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Post by EagleDad on Apr 12, 2011 10:20:26 GMT -6
So I just stumbled on the Illinois Campaign Disclosure website for fun this morning. Looks like one of the campaigns, Curt Bradshaw's: www.elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?id=23510put a new disclosure up: www.elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CDPdfViewer.aspx?FiledDocID=428682&DocType=ImageApparently $4200 was received on the day of the election. Pretty amazing that they managed to crank all those signs out in one day (the day of the election), time travel to the past and deploy them in the district. Looking at the website of Paul Gregory Media (the company who made the donation), under the clients section: www.paulgregorymedia.com/clients.phpSome interesting customers are found: - District 204 PTA
- Gombert Elementary School
- Susan Rasmus Election Campaign
- School District 204
From their website Paul Gregory Media is owned and run by Paul Feith  It's be interesting to know how much District 204 has spent with Paul Gregory Media, and if Curt Bradshaw and Susan Rasmus have recused themselves from approving any expenditures due to conflict of interest. |
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Post by EagleDad on Apr 12, 2011 10:28:48 GMT -6
Also, please note as shown on the Schedule A-1 form itself: "This form must be filed within 5 business days after receipt of any contribution of $1000 or more or within 2 business days if that receipt was within 30 days or less before the date of an election... |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 12, 2011 10:37:49 GMT -6
So I just stumbled on the Illinois Campaign Disclosure website for fun this morning. Looks like one of the campaigns, Curt Bradshaw's: www.elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?id=23510put a new disclosure up: www.elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CDPdfViewer.aspx?FiledDocID=428682&DocType=ImageApparently $4200 was received on the day of the election. Pretty amazing that they managed to crank all those signs out in one day (the day of the election), time travel to the past and deploy them in the district. Looking at the website of Paul Gregory Media (the company who made the donation), under the clients section: www.paulgregorymedia.com/clients.phpSome interesting customers are found: - District 204 PTA
- Gombert Elementary School
- Susan Rasmus Election Campaign
- School District 204
From their website Paul Gregory Media is owned and run by Paul Feith It's be interesting to know how much District 204 has spent with Paul Gregory Media, and if Curt Bradshaw and Susan Rasmus have recused themselves from approving any expenditures due to conflict of interest. Other questions: 1/ where the heck are all the signs from the last 2 elections when he also had heavy signage? 2/ based on what other candidates spent- how many signs does this equal ? Either they were 'real nice' expensive signs of they were trying to cover every household in 204-- and a few I saw up in 203 like at gartner and Washington  3/ Based on emails received from campaign manager looking to cover other costs- it appears this campaign grossly outspent others this time and others from the past-- trend here- overspend - then state how it's for the kids- then ask for the money reads like the pattern for the next referendum |
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Post by Arch on Apr 12, 2011 12:58:50 GMT -6
Obviously, something is fishy and does appear to be illegal - unless someone still has to make a final disclosure answering all the questions about the money. Then again, from Paul Gregory Media's own website they say it's about RESULTS, nothing else.
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Post by southsidesignmaker on Apr 12, 2011 13:57:19 GMT -6
Keep up the great investigative work, anyone former IRS agents. I have complete confidence that folks on old blue will track down every nickel of contributions for every board member dating back at least a decade. Job well done...
Any of you guys looking for some side money... I have dead beat customers in the over 90 day column.. I suspect that with your uncanny ability to "sink your teeth into the hind end of board members" the sideline I offer should be a walk in the park.
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Post by Arch on Apr 12, 2011 14:02:27 GMT -6
You know who to PM on here...  |
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Post by casey on Apr 12, 2011 14:43:16 GMT -6
Keep up the great investigative work, anyone former IRS agents. I have complete confidence that folks on old blue will track down every nickel of contributions for every board member dating back at least a decade. Job well done... Any of you guys looking for some side money... I have dead beat customers in the over 90 day column.. I suspect that with your uncanny ability to "sink your teeth into the hind end of board members" the sideline I offer should be a walk in the park. Why the snarky comment SSDM? I think looking into expenditures and/or campaign contributions of any election is important. Unfortunately your comment comes across like much of the SB's way of doing business - embarrass and ridicule to try to belittle the whole situation. Take pressure off the real issue at hand. You know that numbers don't lie. Curt's expenditures this campaign seem to be out of line with the other candidates. His cost per vote must be astronomical. He won - no question but he sure seemed to go overboard chasing down the votes. No wonder his treasurer for his campaign board is still trying to overcome a $1400 shortage. Hate to say it and I know that I'll make some of my neighbors mad but I don't know how anyone could forgive and forget CB's actions over the years and support him in a re-election campaign. No way, no how! Curt can say whatever he wants but IMO he's never had the whole district's best interests at heart. He's shown his true colors enough to me to call "foul" |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 12, 2011 18:54:29 GMT -6
Keep up the great investigative work, anyone former IRS agents. I have complete confidence that folks on old blue will track down every nickel of contributions for every board member dating back at least a decade. Job well done... Any of you guys looking for some side money... I have dead beat customers in the over 90 day column.. I suspect that with your uncanny ability to "sink your teeth into the hind end of board members" the sideline I offer should be a walk in the park. unfortunately we learned because we HAD to...because there is so much nonsense for so long here, it's not unlike the City of Chicago. People just accept it -- we do not. Some of the paper trails in the archives here are very telling my friend. And trust me, these practices were used by others who don't like to be on the receiving end. Do you think they did not use the exact same practices on other board members in the past ? Guess where some of us learned this from. And yes you're right, people here got good at it. |
