OK folks, what you've been waiting for! The Monmouth County Democrats ELEC report. You know, the one that the Asbury Park Press had to remind them of.
Their beginning balance (9/30/05) was $84,922.07; receipts were $546,035.00; disbursements, $597,397.19; balance as of 12/31/05, $33,559.88.
So here's their major contributors, in alphabetical order like on the report:
Aberdeen Democratic Executive Committee, $2,000.00. Looks like they just wheel directly through their local organizations.
Union County Democratic Committee, $1,000.00. Wheeling.
Carpenters _____, $37,000.00. Karen & Richard?
Jon Corzine, $37,000.00. Of Course.
CWA Local 1034, $20,000.00. Where Corzine goes, so goes the CWA. I wonder how many of their rank & file membership know where their dues go?
CWA NJ Political Education Committee, $30,000.
Drazin & Warshaw, PC, $10,425.00.
UFCW, CLC, $37,000.00.
DRIVE Committee, $37,000.00. I believe this would be your basic International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Elect Democrats, $1,100.00. A PAC. Yes, they have them, too.
Election Fund of John S. Wisniewski, $2,875.00. And the wheel goes round.
Election Fund of Sen. Joseph Vitale, $2,000.00. Round and round and round.
Friends of Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Roberts, $37,000.00. Camden County, folks. And right generous of ol' Joe, too.
G. L. Cafesnian, $5,000.00. From Naples, Florida. Florida pops up on their reports from time to time.
David Huemer, $7,500.00. Essex County.
IBEW Local 351 State PAC Fund, $25,000.00. Another labor union.
IBEW COPE, $30,000.00.
Int'l. Union of Operating Engineers, $5,000.00.
Karcher for Senate, $500.00.
Leonard Lieberman, $5,000.00. Hoboken.
Local Union 400, $3,500.00.
Monmouth & Ocean Central Labor Council, $2,495.00.
New Jersey First, $1,000.00. Norcross.
NJ Democratic State Committee, $82,250.00.
New York City District Council of Carpenters, $25,000.00.
Pallone for Congress, $200.00 ($11,200.00 total for year).
Pascrell for Congress, $1,200.00. Passaic County.
SEIU PEA Int'l., $32,000.00.
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local No. 9, $800.00.
Rush Holt for Congress, $850.00.
Alan Sagner, $5,000.00. Essex County. Former NJDOT Commissioner.
Shore PAC, $14,500.00. Another PAC!
Election Fund of Thomas P. Giblin, $450.00. Essex County.
SEIU 1199 NJ, $2,260.00. In-Kind. Election Day work.
NJ Democratic State Committee, $62,290.00. In-Kind. Media buy.
Their disbursements include, among others, $147,602.34 paid out for "consult & canvass", and reported on a 40-page list; a 12-page list reports another $88,914.43. This was spent on paid GOTV volunteers from many places.
7 comments:
That's alot of union money. How is that not pay to play? How do we compete with that without PAC money?
PAC is not a four letter word.
ginger Hoffmeier said...
"I might ask the same thing if I didn't suspect that those with vested interests are wheeling money to both parties. Do they really care who wins if both parties are beholden to them?"
Ginger,
Are you saying that the unions are giving equally to the GOP and the Dems? That would surprise me.
ok, if there's wheeling here then there would be a problem. just a few questions (not loaded).
is this all money that came into monmouth county and which campaigns did it go to?
if money came directly in from municipal organizations then that's not a problem, unless someone got something for it. like if law firm "x" gave such and such to campaign "a," which won. then campaign "a" turned around and gave an appointment to law firm "x."
this can be applied to wisniewski or the unino county folks you're talking about too. i suppose unions could do it too through elec. but, there has to be an end result. develoeprs would be a flashpoint, that's for sure.
so long as someone gives money and gets nothing, then that is sort of the name of the game. if they give and get, now we're at quid pro quo.
What's interesting about the labor union contributions is the fact that, with the exception of the CWA, they don't appear to be public employee unions. Rather, they represent the trades, which leads one to ask would they stand to gain work, and hence, money on capital projects under a Democratically-controlled administration in Freehold.
Could they be paying to play?
there's a lot of non-union work going on with the construction of public issues in monmouth. i'm not affiliated with any labor organization, but i think the question is why would unions support a party that doesn't care about their use one way or the other, and hasn't for many years.
the county gop, and the municipalities, generally doesn't care about labor and any real record is there. that probably deosn't merit contributions.
they're probably putting money into pro-labor candidates. just because a candidate says they're pro-labor doesn't mean they are.
the njea does the same thing with candidates.
jim purcell said:
"the njea does the same thing with candidates."
Ahhh, the 900 lb gorillia of NJ politics. If any organization has an vested interest in the status quo, it is the teachers union.
ginger Hoffmeier said...
"Gee... We could all be Abbott districts! (joking...) "
Actually, that's not a bad idea. The playing field would be level and the Supremes would have nothing else to sing about.
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