Besco's Billboard

From Burges Candidate Forum

Its gone and has been replaced by a car dealership sign. Earlier this year while speaking at the opening of the Republican Party's new headquarters, Besco was asking people for campaign donations to help him keep his sign up and he mentioned that it cost him $10,000. (BTW, if Besco were a legitimate threat to the Reyes campaign, they probably would've mentioned the fact that his billboard didn't appear to comply with election code that states that the disclaimer is easily visible. In my opinion, Besco's sign was the biggest violator of that rule that I can remember.

He's had some new campaign signs showing up around town and they are full-color signs. Full color signs cost more that most candidates' three color signs.

My GOP sources have told me that Besco has talked about having a poll done and that he indicated to them that it showed the congressman with a low approval rating. Polling for a congressional race runs around $9,000 on the low end and can go up to nearly $20,000.

So that got me curious. I wanted to know where he was getting all this money. Even if the poll was just a rumor, Besco publicly stated that it cost him ten grand, which would put him in the category of having to file campaign finance reports with the Federal Elections Commission.

Funny thing about that...he doesn't appear to have filed a campaign finance report, which he should've by now.

Why isn't the Besco camp compliant with election rules? How much money has he spent, what has he spent it on, and where is it coming from?

I check with some GOP sources in Washington and he hasn't been designated a “Young Gun” as some of the viable Republican challengers have and hasn't received national money.