Dave Bloom This is Me

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1. 1. BocaNews.com

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   Published on: 10/7/2004   Last Visited: 10/7/2004

   But the man who helped Van Dusen raise that money, Dave Bloom of Bloom Public Relations, claims the former candidate still owes him $15,000 for services rendered. And on Wednesday, Bloom took the first step toward getting it. Bloom told the Boca Raton News that he filed a complaint with the State Elections Commission notifying them that Van Dusen allegedly failed to pay him for his work. Not only is that a violation of state election law, Bloom said, but the candidate had a work contract with Bloom. And by not paying, the PR guy said, he breached it.
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   Bloom said he is also puzzled by a $9,000 payment to Black Hawk Legal Services - a private investigation company - to provide PI services to the candidate. This payment was the subject of an article in the Boca Raton News on July 31. "Our review of the Van Dusen for Sheriff quarterly financial reports shows thousands of dollars were spent on a private investigator. For what?" Bloom asked. The Boca Raton News asked Black Hawk Legal Services owner Evan Balash in July - and again on Wednesday - what services he provided to Van Dusen. Both times, he said, state law prevented him from disclosing the nature of the service. But that didn't appease Bloom. "For a moment, let's put aside the $15,000 the Fred Van Dusen campaign owes us," he said. "Don't the many people who donated as much as $500 each to the Van Dusen campaign have a right to know what the $9,000 was specifically used for?" Again, the Boca Raton News left multiple messages on Van Dusen's voicemail at Palm Beach Community College, where he is a professor of criminology. None of them were returned. His wife, Carol, answered the phone at their Royal Palm Beach home. When told about Bloom's complaint, she said, "This is ridiculous" and hung up. When a reporter called back, she apologized, but said to take the matter up with her husband.

2. 2. BocaNews.com

   www.bocanews.com/index.php?src - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/7/2004   Last Visited: 10/8/2004

   But the man who helped Van Dusen raise that money, Dave Bloom of Bloom Public Relations, claims the former candidate still owes him $15,000 for services rendered. And on Wednesday, Bloom took the first step toward getting it. Bloom told the Boca Raton News that he filed a complaint with the State Elections Commission notifying them that Van Dusen allegedly failed to pay him for his work. Not only is that a violation of state election law, Bloom said, but the candidate had a work contract with Bloom. And by not paying, the PR guy said, he breached it.
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   Bloom said he is also puzzled by a $9,000 payment to Black Hawk Legal Services - a private investigation company - to provide PI services to the candidate. This payment was the subject of an article in the Boca Raton News on July 31. "Our review of the Van Dusen for Sheriff quarterly financial reports shows thousands of dollars were spent on a private investigator. For what?" Bloom asked. The Boca Raton News asked Black Hawk Legal Services owner Evan Balash in July - and again on Wednesday - what services he provided to Van Dusen. Both times, he said, state law prevented him from disclosing the nature of the service. But that didn't appease Bloom. "For a moment, let's put aside the $15,000 the Fred Van Dusen campaign owes us," he said. "Don't the many people who donated as much as $500 each to the Van Dusen campaign have a right to know what the $9,000 was specifically used for?" Again, the Boca Raton News left multiple messages on Van Dusen's voicemail at Palm Beach Community College, where he is a professor of criminology. None of them were returned. His wife, Carol, answered the phone at their Royal Palm Beach home. When told about Bloom's complaint, she said, "This is ridiculous" and hung up. When a reporter called back, she apologized, but said to take the matter up with her husband.