Press Releases
May 19, 2008
Lou Barletta’s Shell Game: Where’s the Loan Now?
2008 Personal Financial Disclosure
begs the question - is the $65,000 loan actually up to a $250,000
loan?
Lou Barletta’s campaign continues to play the shell game
with his questionable loan. Leaving us to ask, where is the loan now, Lou?
Thursday, Congressman Paul Kanjorski filed an updated personal financial
disclosure (PFD) form with no questionable loans or unanswered questions. Lou
Barletta’s PFD on the other hand begs the question – is the $65,000 loan to the
First National Bank actually an even larger loan between the amount of $100,001
and $250,000 as it is listed on his PFD? What’s the real story?
“Lou Barletta is playing quite the shell game with his
questionable loan,” said Carrie James, regional press secretary at the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Lou Barletta’s crooked book
keeping raises serious doubts about his ability to honestly represent middle
class families struggling in a tough economy.
The Unanswered
Questions:
- Lou Barletta’s
Personal Financial Disclosure form shows a loan between $100,001 and $250,000 to
First National Bank. Is this the same loan that he reports on his FEC report
for $65,000? And can he explain the discrepancy in amounts?
- Has Lou Barletta
made any payments to First National Bank (F.N.B.)?
- How is he paying
down the $65,000 loan? Is his newly established campaign committee making
payments? Is the 2002 campaign account making payments? Is he raising money to
pay off the loan? Are Lou Barletta and his wife making personal payments on the
loan?
- After three months
of questioning, has interest accrued on this six year old loan?