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 12, 2011 18:59:33 GMT -6
Keep up the great investigative work, anyone former IRS agents. I have complete confidence that folks on old blue will track down every nickel of contributions for every board member dating back at least a decade. Job well done... Any of you guys looking for some side money... I have dead beat customers in the over 90 day column.. I suspect that with your uncanny ability to "sink your teeth into the hind end of board members" the sideline I offer should be a walk in the park. Why the snarky comment SSDM? I think looking into expenditures and/or campaign contributions of any election is important. Unfortunately your comment comes across like much of the SB's way of doing business - embarrass and ridicule to try to belittle the whole situation. Take pressure off the real issue at hand. You know that numbers don't lie. Curt's expenditures this campaign seem to be out of line with the other candidates. His cost per vote must be astronomical. He won - no question but he sure seemed to go overboard chasing down the votes. No wonder his treasurer for his campaign board is still trying to overcome a $1400 shortage. Hate to say it and I know that I'll make some of my neighbors mad but I don't know how anyone could forgive and forget CB's actions over the years and support him in a re-election campaign. No way, no how! Curt can say whatever he wants but IMO he's never had the whole district's best interests at heart. He's shown his true colors enough to me to call "foul" and the sad thing SSSM - not one single person here didn't know he was already a lock for the top spot vote wise... yet outspent the entire rest of the field together - and you're OK with those spending practices. It's quite the connundrum when you take sides to that effect, yet continue to speak about the value of living frugally. It just doesn't add up sometimes |
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Post by southsidesignmaker on Apr 12, 2011 19:41:15 GMT -6
Take a good look at the contribution paperwork in question, a bit on the vague side. In the real world marketing firms and even signmakers are asked for political contributions. Sometimes these gifts are cash or marketing efforts or signs, etc. As a rule many times a firm when making a contribution of labor or materials, the billing is at the highest retail selling point. Many times the wholesale level of these services are at a much different price point.
I would not even raise an eyebrow by what has been presented thus far. Sorry if it came off snarky.
Doc I appreciate your concern regarding the connundrum of my frugal lifestyle vs CB campaign costs. Please realize that I have no idea what a campaign costs to run, I know that I have been involved in the screen print of campaign signs with budgets as low as $1500 and as high as $7800. Mostly small city type races.
I do appreciate the use of the word connundrum Doc, brings me back to my college days.
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 12, 2011 20:13:37 GMT -6
Take a good look at the contribution paperwork in question, a bit on the vague side. In the real world marketing firms and even signmakers are asked for political contributions. Sometimes these gifts are cash or marketing efforts or signs, etc. As a rule many times a firm when making a contribution of labor or materials, the billing is at the highest retail selling point. Many times the wholesale level of these services are at a much different price point. I would not even raise an eyebrow by what has been presented thus far. Sorry if it came off snarky. Doc I appreciate your concern regarding the connundrum of my frugal lifestyle vs CB campaign costs. Please realize that I have no idea what a campaign costs to run, I know that I have been involved in the screen print of campaign signs with budgets as low as $1500 and as high as $7800. Mostly small city type races. I do appreciate the use of the word connundrum Doc, brings me back to my college days. read the email ironically sent outby CB's campaign manager asking for money because it's really for the kids you know -- and the army of workers and fliers and signs.. spent 5 times what a candidate not that many votes back did -- and already had the best name recognition of anyone. There was no need to spend like that- but again--old habits die hard . They go away when one has to spend their own money, and not someone else's also understand the candidate already had signage from past elections -- when I see 10 signs on one block, does that make me vote for that person ? There were so many signs some of the goofs placing them put them in 203 |
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Post by southsidesignmaker on Apr 12, 2011 20:17:53 GMT -6
Doc in response to your signage issue:
"There were so many signs some of the goofs placing them put them in 203"
I think the installation was for all those folks moving from the 203 district to our fine district... One can never have enough signs IMHO.
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Post by Arch on Apr 12, 2011 20:20:53 GMT -6
When you want help with the past 90 days collection, let me know... I have interesting ways to find and turn someone upside down to see what falls out of their pockets.
Just PM me the amount past due, when it was originally due, what it was for, who owes it (as much info as your business records have) and who they owe it to. You know, the normal stuff.
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Post by doctorwho on Apr 12, 2011 20:23:25 GMT -6
Doc in response to your signage issue: "There were so many signs some of the goofs placing them put them in 203" I think the installation was for all those folks moving from the 203 district to our fine district... One can never have enough signs IMHO. yeah, they're lined up at the border---however they're pointing and laughing, not moving in. let's see, they're getting practically a brand new school with increased capacity - on time without expediting for $10M - and under the actual referendum amount...AND no one has to move, no one has to commuted across 3 zip codes to get there, and they added ZERO to their current operating costs -- ( gee not too unlike the $12M plan Howie had a quote for, until JC-CB and gang decided we needed a school in Wisconsin. oh yeah, those people can't wait to move to 204. if I could move my house 500 feet east, I could actually probably sell it - and add $50K or more to the price |
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Post by EagleDad on Apr 12, 2011 20:58:22 GMT -6
I know that I have been involved in the screen print of campaign signs... yep, we know too  |
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