Following the Money

Did ya see the full page ad on page B4 of the Register today?

Well..here are the facts:

• A full page ad in the Register costs $12,818.80. Team Picard 2009 has never had this much money in their coffers at any time. So...someone else paid for this ad. But who paid for this 13 thousand bucko ad is the big question...

• At the bottom of the page is the disclaimer: "Approved by Team Picard 2009 - Al Stiewing, Treasurer". Nowhere does it say who actually paid for it:
  

So now we have a bunch of questions:

• Who paid for the ad? Team Picard could not - the Register requires payment in advance, and they didn't have the money. Whoever paid for this broke state law (see here and here)

• Who's actually paying all this money out to support this gang....and what's their reason for spending these thousands of dollars? Even money says, it ain't for our best interests!

Is it...can it be...that our Mayor's Chairman of the Building Oversight Committee (which now oversees everything - kinda like a local Dick Cheney) paid for this...and if he did so, why?

Hmmmmm....???!!!!