The two candidates who missed last week’s deadline for
submitting campaign disclosure statements each will get fined $100
for their tardy entries, said head elections official Joe Paul
Gonzalez, who cited the penalty as office policy.
District 3 supervisor candidate Robert Rivas and sheriff’s
office contender Robert Scattini missed the 5 p.m. May 27 deadline
to turn in Form 460s, which detail fundraising activity from March
18 through May 22 in the final submission before the June 8
primary.
The two candidates who missed last week’s deadline for submitting campaign disclosure statements each will get fined $100 for their tardy entries, said head elections official Joe Paul Gonzalez, who cited the penalty as office policy.
District 3 supervisor candidate Robert Rivas and sheriff’s office contender Robert Scattini missed the 5 p.m. May 27 deadline to turn in Form 460s, which detail fundraising activity from March 18 through May 22 in the final submission before the June 8 primary.
Joe Paul Gonzalez, the county’s clerk, auditor and recorder, noted how each candidate will be fined $100, while the penalty would escalate by another $100 if either is late by five more days.
“We charge the penalty to anyone who’s late,” Gonzalez said. “It’s the discretion of the registrar to charge the fine. It is the office policy to do it.”
That penalty theoretically could be much higher, though. In response to a query about potential consequences for being late, a Fair Political Practices Commission spokesman pointed out how such violations are governed under the Political Reform Act and that each infraction carries the possibility of a $5,000 fine.
Scattini had noted Friday how his treasurer erred and that he would have his forms submitted Tuesday. Rivas said his camp mailed the documents either Thursday or Friday. Either way, the statements must be received by the elections office, in hand, by the noted deadline, Gonzalez pointed out.
Scattini had yet to submit his forms as of press time. The elections office did receive Rivas’ documents, though. They showed that he raised $14,610 during the latest filing period and $21,556 in total for the year. He had $2,737 for an ending cash balance. His largest contributor was Leal Vineyards, for $5,000.
His opponent, incumbent Pat Loe, raised $4,031 in the period, including $1,997 in non-monetary contributions. In total for the year, she had raised $5,554 and had $699 as a cash balance.
Between the two supervisorial races, District 4 incumbent Reb Monaco took in the most during the latest disclosure period. Monaco garnered $19,436 in contributions during the latest filing period. For the year he had raised $24,898 and had $507 left in his account, according to his documents.
Leading fundraiser and opponent Phil Fortino raised $18,448 in the latest period – though more than $8,000 was for an office rental. In total, Fortino had raised about $56,000 for the year and had $5,954 as a cash balance.
Jerry Muenzer raised $7,139 during this last disclosure period. He had raised $23,848 for the year and had $4,182 as an ending cash balance, according to the documents.
In the sheriff’s race, Undersheriff Pat Turturici continued to lead the way in fundraising.
Turturici had raised a total of $27,245 during the period. That brought his total for the year to about $63,000 while his ending cash balance was $10,420, according to records.
Watsonville police Lt. Darren Thompson raised the second most in the period, with $12,280. His total for the year was $14,508 and he had a balance of $445 at the period’s end.
Hollister police Sgt. Ray Wood raised $10,723 during the latest period. His total raised for the year was $14,873 and he had an ending balance in his campaign account of $1,674, according to documents.
