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Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles. A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails...

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles. A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails...

"The state Department of Health and Human Resources recently paid the balance of a Roane County client's littering fine. State officials say cutting the magistrate court a check for $195.50 to keep the woman out of trouble also meant keeping her children in her home, ultimately saving taxpayers money and preserving a family."

An alleged Illinois deadbeat dad whose ex-wife says he owes more than $82,000 in unpaid child support is running as a candidate for Ward 47 Republican Committeeman in Chicago, MyFOXChicago reports. Marie Karlin said she has been trying to locate her ex-husband, Gary Karlin, after he disappeared 14 years ago. He paid her child support for a few months, but after he took off, Marie's parents had to help support her and her now 16-year-old daughter. Every few months, she would Google Gary's name to see if she could find him, and, last month, she was stunned to discover he...

Saying spending is poised to grow more than 50% faster than revenues, the state's chief budget analyst called on lawmakers Wednesday to immediately begin cutting government programs or raising taxes to address a budget shortfall that has ballooned to $10 billion. Nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Elizabeth G. Hill, whom lawmakers of both parties look to for guidance on fiscal matters, said the cooling housing market, high energy prices and a batch of overly optimistic assumptions in the last budget are hitting state coffers hard. "The Legislature should start now" curbing spending and finding new revenue, she said. "All the easy solutions...

Three years ago, Ted Mondale's new company signed a $550,000 contract with Hennepin County to provide a computer software program that was supposed to revolutionize the way data from real estate records is made available over the Internet. The revolution is off to a slow start. Though the county has paid $314,000 to Nazca Solutions Inc., which Mondale cofounded as part of a career move from politics into technology, there is still no program ready for public use. Mondale had originally promised a finished product in six months and, following two years of tinkering, said it would be ready last...

Axis Of Evil: Russia says the launch of Iran's nuclear power plant will be delayed because Tehran is behind in making construction payments. Two possibilities come immediately to mind, both of them encouraging. First, if Tehran is truly delinquent on its payments to the state-run Atomstroiexport, it's another confirmation that the regime's hold on the country has grown tenuous and that needed change could come with light prodding in the right places. Second, it's possible that this is merely a way for Russia to save face while it backs off its aid to a rogue nation it has supported. The...

For Immediate Release Former Independence Party Candidate Creates New Political Website, Exposing Political DeadBeats! Alexandria, MN ? DeadBeatPoliticians.com announces their brand new website. The new site is devoted to Political News, Events, and Exposing Political Deadbeats, by allowing visitors to post comments and take fun surveys and polls. "With the Political season bearing down on us, you can let your politicians know what you really think of them, by expressing your opinions on DeadBeatPoliticians.com. Everyone is welcome to cast their vote for a Dead Beat of the Week, as well as posting their opinions and news. Don?t forget to take...

Maybe America didn't want to see a deadbeat dad Superman who stopped fighting for "the American way" after all.A mere days after the much-hyped Bryan Singer film "Superman Returns" opened, reports are coming in that the film is struggling at the box office. In fact, Fox News reports that the box office take is dropping as word of mouth spreads about the film.The new film had upset some Superman purists before its opening, once news surfaced that the plot of the movie had the Man of Steel learning that girlfriend Lois Lane had given birth to his illegitimate son. Others...

State Representative Marie P. St. Fleur, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly's choice to be his lieutenant governor running mate, has had three delinquent tax debts in the last four years, including an April 2005 federal tax lien of $12,711 against her and her husband, according to records examined yesterday by the Globe. (snip) Reilly, St. Fleur said, first approached her Saturday about being his running mate and offered her the spot on Sunday. She said she told Reilly that she had ''some financial issues" with taxes and student loans, but that he didn't ask her to provide any numbers and...

