Oh looky: another day, another mass-media filing by Vermonter (Lenore Broughton) First, the conservative Super PAC.
Well, actually, two more filings: one was for $647 in newspaper ads for Dustin Degree and Norm McAllister, your Republican Senate hopefuls in Franklin County. But the big bucks, once again, go to support ultra-partisan demagogue Wendy Wilton’s candidacy for Treasurer.
This time: $19,450 for TV advertising. Which brings VF’s total spending on Wilton, by my count, to about $165,000.
Since October 11th.
No matter how you slice it, by Vermont standards it’s obscene money. And it just keeps getting more obscene.
Update: This evening, Paul Heintz of Seven Days posted a very thorough piece on independent campaign spending at the “Off Message” blog. His count of Vermonters First spending on behalf of Wendy Wilton is higher than mine — $192,262 since October 10.
Think about that. Nearly $200,000 spent in 21 days. $10,000 per day to elect a Treasurer.
must account for the eyeball-searing graphic abomination plastered on the face of my Messenger tonight. (Whoever is “designing” these ads needs an art school intervention.)
It says:
Okay, so far…
Say what? Improve jobs…how? Improve the economy..how?
The only arrows that pair have in their shared quiver are “deregulate” and “cut government spending.”
Mindless pandering nonsense.
that no one took the time to look into Tayt Brooks’ work for the Douglas administration. That was back when the world wasn’t dominated by pesky Democrats & Progressives; you know, when there was “balance.” So what did Tayt and his comrades actually accomplish?
What in the hell could Wendy Wilton do as treasurer that could be worth $200k to Lenore Broughton? That’s what we need to be asking. We need to be asking what the value is she’ll be seeking in return for her investment because, in my experience, people don’t invest without they expect a return. I mean, shit.