Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo Sunday said he will amend his campaign finance reports to specifically disclose how he has spent money donated to his campaigns over the past several years.
In a four-month period last year, DiVincenzo used campaign funds to pay for more than 100 meals, 28 golf games and airfare for a planned trip to Puerto Rico, according to a Star-Ledger review of his campaign finance reports. Since late 2002, DiVincenzo has racked up about $250,000 in charges to his personal credit cards, then paid the bill with his campaign account.
Itemized lists of the charges were not included in his reports. Instead, they were labeled only as a lump sum payment to the credit card company identified as "food/travel" or "various expenses." According to regulations by the state Election Law Enforcement Commission, candidates who use personal credit cards are to treat them as loans and must report "the purpose of the purchase, including a specific itemization of the goods or services acquired."
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