" I had to step in as a campaign treasurer when the previous one died suddenly. I agree with anonymous -- if your very family health situation very understandably interfered with your ability to do the job, you should have passed the job on to someone else with the time to do it. I am thankful I have one more filing and I am done, but from the day I put my name on that line as the responsible party, I have taken the duty very seriously -- it's not only on my own head, but would reflect badly on the candidate if I messed up. Same for you -- you reflect badly on the whole party, not just on yourself, despite the fact that you are ultimately responsible.

Because, you see, if I didn't do my job, and the candidate knew about it and did nothing to find a replacement, then the candidate would be partly responsible as well. Likewise, if the chair or other members of the local party knew the filings were not getting done, and did nothing to rectify the situation, then they also hold a share of the blame. "

" I would not call it reasonable if you were able to report it to the committte but not where it was required. If you were unable to do your duties, you needed to step aside. You and the rest of the leadership are allowing the Party to look like a bunch of idiots. "