Bent Corner

It seems that Roscoe Bartlett, my elected representative in the U.S. House of Representatives has been less then honest with his finances. The Frederick-News Post uncovered the fact that since 2004, Bartlett underreported or failed to report roughly $1 million in property sales.

As a member of Congress, Bartlett is required by law to disclose details of his finances each year.  He is required to report his earned and unearned income, assets, gifts and travel. By submitting false financial statements, he could be facing up to five years in prison.

Being the man of character that he is, he quickly did what all men of character do - he blamed his wife and son:

“I really was a bit player,” he said. “My son rebuilt the houses; my wife wrote the checks.”

Bartlett also blamed the people that work for him:

Bartlett blamed that error on staff first not reading his handwritten notes correctly, and then his own signing of the finished form without reading it, something he said he shouldn’t have done.

Bartlett also made a series of interest baring loans to various family members.  He failed to declare the money generated from the interest from this loans.  Who even charges their own family interest?

I’m not really sure who he is blaming for that mix up.

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My representative in congress Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett spoke at a town hall meeting on energy in Mount Airy and said he thought “gasoline needs to cost more that it already does” in order to promote conservation. He also said that “too many people are driving pickup trucks as personal transportation.”

I don’t know about people driving pickup trucks, but I know that gas already costs too much as it is. It doesn’t need to cost more then what it costs now. The fact that my elected representative in Washington D.C. actually hopes that gas goes up in price just confirms what I already know - I have a representative that does not represent my interests. Not only my interests, but the interests of my fellow neighbors in the Maryland 6th district.

Roscoe Bartlett uses the power of his office to satisfy his own whims. He doesn’t use his office for the benefit of the people he is elected to represent.

I also know that Roscoe Bartlett will continue representing the 6th district of Maryland until he either retires or dies. He will never lose an election. My fellow voters here in the 6th district of Maryland will continue to vote for Roscoe Bartlett no matter what he says or what he does. He can even say that he hopes our gas prices go up and people will still reelect him into office.