Another thing that I'm doing is - - my son was killed in 2004, so I'm not paying my taxes for 2004. If I get a letter from the IRS, I'm gonna say, you know what, this war is illegal; this is why this war is illegal. This war is immoral; this is why this war is immoral. You killed my son for this. I don't owe you anything. And if I live to be a million, I won't owe you a penny. And I want them to come after me, because unlike what you've been doing with the war...

Milan, IL-Should the biological father of a soldier killed in the line of duty receive death benefits even though he never met his daughter? Sgt. Jessica Housby of Rock Island was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in February. The unmarried 23 year old was raised by her mother and step-father. But the state contacted her biological father Tony Holbrook in his prison cell in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and informed him that as the biological father of Jessica, he was entitled to survivor's benefits, and is in line to receive more than 137- thousand dollars in the coming weeks.

Debt issued by banks can never be repaid in full. Some people can repay everything while others cannot repay anything at all. All this is because every time banks lend money, they expect the borrower to pay back the money plus interest. But where do they expect people to earn the interest? Here is the problem: Let's say the federal reserve prints a trillion dollars. Banks put that money into circulation by lending it to the people. The people invest the money and somehow they pay it back with interest. The question is where do they get the money to...

This is a Roger Clinton update. A couple of years ago, we requested help in tracking down Roger Clinton to demand that he meet his legal obligations for child support. We got some good leads from public comments and private communications. Today, we are informed that Roger Clinton has fallen behind in his payments again. He currently owes $20,000. A complaint has been filed in the State of Tennessee. The last permanent address I was able to obtain for him was in Torrance, Calif. in 2002, where his home was being foreclosed. If anyone - including Uncle Bill and...

Did Dean pay his staff?

Buried deep in the appalling announcement of Cuba's new place on the UN's Human Rights Commission was the name of the country that nominated that outpost of tyranny for the honor: Argentina. It's not the first time the southernmost country in the New World has done the bidding of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Last December, a Cuban dissident who sought de-facto asylum in Havana's Argentine embassy was unexpectedly denied an exit visa and forced back into the hands of Castro's waiting agents. Such events underline Argentina's political direction. A few years ago, Argentina was one of the U.S.'s major non-NATO...

US Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who had hoped to replace George W. Bush as president yesterday, instead sat in the cold and clapped as the Republican began a second four-year term. Iowa Democratic Senator Tom Harkin patted Senator Kerry on the back shortly before the inauguration Senator Kerry had hoped would be his. As Mr Bush delivered his inaugural address, Senator Kerry, about 10m away on the steps of the US Capitol, joined other lawmakers and the crowd in repeated applause. Senator Kerry looked relaxed, at times wistful. He frequently smiled, able to hide any disappointment over what...

SPRING GREEN - It sounded, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, like deja vu all over again. The great man swept into town with his entourage, his exotic wife and his carefully coifed hair. And for a few days, this little town along the Wisconsin River felt like the center of the universe. Then he swept out again, leaving the memory of celebrity and a pile of unpaid bills. Was it Frank Lloyd Wright a half century ago - or John Kerry in September? Kerry stayed at the House on the Rock Resort in late September to prepare for...

Peter Sprigg begins his new book on same-sex marriage, Outrage, with a paradox: Most Americans oppose it, "yet in terms of political action, the pro-family, pro-marriage majority has been strangely muted." Sprigg attributes this to a lack of intellectual ammunition and aims to remedy that deficiency with this book. He is certainly qualified to do so. Director of the Center for Marriage and Family Studies at the Family Research Council (FRC), Sprigg has also co-authored a more scholarly book published by FRC that assembles the scientific research on homosexuality. Some highlights of that research provide the factual foundation for...

A July 25 Justice Department study reveals that 6.9 million people — one in 34 adults — were on probation, parole or incarcerated in 2003. This record-breaking figure has prompted calls for the removal of nonviolent offenders from the system. If that happens, the first offenders to be removed should be "deadbeat dads" imprisoned for defaulting on child support they cannot afford to pay.

