[Vision2020] The BLog and More Political Contributions

Wed Oct 31 21:37:00 PDT 2007

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

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"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."

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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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