He’s got ads on the radio, he’s got yard signs, he’s turned up at the county commission work sessions. About the only place you won’t find a trace of Ed Barbeau and his campaign is with the Secretary of State’s Office where Barbeau lists only a single expenditure, $450 for a booth at the Karl Rove event. Candidates have seven days after incurring an expenditure to file a report with the SOS’s office.

Those who fail are subject to fines and the office has already sent a letter to Mr. Ed wondering where his reports might be, according to a staffer there who said it would be unusual for someone with a media campaign not to have some report filed a week prior to the voting deadline. So Ed, why aren’t you showing us the money?

This article appears in May 13-19, 2010.

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Ed Barbeau's Mystery Campaign

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 12, 2010

<h1>Ed Barbeau&apos;s Mystery Campaign</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 12, 2010</p> <p>He&apos;s got ads on the radio, he&apos;s got yard signs, he&apos;s turned up at the county commission work sessions. About the only place you won&apos;t find a trace of Ed Barbeau and his campaign is with the Secretary of State&apos;s Office where Barbeau lists only a single expenditure, $450 for a booth at the Karl Rove event. Candidates have seven days after incurring an expenditure to file a report with the SOS&apos;s office.<br /> <br /> Those who fail are subject to fines and the office has already sent a letter to Mr. Ed wondering where his reports might be, according to a staffer there who said it would be unusual for someone with a media campaign not to have some report filed a week prior to the voting deadline. So Ed, why aren&apos;t you showing us the money?</p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/ed-barbeauandaposs-mystery-campaign-2135663/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15578&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/ed-barbeauandaposs-mystery-campaign-2135663/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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