<p>As Democratic National Convention officials rushed to get John F. Kerry's convention-week concert back on track yesterday, event producer David G. Mugar had harsh words for them, accusing them of failing to pay him, of not having enough money to cover the event's $2 million cost, and of leaving him no choice but to resign on Monday. "You can not pay your electric bill [only] for a certain amount of time until that time runs out," Mugar said. "They strung us along for weeks, then days, then hours, and I finally had to say, 'It's lights out.' " Meanwhile, Kerry's convention director Jack Corrigan replaced Mugar with an old friend of the presumptive Democratic nominee, longtime event producer Tom Bates, who has promised to make the event happen for $1 million. "The budget for this event has always been $1 million, which is in escrow at the Boston 2004 Host Committee," said Corrigan. "On Monday, the numbers became unworkable for Mr. Mugar. Now we have a new producer who can do it within the budget." Mugar, who has been producing the city's Fourth of July celebrations for decades, was to have organized a Boston Pops concert and fireworks display for July 28. The concert has been billed as the presumptive Democratic nominee's gift to the city during next week's Democratic National Convention........</p>

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man is trying to get rid of his pennies - all 1 million of them. Ron England bet his brother 30 years ago that he could save a million pennies in exchange for a dinner in Paris. And he did, eventually stacking up 20,000 rolls that fill 13 boxes in his garage. Now that he's moving, England wants to cash in the $10,000 in coppers, which weigh 3.6 tons, but is having a tough time finding someone who will take them without a price. ``I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get...

The former Judicial Watch chairman was sued this week by his former pollster for $60,000 in unpaid bills. The Arlington, Va., polling company of Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates, Inc., claimed in a lawsuit filed in Florida Circuit Court that it conducted a poll of 800 GOP primary voters in September and had never been paid. Klayman told the AP that his Senate campaign was overcharged for the poll. "Among other issues Klayman for Senate disputes the amount. This is in part a commercial dispute," Klayman told the wire service, adding it "in no way affects our Senate race." But the...

Roger Clinton once called his marriage and the birth of his son, "The greatest event of my life." But things have certainly changed since the former president's brother said that in a TV interview 10 years ago -- now he's divorced and facing big legal problems after failing to pay spousal and child support. "CJ" has obtained court documents signed by a Los Angeles judge that say that Clinton owes more than $24,000 to his ex-wife, Molly. There's even a notation that says Roger owes $81.50 for his son's medical bills. Clinton tried, but never hit the big time...

Sieradzki authored the email piece and then assumed the screen name of "lightstream" at this thread location in the archives.Christines Sacraficed (Demidog's Spelling) Two months after the Christines were convicted and sent to prison Sieradzki skipped town (Merlin, Oregon) and moved to Hawaii. He owed over $159,000. in credit card and other consumer debt. He filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy relief in May 2003 in Federal Court in Hawaii. I always wondered how he had all that time to spend harassing the working folks. He was living off credit cards and all the while badmouthing big business. Imagine this guy...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — It's dinnertime, and you're hungry and tired, so you pick up the phone and order your favorite pizza. But you might have just landed yourself a lot more than pepperoni and cheese. If you owe fines or fees to the courts, that phone call may have provided the link the state needed to track you down and make you pay. That's one of the strategies of firms such as a company being hired by the Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator to handle its fine and debt collections. David Coplen, the state office's budget director, said...

Sharpton Debts Top $485,000, FEC Says Monday, February 23, 2004; Page A07 Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton, who has billed his campaign for hotel stays of more than $1,000 a night, has campaign debts totaling $485,696, including unpaid staff salaries dating to last May, finance reports show.

It Shouldn't Be Hard to Spot Her Thu Feb 12, 8:22 AM ET ROME (Reuters) - An Italian woman who had her breasts enlarged with the biggest silicone implants available is being hunted by police after she skipped out on the 7,500 euro ($9,500) plastic surgery bill. Police say they have few leads as the woman used a false name but are relying on a photograph and her unusually large bra size to find her, a newspaper reported Thursday. The woman did a runner from the exclusive private hospital in Rome a day after the two-hour operation which doubled her...

