Susan Combs' TV ads mention "always met payroll on time in my small business for 25 years."
We have been unable to locate a financial disclosure report for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs or Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Candidate Susan Combs which shows either payroll expenditures for a small business or reports of any income from a small business.
It is probable that she is referring to the farm her parents own. Her ads say it is her small business. Is she stretching the truth again? Is she referring to her parents small business cow calf operation or does she have one of her own?
I have questioned WHERE SHE RAISED THOSE COWS and WHEN DID SHE HAVE TIME to make the major part of her income from agricutlure when she ran for Agriculture Commissioner. She has never, to my knowledge, been questioned by the press on the validity of her claims about her experience in Agriculture. Those questions have never been answered. She went to college at Vassar, worked in Manhattan in advertising, went to law school and worked in the Dallas D.A.'s office before she ran for State Representative. When did she have time to "make the major part of her income from agriculture."
Now her ad mention meeting "payroll on time for her small business for 25 years!"
Now she is running for the office of Comptroller of Public Affairs. She is asking the citizens of Texas to trust her with oversight of the state's finances. Credibility is essential in this office. CAN WE TRUST SUSAN COMBS? Is she truthful about paying employees continuously for 25 years in HER SMALL BUSINESS? What small business? Is she referring to a cow calf operation she owns or is she talking about her parents!
She refers to it as a successful cow-calf operation on her website. If it is successful, why doesn't income show up on her financial disclosure reports. Maybe it does and I've missed it. The Combs campaign should make her financial reports public if they really show income or payroll on a small business.
If you have access to these reports, please help us clarify the facts! (I might have missed something. However, I still have questions. If you have the reports or can get them, please post them. Let's clarify the facts!
If you can get in the face of Susan Combs or her official spokesperson, please demand that they clarify the facts.
(Crossposted on Burnt Orange Report and Texas Kos)
http://www.susancombs.com/
http://www.votefredhead.com/
LINK TO DAILY KOS DIARY WITH DOCUMENTS SHOWING COMBS DID NOT REPORT A SMALL BUSINESS:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/6/162124/614