[Vision2020] AARP and campaign finance

[Donovan Arnold]

Shirley,
Thanks for the disclosure! It is nice to see who is funded by whom. It is unfortunate that AARP will not release their findings. I am sure there is some political reason behind it.
Have you heard about the political action group that is trying to change the law so that at least 50% of an elected officials funding must come from individuals living in their district? What do you think about that?
I know Moscow is constantly being handed candidates that are heavily funded by outside interest groups, including a few of your opponents.
Thanks for your information,
Donovan Arnold
--- On Tue, 5/24/11, Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl at moscow.com> wrote:

From: Shirley Ringo <ringoshirl at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] AARP and campaign finance
To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 11:40 AM



 
 


 
Visionaries:
 

It is 
disappointing that AARP devoted time and effort into collecting information 
about campaign contributions for elected officials, and refused to release 
specific details.  Some 
representatives of AARP have argued that it was not appropriate to supply 
information concerning the source of donations for given elected officials 
because AARP is non-partisan.  I 
could understand that explanation, if a particular party were targeted.  But the information gathered concerned 
campaign financing for elected officials in general, not those from a specific 
party.
The 
discussion raised my curiosity about my own campaign contributions for the 2010 
election.  My fund-raising efforts 
were sluggish for a number of reasons, but the proportion of sources is of 
interest.
I raised a 
total of $9188.81 from 125 individual contributors.  94 of those contributions were $50 or 
less and provided $3505.
My campaign 
collected $5700 from fifteen political action groups.  The largest donations were $1000 each 
from the Political Action Committee for Education, and $1000 from CWA-COPE, 
which is supported by AFL-CIO.
Representative Shirley Ringo 

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