Members of Congress scoring personal loans from political supporters
Repayment terms often undisclosed, transactions together worth millions
Here in Mesa there is not a requirement for
personal financial disclosure.
A review of mandatory personal financial disclosure forms filed by all current members of the House and Senate reveals at least 19 have accepted loans from organizations or moneyed individuals instead of a bank or traditional financial institution. Often, these organizations and individuals rank among the lawmakers’ key political supporters. In two of these cases, the loans were made to members' spouses.
Unlike other large cities whose citizens are concerned about public integrity, for those elected to public office here in Mesa there is no mandatory reporting requirement for personal financial disclosures of any kind. The issue has never been in made, despite rumors of "undisclosed business associations" or connecting the dots between financial ties between friends-and-families that have dominated this city for more than 130 years.
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Just yesterday, there was the curious case of a Mesa resident/businessman and politician - all wrapped up-in-one - who committed suicide at the age of 46 leaving behind five children.
That information was revealed by his wife
Wife Says Arizona Politician Wil Cardon, 46, Killed Himself
By Associated Press • Aug 28, 2017
Cardon's family said the man with a smile "as wide as Arizona" suffered from depression, a disease that he battled with "openness and honesty."
Hmmm... it might have something to with the recent FBI investigations here in Mesa and/or
in the 2014 Arizona secretary of state race, candidate Wil Cardon had openly The Free Enterprise Club with APS and Commissioner Pierce and "dark money". *
Allegations have been rampant here in Mesa about "dark money" poured in to support certain candidates in last year's General Election, as well as the over $500,000 spent in a privately-financed public relations campaign that turned into a major screw-up when Mayor John Giles used his private law firm address to be used by the VoteYes1 Mesa question on a ballot referendum - Mesa taxpayers rejected it.
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*("What business does a utility have with a secretary of state race?" Cardon asked. He, like others who have marveled at the flow of money into the race, believes APS is thanking Commissioner Pierce for favorable votes by supporting his son's run for the state's No. 2 elected post.
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