I really thought I was done writing about Les Otten's website.
Not so. The latest chapter of the lesotten.com saga has the candidate violating not just Obama's intellectual property but the campaign finance regulations of the State of Maine.
Apparently, Otten failed to include the expenditure made to Insyt New Media to create the website on his July 15th campaign finance report.
"Maine law is clear. An expenditure is made and must be reporting when the promise to pay is made," explained a Republican familiar with Maine's campaign finance regulations. "You can't wait until you write the check. When you place the order, the expenditure is made and must be reported. The website was live before the end of the reporting period, yet no expenditure was reported. Looks like a violation to me."
"Nowhere on the report is any expense related to the infamous logo and website. Nothing. No expenditure; no in-kind expenditure; and no unpaid bill. No accounting for the cost whatsoever."
The site went live on June 29, 2009 and was obviously contracted for, planned and developed prior to that date. The report should have included all expenditures made up to June 30, 2009.




