It's pretty much impossible to figure out who's giving money to Lydia Assefa-Dawson's campaign, because the names of these donors are simply not listed on Assefa-Dawson's campaign finance report, to date, in relation to her overall Public Disclosure Commission documentation. Ordinarily, candidates list specific donors on their reports, especially if they are required to do so by law, but apparently contributions from Assefa-Dawson's individual contributors are so small, even though her donation(s) aggregate to $5,763.50, that she is either not required to list them, or disclosure regulations are being ignored, or there is some other explanation.
So now, there is little idea whether her donations are coming from Federal Way, Washington, or say, New York City, or from who knows where? If Assefa-Dawson's individual contributors, if any, continue to be unnamed, the Mark Greene for City Council Campaign will have no choice but to start making inquiries to the P.D.C. about this matter. The Greene campaign is not yet jumping to conclusions about anything, all of the money in Assefa-Dawson's coffers could be her own money, for all we know, but even that may have to be reported as such, given that she chose the full reporting option according to her C-1 report. Under the rules, candidates can not have their cake and eat it, too.
[Revised on 8/15/15.]
So now, there is little idea whether her donations are coming from Federal Way, Washington, or say, New York City, or from who knows where? If Assefa-Dawson's individual contributors, if any, continue to be unnamed, the Mark Greene for City Council Campaign will have no choice but to start making inquiries to the P.D.C. about this matter. The Greene campaign is not yet jumping to conclusions about anything, all of the money in Assefa-Dawson's coffers could be her own money, for all we know, but even that may have to be reported as such, given that she chose the full reporting option according to her C-1 report. Under the rules, candidates can not have their cake and eat it, too.
[Revised on 8/15/15.]
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