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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visionaries:</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>It is
disappointing that AARP devoted time and effort into collecting information
about campaign contributions for elected officials, and refused to release
specific details.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
could understand that explanation, if a particular party were targeted.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But the information gathered concerned
campaign financing for elected officials in general, not those from a specific
party.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>The
discussion raised my curiosity about my own campaign contributions for the 2010
election.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My fund-raising efforts
were sluggish for a number of reasons, but the proportion of sources is of
interest.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>I raised a
total of $9188.81 from 125 individual contributors.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>94 of those contributions were $50 or
less and provided $3505.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri>My campaign
collected $5700 from fifteen political action groups.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The largest donations were $1000 each
from the Political Action Committee for Education, and $1000 from CWA-COPE,
which is supported by AFL-CIO.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT
face=Calibri>Representative Shirley Ringo</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>