Injustice by Default How the effort to catch "deadbeat dads" ruins innocent men’s lives Matt Welch Tony Pierce remembers vividly the exact moment in November 2000 when the state of California began trampling on his life. "There was a loud angry pounding at my door at five o’clock in the morning," he recalls. "Very scary." It was a female police officer with a complaint accusing him of being the father of an 8-year-old girl in Contra Costa County, east of San Francisco. "I’m like, ‘Great! I’m definitely not the father of anybody,’" he says. There were excellent reasons to think...

The Joys of Eviction Jeremy Sapienza I may not make a ton of money doing what I do, but it sure is fun. I go into my office seven days a week most weeks, and I haven't had a vacation in two years. But the environment I work in, surrounded by my friends, all recruited to our small real estate management company through the most stringent system of nepotism, makes it seem like one long hang-out session. Of the 60 average hours I spend in my office, 10 of those are actual work. My income has been steadily increasing, for...

Presidential hopeful Rev. Al Sharpton is being sued by a travel agency that claims he and his civil rights group owe more than $193,000 in airfare and hotel charges, according to documents made public on Wednesday. Alpha International Travel, Inc., a Delaware-based agency, is suing Sharpton and his Harlem-based National Action Network alleging fraud and breach of contract, according to documents filed in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan. The agency said Sharpton, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency, and the network used its services between May 2001 and August 2002 but did not pay, despite the...

<p>NEW YORK — Mike Tyson is no longer in the boxing ring, but he's still getting knocked out ... financially.</p> <p>Once the most feared man in boxing, Tyson has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court (search), claiming that his finances are in disarray and he is unable to pay his bills.</p>

Skadden, Mayer Brown wait on Clinton to pay up 23/06/03 By Dearbail Jordan Even former presidents have trouble paying their legal bills, as Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have discovered The two firms, along with Washington DC-based Williams & Connolly and Arkansas firm Wright Lindsey & Jennings, were owed up to $6.5m (£3.9m) by Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton following the White-water and Lewinsky sandals. In a disclosure filed by the former first lady detailing assets and liability, a requirement now that Rodham Clinton is a senator, the Clintons were found to...

HAVANA - With U.S.-Cuban relations in a particularly difficult time, the Bush administration has denied the request of a U.S. firm to stage a second American farm products trade show in communist Cuba, a leading trade information group reported Tuesday. The U.S.-Cuba Trade and Business Council reported in its weekly newsletter that the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control denied the request by PWN Exhibicon International LLC, of Westport, Conn., on June 2. The company hoped to stage its second agribusiness fair in the Cuban capital in January. Washington also denied the company's request for a license to hold...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) -- After an 18-month bacchanal buying Manolo Blahnik, Gucci and Prada, Karyn Bosnak found herself unemployed and more than $20,000 in credit card debt.</p> <p>When the 29-year-old spotted a sign in a supermarket with an odd request -- "Wanted: $7,000 To Pay Off Debt" -- it made perfect sense. The television producer launched a similar appeal to a much larger audience: the World Wide Web.</p>

Just saw Edwards on with John Gibson. The Ambulance man is obviously running for Prez in '04, trying to ally himself with Bush--acting like a Hawk.I don't trust these people at all.

Following the Money Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein has been basking this month in the 30th anniversary of the notorious break-in, appearing on countless television shows and journalistic panels to discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation with partner Bob Woodward, which famously resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation. But now two of the 58-year-old Bernstein's former personal assistants are trying to bring his victory lap to a crashing halt. They say Bernstein bounced paychecks and borrowed money while living high on the hog. (SNIP) Nevertheless, he [Bernstein] took Murawski's recommendation of a replacement and hired Hillary Rose, Murawski's longtime friend. Rose, a...