in large numbers. (0.00 / 0)
My barometer is a few maintenance staff that I know at UNH.  None of them are aware of Guinta's money issues.  To be fair, most of them are unaware of Guinta.

The good news is that in a close election, we don't need large numbers - we need 50% plus 1 person.  I think we're close to that.

In looking at some voting data yesterday, I saw that 67% of NH voting age citizens are registered to vote.  During the 2006 midterm, 48% of registered voters actually voted.  This means that, in a close election, fewer than 2 1/2 people out of 10 get to decide the direction that our country takes.

And my barometer team does not know who Frank Guinta is.  

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

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You have to wonder, what would be more embarrassing.. (0.00 / 0)
.. than not releasing the records so people can see them.

I wonder if his investments, if that's what they were, involved profiting from information and/or connections he came by as mayor.

"Making trouble today for a better tomorrow" http://BetsyDevine.com/blog

A New Game Show (0.00 / 0)
What Is Guinta Hiding?

Fergus Cullen can be the host.

Whack-a-mole, anyone?

[ Parent ]
Frank is under the false impression (4.00 / 2)

that this issue is going to go away. It is not. No matter what the outcome of the election. Eventually he will have to reveal where he got that money.

2012 starts today.
Or (0.00 / 0)
He is betting that Speaker Boehner and the republican controlled ethics committee will be far to busy probing and prodding the White House to bother with lil' ol' him.


Whack-a-mole, anyone?
[ Parent ]
One thousand 4s for that comment. (0.00 / 0)


birch, finch, beech
[ Parent ]
I'm reminded of Deliverance (0.00 / 0)
and the nightmare wakings.
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AP: Guinta "Has Declined to Release Any Bank Records" | 12 comments

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