PolitickerMA's Goof, Etc.

Published Dec 08 2008, 03:45 PM by David S. Bernstein

I don't particularly want to take cheap shots at Jeremy Jacobs at PolitickerMA, but I picked on Dave Wedge for this error at the Herald, so it wouldn't be fair to let Jacobs get away easy.

Jacobs, reporting on the latest campaign finance reports from Tom Menino, Michael Flaherty, and Sam Yoon, says that the Mayor has around $366,000 in his campaign account.

In actuality, Menino has closer to $1.3 million, by my estimation. Most of it is tucked away, legally, in money market accounts that are not shown on the periodic reports. Likewise, Michael Flaherty does not have a measly $135k, as Jacobs writes, but well over a half-million.

On a separate note, last week former Flaherty aide Andrew Kenneally formed a campaign committee for a city-wide council race. Kenneally has been much-rumored to be looking at a run, and this move means we can add him to Felix G. Arroyo, Doug Bennett (now at 30,000 doors knocked!), Jean-Claude Sanon, and Marty Hogan as officially in it. Robert Terrell, long-time Roxbury activist, is also running, according to the Dorchester Reporter. There are plenty more waiting to see what Flaherty and Yoon do.

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3 Comments

Michael Pahre said:

A reporter for WickedLocal made the exact same mistake last year when tabulating the warchests of the candidates for Councilor-at-Large:

feeds.feedburner.com/.../inaccuracies-in-tab-reporting-of-at.html

It meant that the story was wayyyyy wrong on who had the most money available.

The reporter was mad when he read that story, but dropped the issue when I pointed out to him that the OCPF has, on their website, a step-by-step description of how to figure out the amount of money a candidate has -- and it explained the thing about annual reporting of money market / savings accounts.

Some reporters should read the FAQ first!

December 8, 2008 5:38 PM
three said:

i'll take connolly,arroyo,terrell,and one more . . .

December 13, 2008 12:45 AM
Freddy said:

and Kenneally...

December 24, 2008 1:00 AM