Tim McGough – Perhaps a Tough Fighter, Not So Much on “Financially”

So far, I’ve posted twice of his campaign finance filings – the first on the lack thereof, which seemed to spur him on to get himself caught up (the second one). His official NH campaign filings are in those posts. However, it still left questions as the aggregated “financial story” of his campaign is easily summarized by this:

Campaign to Date:

Total Revenues:            $5,750.00
Total Expenditures:   $20,903.67

Now, how he wishes to spend his money is his business (well, ours as well) and that gap of $15,153.67 still has to be accounted for.  Will that show up in later filings?  I hope so – and it should be done. It’s called integrity.  Hey, your personal finances can be a train wreck – but that’s YOUR business.  Sorta.

The intersection, however, of personal and “campaign/governmental” finances is that debt.  Look, I knew very few people that haven’t put themselves onto the thin edge because of job loss, overall economy, and (let’s be honest here) sheer stupid mistakes. Integrity there is paying it all back no matter how much it hurts. Been there, done that, especially when the Daycare biz that TMEW and I had back at the turn of the century. We had to close it VERY suddenly when she fell ill – but it all got paid back to our vendors (and some were patient to a fault) instead of stiffing them via bankruptcy.

But that was before I got involved in politics. Once I did, on our town’s Budget Committee, it is still clear that I was one of the few that constantly yammered that the monies we were about to appropriate for expenditures by taxing our fellow townfolk more than absolutely necessary.  After all, it wasn’t our money to spend (although others believed I was wrong)!

However, excessive personal debt can be manipulated, at times, and done a number of times, which should be something that voters should know about. Sometimes it can be a drag and sometimes a nothing burger. But one thing is clear – transparency is the gold standard that should be held by any politician whether it helps them or hurts them. We’ve all seen campaigns that have piled up massive amounts of debt that then leave unsuspecting vendors high and dry for months, years, or forever. A past debt history isn’t exactly comforting:

Yes, the following was sent to me. To see all the pages, hover over the page and the navigation bar will appear at the top.

As always, you read, you reflect upon, and you decide on how you should spend your vote. And yes, I’ve sat on this for a while deciding whether to use it or not.

And a word to candidates – don’t promise anything that you know you won’t honor.  We have too many readers that are willing to drop a dime on you to us (heh!  Does anyone still remember what that phrase references??) – and we will generally use it.

And doesn’t Baby Huey look so “Presidential” in that picture? He certainly “GAVE it to us during the Pandemic”, didn’t he?  And if you are questioning yourself about that, let me know and I can do a ‘recap post on it.

Oh, lest I forget – some of the money, $2500 to be exact, by which McGough was “supported” was from the Granite PAC.  You know, that specialty Political Action Committee that was formed to support Chris Sununu in another run for Governor – but has been turned into a “Revenge PAC” by going after good Conservative Republicans that stood up to His Excellency.