Par For The Course
I’ve reported in the past about how the fine folks over at burnt orange report has previously taken in revenue from a political action committee that, on multiple occasions, they encouraged their readers to contribute to. My point was that it was a conflict of interest, very similar to a candidate raising money and then employing their spouse with campaign dollars, which is against the law.
But BOR sees it differently. They don’t seem to have any problem urging people to donate money for the greater good of their cause, and then using those donations to help pad their wallets.
On this last reporting period, the Too Close To Craddick PAC (a favorite of BOR) had two very interesting separate 200 dollar expenditures. One was to Matt Glazer - the Editor-In-Chief of BOR - for the daunting task of sending out e-mails. Seriously? I send out e-mails all day long and no one pays me? Matt - drop me a line sometime and lets get coffee. I need to tap into your revenue strategy.
The second 200 dollar payment went to Karl-Thomas Musselman - the top dog at BOR - for website design. Karl, drop me a line also. The guy who designed this website did it for peanuts and I’d love to hook you up with him so that you can save that money.
Well, the Too Close To Craddick PAC didn’t do much in the way of thinning the number of Democrat supporters for Speaker Tom Craddick, but the silver lining in the dark cloud is that at least this PAC did manage to throw some work BOR’s way.
Way to go guys. Your mothers can sleep at night knowing that you are employed.
And if you happened to miss my previous calling out of this behavior, you can find it right here.