It’s Bowen. Again.
Ever since 2008 I began reviewing campaign finance reports specifically, at first, I focused on what elected officials and candidates spent their donors money on and wow did I find some doozies! Former State Representative John Davis, representing the Bay Area, was caught spending his donors money on fancy, expensive, boots and gas for his roofing company. State Senator Jane Nelson, now the Secretary of State, was spending her donors money on a condo, then got caught giving her husband money to buy a condo. But today is a first with Bowen.
Recently League City Council Member Justin Hicks was caught conveniently hiding a loan to his campaign. In his amended report the loan came from his treasurer. His treasurer is his wife. There there is Sheriff Fullen who reported a $100,000 loan which mysteriously vanished on the next report. The Texas Ethics Commission is investigating both of these.
In his latest report Bowen is reporting a donation, from himself, for $20,000 to pay off a loan that he made to himself. WTF? When he made the loan to himself he was required to actually deposit the money into a separate account. So now he donates another $20,000 to himself, deposits that donation into his account then pays himself for the loan. None of that makes cents.
What Bowen is trying to do is turn his first loan into a donation therefore he does not have to report an outstanding loan balance in his future reports. That’s not the way this should be accomplished but for the Republic Party rules and laws are for suckers. Bowen starts his campaign with over $9200, mostly his own money.
He is up for reelection in May.
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