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Arnold is not as Arnold does Lionel Van Deerlin Van Deerlin represented a San Diego County district in Congress for 18 years. 'Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. ... "So begins King David's 133rd Psalm. The words came back to me as I scanned the list of San Diego sponsors for a fund-raising extravaganza in our state's recall campaign. It involves $1,000 checks, as the price of entry, signed by loyal Republicans who'll be turning out next week for Arnold Schwarzenegger.As befits this event, they're holding it at the five-star Westgate...

<p>The huge campaign contributions by the California Indian tribes that operate gaming casinos -- and Indian influence as the state's newest and biggest special interest -- have become a pivotal issue in the final two weeks of the recall election.</p>

in Net donations This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34752 Wednesday, September 24, 2003 TOTAL RECALLMcClintock bests Dean in Net donationsGovernor candidate pulling in $50,000 a day via Web Posted: September 24, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com While presidential candidate Howard Dean has won praise for his ability to raise money via the Internet, state Sen. Tom McClintock, a Republican candidate for governor in California's free-for-all recall election, says, when considering daily totals, he is raising more online cash than is the Vermont Democrat. John Stoos, McClintock's deputy campaign director,...

09:47 PM MDT on Friday, September 19, 2003 Associated Press SACRAMENTO - A millionaire investor from Idaho who has been fighting a long-running tax battle with the federal government has become one of the largest contributors to GOP front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor. William A. Robinson gave $100,000 to Schwarzenegger's Total Recall committee and $21,000 to his candidate committee Tuesday, public records show. Schwarzenegger's recall committee is not subject to the same Proposition 34 campaign contribution limits as apply to his individual campaign, and can accept unlimited donations to promote recalling Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. In May, Robinson, who...

Prop. 54 Sponsor Concedes Passage Is Now Unlikely Connerly says he can't match Bustamante's money. Schwarzenegger also weighs in against it. SACRAMENTO -- Ward Connerly all but conceded defeat Saturday on Proposition 54, his ballot measure to restrict the government collection of racial and ethnic data, after Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante said he would spend nearly $4 million to defeat it and Arnold Schwarzenegger also indicated his opposition. Bustamante's move is the result of a strategic shift in his campaign for governor. Hoping to defuse an issue that has dogged him on the campaign trail, his chief strategist said, the...

<p>It didn't take long for the gubernatorial hopefuls to make their pilgrimage to Indian Country, hats in hand and money bags open. Wealthy gambling tribes have eclipsed prison guards, insurance companies and utilities as the biggest campaign contributors to political campaigns in the state. As such, they command attention, respect and fear from those seeking office.</p>

Socialist candidate can keep donors confidentialEthics commission decision overturned in federal court Friday, August 29, 2003 By KATHY MULADY SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER A Seattle City Council candidate will be allowed to hide the names of her campaign contributors from public view, a federal court decided yesterday. The preliminary injunction granted Freedom Socialist Party candidate Linda Averill yesterday drew criticism from another candidate, but will be allowed to stand through the primary election Sept. 16. A full court hearing will be scheduled later, but the names of any donors who give in the interim can be kept secret. Averill, a Metro/King...

By Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Arnold Schwarzenegger has given Democrats thousands of dollars in political donations over the past two decades, including $1,000 to Massachusetts senator and liberal lightning rod Ted Kennedy. At the same time, campaign reports show, the GOP actor and gubernatorial hopeful has been a lukewarm financial supporter of Republican candidates. Ultimately, say political observers, Schwarzenegger's history of political giving indicates little beyond what already is known -- that he is a moderate Republican who married into the Democratic Kennedy clan via NBC news correspondent Maria Shriver. But conservative activists argue the pattern underscores a questionable political...

SEATTLE - A small trip of land in the back of a Lake City strip club ignited a firestorm of controversy. A couple of months ago, the Seattle City Council approved rezoning the land so Rick's Nightclub could add eight parking spaces. But on Monday, in a rare move, the council rescinded its own vote and took back the rezoning in what has become one of the most embarrassing controversies at City Hall. "The integrity and reputation of this council has been called into question," said Peter Steinbrueck, Seattle City Council. It turns out that three council members - Judy...

(You will need a browser with Japanese font capability, and ability to comprehend written Japanese) As a FReeper Researcher, I have just come across a JAPANESE organization, based on an overseas JAPANESE website, in JAPANESE, that is encouraging foreigners to contribute money to and assist the "Campaign for American President Dennis Kucinich".The URL of the activity was located at:http://www.peace2001.org/ The organization is called "Global Peace Campaign" located in Japan. It is part of an umbrella of socialist and communist organizations opposing US efforts in Iraq, it supports North Korea, and is aligned with the usual communist movements.The website has...

