[Vision2020] The BLog and More Political Contributions

Thu Nov 1 12:59:39 PDT 2007

Hate to disappoint (ok - NO I DON'T) but he is not only a exfacto-member, he is a "consultant" to the GMA....I'd say ask him, but he refuses to answer any questions without his lawyer present these days.  And just to be clear, there are a lot of people on the GMA "member" list that are not publicly listed.

J  :]

From: jampot at roadrunner.com
To: thansen at moscow.com; the_ivies3 at yahoo.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:20:00 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The BLog and More Political Contributions

To the best of my knowledge Mr. Hoffman is not a 
member of the GMA nor is he a contributor to its PAC.  I didn't see his 
name on any of the lists that you and Mr. London so thoughtfully provided. With 
this in mind, I still fail to see any connection other than the ever popular 
staple of the conspiracy theorist, "everything and everyone I don't like is somehow connected together to do a 
dastardly deed." Could this be the connection that you are referring 
to?

g

----- Original Message ----- 

  From: 
  Tom Hansen 

  To: 'g. crabtree' ; 'Tom Ivie' ; 
  'Moscow 
  Vision 2020' 
  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:38 
  AM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] The BLog and 
  More Political Contributions

  The connection, Mr. 
  Crabtree is . . .

  THE GREATER MOSCOW ALLIANCE

  Or should I draw you 
  a picture?  Or post the photo of GMA’s “counting days” sign that I have 
  before?

  More to come . . . 
  lots more.

  Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom 
  Hansen
Moscow, 
  Idaho

"We're a town of 
  about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very 
  active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 
  28, 2007) 

  From: g. 
  crabtree [mailto:jampot at roadrunner.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:31 
  AM
To: Tom Hansen; 'Tom 
  Ivie'; 'Moscow 
  Vision 2020'
Subject: Re: 
  [Vision2020] The BLog and More Political 
  Contributions

  You are absolutely correct, I 
  don't get it. What does PR&C and the contributions made to high quality 
  local candidates have to do with Mike Hoffman and his various enterprises? You 
  seem to be making a connection where one doesn't exist. Please enlighten 
  me.

  g

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Tom Hansen 

    To: 'Tom Ivie' 
    ; 'Moscow 
    Vision 2020' 

    Sent: 
    Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:54 AM

    Subject: Re: 
    [Vision2020] The BLog and More Political 
    Contributions

    You guys simply 
    DON”T GET IT.

    It is not about the 
    amount of the contribution.  It is all about where that contribution 
    originated.

    Steed, Krauss, 
    Carscallen, and GMA each accepted a $1,000 contribution from “Palouse 
    Rentals and Construction” (PRC), a company that has been administratively 
    shut down by Idaho’s Secretary of State for failure to 
    file annual reports.  PRC is headed by John Ficca, a Moscow resident/businessman who has been permanently 
    banned from ever bidding on state projects within the state of Washington for 
    reasons explained numerous times earlier here on 
    V2020.

    To take this a step 
    further, there are numerous OBV (Owned But Vacant) properties - the 
    triangular lot on the south edge of town, the old Goodwill building on Main 
    Street, etc. etc. – all belonging to Mike Hoffman.  You remember 
    him.  He’s the guy that proudly announced (in the Moscow-Pullman Daily 
    News) that he is buying and selling property all over Moscow.

    And then there is 
    the North Polk Extension “project”.  Parties to that little venture 
    include Matthew Gray, Douglas Wilson, and Mike 
    Hoffmann.

    Like I suggested 
    earlier . . .

    “One can only 
    wonder how Moscow will be divvied up . . . er  . . . uh . . . I mean 
    rezoned come January if Palouse Rental and Construction should gain three 
    seats on our city council.”

    Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom 
    Hansen
Moscow, 
    Idaho

"We're a town of 
    about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college students are not very 
    active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 
    28, 2007) 

    From: 
    vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] 
    On Behalf Of Tom 
    Ivie
Sent: Wednesday, 
    October 31, 2007 9:37 PM
To: Moscow 
    Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The BLog and 
    More Political Contributions

    Nothing is ever certain in horse races or 
    politics.  All the money in the world doesn't win an election.  It 
    does help though.  Send your checks to...

