Posted on 03/11/2014 6:08:59 AM PDT by george76
A powerful labor union backed a Democratic candidate in a special election last year but never disclosed the amount of money it spent on the effort. The AFL-CIO backed Elizabeth Coppola, a Democrat, in the Assembly District 21 special election last November. Running phone banks out of their office and offering the services of a political coordinator, the union campaigned for Coppola’s election.
But not once did the AFL-CIO disclose its political spending backing Coppola. Nor did the Coppola campaign report any AFL-CIO spending as an in-kind campaign contribution. State campaign finance regulations require labor unions and other groups to disclose how much money they spend on efforts to elect candidates. Alternatively, campaigns must disclose any contributions they receive from political groups and individual donors.
The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO ran at least three phone banks out of its 6333 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee office using labor union members and
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According to the Government Accountability Board, the state regulator in charge of overseeing elections and political activities in Wisconsin, political action committees and groups independent of campaigns and political parties must disclose how much they spent on efforts to support or oppose a candidate.
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So—Who’s going to jail?
Once again, big money lobbyists skirt campaign laws to fix elections. The people need to rise up and.....wait, a Democrat?
Let’s move on.
did she win?
I believe Lois Lerner moved from the Federal Elections Commission to the IRS just after the missing links’ election in 08 so she could do her damage at the IRS. Anyone expect there to be any sanction from a state election office which is probably controlled by the dems in Wisc? I’d love to see the count down clock on that starting with a trillion and working down one number a month.
Nope. Coppolla was a hand-picked Milwaukee govt. lackey that moved into the district shortly before filing her election papers.
The city of South Milwaukee is a separate entity from Milwaukee, (I grew up there, and people get a bit touchy about being mistaken for the South Side of the city of Milwaukee) I don't think the voters took kindly to a Milwaukee pol carpet-bagger.
It also didn't hurt that she was running against a long-time resident of the area - Jessie Rodriguez - female, conservative, and Hispanic to boot. Jessie's team pounced right on the carpet bagger aspect of this election with some effective advertising.
SM is one of those bi-polar districts, but Southeastern Wisconsin is trending more conservative lately. We have excellent talk radio here - some of the best in the nation IMHO, and it's had an impact.
Not a problem in terms of legal consequences - unless the union’s name is Dinesh D’Souza.
Guess no John Doe indictment?
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