WASHINGTON - You don't need a scorecard to figure out how lawmakers vote on major issues. You just need to tabulate their campaign donations. The Associated Press looked at six measures in the House — medical malpractice, class action lawsuits, overhauling bankruptcy laws, the energy bill, gun manufacturer lawsuits and overtime pay — and compared lawmakers' votes with the financial backing they received from interest groups supporting or opposing the legislation. The House passed five of the six bills and defeated an amendment that would have stopped the Bush administration from rewriting the rules for overtime pay. In the vast...

Businessman wants donation evidence thrown out Saturday, June 28, 2003By Ed WhiteThe Grand Rapids Press HOLLAND -- A Holland businessman accused of making illegal campaign contributions is asking a judge to prevent the prosecutor from including $22,000 in additional donations as evidence at trial. Andrew Santangelo, owner of Michigan Technic Corp., is charged with using $7,000 in company money to reimburse employees who contributed to U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, during her run for office in 2000. Separately, the U.S. Attorney's Office has identified at least 11 other contributions to federal candidates or political committees made by Michigan Technic employees...

WASHINGTON - On the front page of Friday's New York Observer was an intriguing story about the New Democratic Network, a group of party activists who want to shape policy and to raise enough "soft money" to give the Democrats a shot at retaking the White House and Congress. American politics has been in ferment since the 2002 mid-term elections. It was then that the law changed and banned parties from raising anything but "hard money" -- direct donations from individual Americans, up to a maximum of US$2,000. All manner of other organizations are now rushing into the vacuum left...

<p>GOP lobbyist running for governor attending dinners in D.C.</p> <p>WASHINGTON — Haley Barbour has raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates, and many will have a chance to pay him back, at least in part, tonight.</p> <p>A Republican lobbyist who wants to unseat Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, Barbour will be the guest at two back-to-back fund raisings today at a Capitol Hill hotel.</p>

<p>IN gambling, as everyone knows, you have to pay to play.</p> <p>But do you have to play to pay?</p> <p>Do California's casino tribes have to play by the state's rules in order to pay campaign donations to statewide candidates?</p> <p>The state's Fair Political Practices Commission is tackling the issue by means of a lawsuit against the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, which operates two casinos near Palm Springs. At a hearing in Sacramento last week, a judge took under submission the tribe's motion to dismiss the suit.</p>

GOP has edge in donations for U.S. Senate campaign Dennis Camire / Times Washington Bureau Posted on December 6, 2002 WASHINGTON - Trying to score one more political victory, Republican lawmakers and party committees have donated at least $311,000 to help Suzanne Haik Terrell unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in the Senate race in Louisiana. At least 19 Republican senators, 15 GOP House members and 13 state Republican committees have chipped in to help Terrell during the past six weeks. Meanwhile, fewer Democrats have shipped less money to the Bayou State to aid Landrieu, who is in a contest...

Money continues to flow into Senate runoff battle Amounts still in question but said to be considerable Dennis Camire / Times Washington Bureau Posted on November 24, 2002 WASHINGTON - Political money is pouring into the Louisiana Senate runoff battle between incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu and GOP challenger Suzanne Haik Terrell - but not many connected with fund-raising efforts want to talk. The dollar amounts are expected to be staggering even though Republican control of the Senate nationwide was decided Nov. 5. "It's called the second Louisiana Purchase," Sen. John Breaux, D-La., said with humor. "Economic development at its finest."...

Day-long raid seizes McNamara files Data about campaign contributions, Metro Airport contracts targeted November 23, 2002 BY DENNIS NIEMIEC, TINA LAM AND DAVID ZEMAN FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS With just over a month left in his powerful political career, Wayne County Executive Ed McNamara was greeted at work Friday morning by FBI agents with warrants to search nearly every crevice of his Democratic political machine. Throughout the day, federal agents, accompanied by state police, conducted a dramatic and wide-ranging hunt for computer and paper records connected to political campaigns, Detroit Metro Airport contracts and a slew of charitable groups tied...

 

Billionaire Jerry Perenchio lets his money do his talking in Los Angeles politics -- contributing more than $1 million to defeat San Fernando Valley secession and win passage of Los Angeles Unified's school bond issue. That makes Perenchio, the 71-year-old CEO and chairman of the board of Univision, the Spanish-language television network, the biggest financial force in city politics today. Yet he doesn't disclose -- even to his closest friends, let alone the public -- his motives for contributing so heavily. His New York publicist, who doesn't even have a resume or photo of him, said Perenchio never talks to...