Donovan Arnold 
    <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote: 

    I cannot wait to see who wins the third seat for the 
    four year term. I really think it looks like Tom Lamar, Wayne Krauss, 
    and Dan Carscallen are going to be fighting for the last two seats. I think 
    Aaron Ament with a big load a 
    cash, incumbency, and being liberal in a liberal town is definitely going to 
    place in the top three. I am also certain that Walter Steed will 
    win.

    Best,

    Donovan

Tom Ivie 
    <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com> 
    wrote:

      One person contributed $4,000 to a city election? 
      What are we, Boise or Seattle?  or is that what 
      they want us to be?  What does one person have to gain by providing 
      so much money in a little race? like ours?  Nothing against the 
      candidates though, good for them to have a big spending benefactor.  

Tom Hansen 
      <thansen at moscow.com> wrote: 

      >From Dale Courtney's blog 
      at:

http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2007/10/31/55739.aspx

------------------------------------------

"Hey, 
      Big Spender 

I have a copy of all of the City Council Candidates' 
      Campaign Financial
Disclosure Reports. 

I'll post them shortly. 

Of interest is how much money the candidates have received. 

Aaron Ament: $9,475 

Tom Lamar: $8,817 
Walter Steed: $6,936 
Wayne Krauss: $6,135 

Dan Carscallen: $4,545 
Linda Pall: $3,910 
Evan Holmes: 
      $1,992
Bill London accuses the GMA candidates of being the "big 
      spending" group. 

Seems like most of the money is being funneled to 
      the liberal candidates. 

If money is any indication, the libs have 
      their bets set on Ament. 

Heaven help 
      us."

------------------------------------------

Although it 
      is important to learn how much money has been contributed to
each 
      candidate, it is vitally more important to learn from where that 
      money
was contributed.

Your attention is invited to the 
      Financial Disclosure reports located 
      at:

http://www.MoscowElection2007.com

A review of the 
      Financial Disclosure Reports submitted by Dan Carscallen,
Walter Steed, 
      Wayne Krauss, and the Greater Moscow 
      Alliance 
      Political Action
Committee reflects contributions in the amount of 
      $1,000 to each of the
aforementioned by Palouse Rental and 
      Construction.

Who is Palouse Rental and Construction you 
      ask?

As mentioned earlier by Mark Solomon in an earlier posting 
      at:

http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/2007-October/049113.html

"As 
      I'm always interested in who is contributing big $$ in elections, 
      I
looked it up and saw Palouse Rentals and Construction had donated 
      $1000 to
GMA. Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I did not know that 
      name. A quick
search on the Sec'y of State website gives up John Ficca 
      as the president of
the corporation, which, by the way, has been 
      administratively dissolved by
the Sec'y of State for failure to file 
      annual reports since 2004."

It appears that this defunct company 
      is/was headed by John Ficca, who back
in 2000 . . 
      .

http://www.lni.wa.gov/news/2000/pr000214a.asp

"TUMWATER - 
      An Idaho 
      employer must pay more than $95,000 in unpaid wages to
12 current and 
      former employees in the Spokane area according to a
settlement 
      agreement announced today by the Department of Labor 
      and
Industries.

John Ficca, of Moscow, Idaho, owner of Art's Electric, Inc., 
      also has been
permanently prohibited from bidding on or performing work 
      on future public
works projects in Washington. Ficca also does business as 
      Palouse Country
Electric and U Cities Contracting."

It appears 
      that perhaps the state of Idaho may be interested in the 
      business
posture of "Palouse Rental and Construction" as it makes 
      political
contributions to a select few (Steed, Krauss, and Carscallen) 
      of Moscow's
city council 
      candidates.

One can only wonder how Moscow will be divvied up . . . er . . . 
      uh . . . I
mean rezoned come January if Palouse Rental and Construction 
      should gain
three seats on our city council.

Things that make 
      you go . . .

Hmmm. 

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom 
      Hansen
Moscow, 
      Idaho

"We're a town of 
      about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not 
      very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney 
      (March 28, 
      2007)

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