Al Franken finally admits he failed to comply with workers’ comp, disability benefits laws
More than a month ago, investigative GOP blogger Michael Brodkorb in Minnesota first broke the news that Al Franken had violated New York state’s worker compensation laws. The Franken campaign finally ‘fesses up:
DFL Senate candidate Al Franken acknowledged today that his New York-based business wrongly failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance for nearly three years, his campaign said.
According to campaign manager Andy Barr, after five weeks of investigation the accountant for Alan Franken Inc. (AFI) was unable to figure out “the exact circumstances that led to the oversight.”
However, the accountant “has determined that, in fact, AFI was not in full compliance during the period in question,” Barr said, in a statement released this morning. “Therefore, no further attempt will be made to contest the resolved judgment.”
New York state fined Franken $25,000 nearly three years ago for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance for his business employees. After the state did not hear from Franken, the judgment was entered in the New York Supreme Court last summer.
But Franken and his wife, Franni, said they were not aware of the penalty before it was reported in a Republican blog early last month. The Frankens paid the fine immediately, along with a separate $833 penalty for also failing to provide disability benefits insurance for two years.
Another Man of the People.
At least I can say Al Franken has finally made me laugh.
Snort, actually.
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Michelle, when will you understand these people are above the law?
He needs better business advisers all around - an LLC would probably do him more good than an “Inc.”
Is that a Frat photo of Howdy-Doody or actually Al?
Guy Smiley=Putz in real life.
That’s Stuart Smalley aka Al
When conservatives don’t provide such coverage, they are greedy capitalists who make a fortune off the backs of poor, underpaid employees.
When liberals like Franken do it, it’s a mere oversight. An accident. No big deal.
What Franken did was wrong. He broke the law and should be punished accordingly.
New York’s workers comp is so ridiculous that it’s difficult for a lot of companies to afford to do business there.
It’s infuriating to think that other companies are held to account for their WC bills but Franken isn’t.
But then again, I am just a Pennsylvanian who clings to religion, guns, and wants the border closed, so color me rustic.
This is all over the MSM, right?
When you’re smart enough and doggone-it people like you enough, you don’t have to worry about small, petty things like obeying the law.
I suppose there were no claims made. if there were, this is a very serious incident. Then there is the question of the comp audits. Any info on how that went? That is also very serious and should now be made public. This concerns the under payments.
This is the type of answer we can expect from every elitist liberal Democrat running for office who gets caught breaking the law. They are quick on the trigger to point fingers at Conservatives, but when they themselves get caught…
“…due to some unfortunate oversight, blah, blah, blah…etc., etc…” Of course, they would NEVER break the law on purpose…and don’t ever make accusations, but if you have “proof?”
“…oopsy! My bad! I mean, er, uh, it wasn’t me, it was my ______!”
Air America, his employer for a few years, didn’t comply with State law on a host of disclosure issues…so why should Franken?
Hillary was caught in something similar. Failure to pay her employees med insurance. In most States, it is against the law to fail to do so once offered. You must go through a Federal Compliance protocol to cancel. In some states it against the law to cancel. MSM went silent. Wonder how the reporters would feel if it were them?
Time to pull up any quotes of Franken’s charges of criminality in the way GW Bush ran Harken Energy?
I imagine GW had the sense to pay his Worker’s Comp. Insurance.
$25,833 fine?? That’s it??? glad HE can afford it, unlike that unfortunate worker who may have slipped on all those banana peels….
Lucky for Al that Andy Barr was his only employee.
Translation: The collection agency finally caught up with them after the summons couldn’t be served.
I’m still waiting for him to show that he’s a comedian. Comedians and clowns are two different things.
If one of his employee had been diagnosed with MCS due to the odor Franken emits, who would have paid for his treatment?
Gee, first Al rakes in millions while Air AmeriKKKa staffers go hungry and that youth charity in NYC gets ripped off; now we learn that he didn’t pay what he should’ve for years. This can only mean one thing for the Treason Media…
“IMPEACH BUSH!!! NO WAR FOR OIL!!! BUSH LIED!!! PEOPLE DIED!!!! EVERYBODY LOVES BARACK!!! 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!!!! HILLARY LIED, BUT IT’S OK!!!”
Ahem.
I have only one thing to say about this:
Norm Coleman for Senate in 2008.
Yet another above the law democrap.
The Left’s motto is: “Do as I say, not as I do!” Far too many examples to list…
The same type of people that slam the evil corporate Wal-Mart for not providing free medical, dental, and lavish workman’s compensation insurance appear to have real problem with the same laws they shove down corporate Americas throat. Yep! Laws for thee and a separate set of laws for me.
Fixed that for ya Boomer.
Vote for me!! I am a hot tempered scofflaw!
Laws are for other people!
This campaign is the only funny thing Franken has ever done.
Of course he is! And so is Obama - so long as “the people” is defined as those with seven-digit plus incomes and their own insurance.
Translating liberal-speak;
oversight=breaking the law I should be above
misstatement=lie you aren’t supposed to notice
Anybody ever notice the voice tones of MN politicians and wanna be’s? Listen to Franken, Mondale, Humphrey, Dayton….. they could be the Whine Quartet!
I hope this idiot doesn’t win but I’m afraid he might. What a insert expletive here.
This is the Peoples Republic of Minnesota. The land of White Guilt. Of course Franken will win. We had Paul Wellstone didn’t we? Apparently it’s Minnesota’s job to supply clowns to Congress. Clowns scare me.
I am so reminded of Phil Och’s “Love Me, I’m a Liberal”
“I love Puerto Ricans and Negroes, as long as they don’t move next door… so, love me, love me, love me…. I’m a Liberal.”
three flippin years worth! How do you not know for three years?
I’m new here and this is my first comment! Thanks, Michelle. Hypocrisy is my biggest pet peeve and this self-aggrandizing, pompous, attention seeking little boy is a perfect example. Throw the book at him!
Hello… first time posting here. Sorry to report that I am from MN and our state kicks this crap out!!!!!
We are trying to fight the madness though!!!!!