David Rivera Needs a Different Line of Work
The Sunday 4/22/2012 Miami Herald tried to write an article about the financial affairs of David Rivera, a member of the House of Representatives. The article was about as hard to follow as this guy's finances.
"According to the article he is being investigated by the IRS and FBI."
"The State Attorney in memo wrapping up their case said that Rivera essentially lived off campaign contributions for almost a decade while serving as a part time state legislator."
The article lists some of the more questionable items paid for with campaign money and it seems that there are more than a few irregularities with reports regarding campaign funds and income from sources other than his salary as a legislator.
I hope he has not done anything that would lead to indictment, the reputation of Congress and its members are under enough clouds as it is.
The voters don't need indictments to vote somebody out of office. If that is the new standard for kicking an incumbent out of office we are getting what we deserve. We need people that operate on a higher standard when we select our representatives. Maybe we should exercise a little more common sense than promoting someone that is looking for a promotion to higher office because he was term limited out of his previous position.
The article also points out something else that is wrong with the system. The investigators and the State Attorney wrote "His entire life's focus was on political activities related in some manner to campaigns for office."
This is not an entirely new situation for a new member of Congress but he seems to have handled the situation badly and learned the wrong lessons from his political life.
"According to the article he is being investigated by the IRS and FBI."
"The State Attorney in memo wrapping up their case said that Rivera essentially lived off campaign contributions for almost a decade while serving as a part time state legislator."
The article lists some of the more questionable items paid for with campaign money and it seems that there are more than a few irregularities with reports regarding campaign funds and income from sources other than his salary as a legislator.
I hope he has not done anything that would lead to indictment, the reputation of Congress and its members are under enough clouds as it is.
The voters don't need indictments to vote somebody out of office. If that is the new standard for kicking an incumbent out of office we are getting what we deserve. We need people that operate on a higher standard when we select our representatives. Maybe we should exercise a little more common sense than promoting someone that is looking for a promotion to higher office because he was term limited out of his previous position.
The article also points out something else that is wrong with the system. The investigators and the State Attorney wrote "His entire life's focus was on political activities related in some manner to campaigns for office."
This is not an entirely new situation for a new member of Congress but he seems to have handled the situation badly and learned the wrong lessons from his political life.
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