By Tracie Burke | Motion to Quash LLC | August 9, 2019
Use of political campaign funds has been of great interest lately among Jefferson Parish tax paying voters and members of the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
Of the 126 Jefferson Parish candidates, 22 names appear on the Motion to Quash Blacklist for reports of misuse of campaign funds, unfair business practices, conflicts of interest, discrimination, bribes through campaign funds, and/or some other report of ethics violations. The Blacklisted candidates are highlighted in yellow on the spreadsheet.
The Motion to Quash spreadsheets are sufficient to provide an accurate, reliable and sound judgment of campaign finance abuse. Motion to Quash LLC identifies quid pro quo by compiling and analyzing campaign contribution data and through its understanding of the electoral and public policy-making process.
Candidates are divided in the following categories. The number of blacklisted candidates for each category is provided. The link for the spreadsheet is provided below.
- Governor- 0
- Lieutenant Governor- 1
- Secretary of State- 0
- Attorney General- 0
- Treasurer- 0
- Commissioner of Agriculture- 0
- Commissioner of Insurance- 1
- Associate Justice Supreme Court- 2
- BESE- 0
- State Senator- 0
- State Representative- 5
- Sheriff- 1
- Clerk of Court- 1
- Assessor- 1
- Parish President- 1
- Coroner- 0
- Councilman at Large- 2
- Councilman- 6
- Justice of the Peace- 1
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