Campaign Disclosure Mary Harris Cathy Hood Rio Linda

Water Board Race
Campaign Disclosure Irregularities
Part 5

They can't get it right the second time!

This web page is http://obri.net/rl/hhdisclosure5.html
a web page by Jay O'Brien
10/30/02

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Direct links in this web page
Harris & Hood California Form 460 for the period 1/1/02 - 9/30/02
Schedule F - Accrued Expenses (Unpaid Bills)
Summary Page amendment

Preface

In response to the letters received from the Registrar of Voters on October 24, 2002, candidates Harris and Hood filed an amended disclosure that amends their original disclosure for the period January 1 to September 30, 2002. All seven sheets they filed may be viewed in part 6 of this discussion. This part, part 5, compares the original and amended Accrued Expenses forms, and includes the summary forms for reference.

Even after filing the amendment, the disclosure of Accrued expenses still contains an error that shows their apparent inability to follow simple instructions and perhaps shows a lack of understanding of simple financial terms. They don't seem to know the difference between accrued expenses (debt) and current payments.

How can they be expected to understand the complex accounting, budgeting and the debt structure of the Water District if they can't even get this simple form correct the second time around?

Jay O'Brien
October 30, 2002

California Form 460 Schedule F - Accrued Expenses (Unpaid Bills) for the period 1/1/02-9/30/02.

Note Harris and Hood's inability to follow the simple instructions contained on the face of the form:

Summary line 1 should be $1460, the subtotal of column (b), not $2067.65.
Summary line 2 should be $1000, the subtotal of column (c), not $1607.65.

See lines 6, 8 and 11 of the Summary form below for correct entries of the larger amounts.

The figures they entered on lines 1 and 2 are Total Cash Payments made and Total Expenditures made, not debt incurred and debt paid as directed by the instructions on the form itself. .

AS AMENDED ON 10/30/02:
Schedule F

The original form below, in error, showed an outstanding balance of $460 on January 1, 2002 (!!) and showed no amount incurred between 1/1/02 and 9/30/02. Those errors have been corrected with the amendment. However, the original form also shows incorrect values in lines 1 and 2 which are also present on the original Summary form..

ORIGINAL FILED 10/7/02:
460 Accrued Expenses

California Form 460 Summary Page for the period 1/1/02-9/30/02:

The accrued expenses (unpaid bills), line 9 and 18, have been changed to $460 from $560.

The Cash (bank account) Statement, lines 12-16, is now correct, not all zeroes like the previous statement.

AS AMENDED ON 10/30/02:

ORIGINAL FILED 10/7/02: