<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv1489524957"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_49" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Here's some more information on those mentioned but not further identified:</div><div id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_49" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;" class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_51"><br></span></div><div id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_49" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_129">Foster Friess</span><span style="font-size:12pt;"> Bankrolled Rick Santorum's campaign. He became famous for the "Bayer </span>Aspirin<span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_133"> as birth control" remark."</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">In addition to Santorum's faith, pro-life stance, and hawkish foreign policy leanings, the possibility of defeating incumbent</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; ">President
Barack Obama</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">was a major component of Friess's decision to back Santorum's campaign.</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_155"> </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">Friess is reportedly considering major contributions to</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crossroads" title="American Crossroads" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128);
background-image: none; ">American Crossroads</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">in hopes to influence key 2012 senate races.</span><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-9" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_205">[10]</a></sup></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_141">Friess has also donated $100,000 to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Wisconsin Governor</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_(politician)" title="Scott Walker (politician)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Scott Walker</a> to help defeat the Democrats' <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_election" title="Recall election" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">recall</a> effort in 2011. In addition, he has reportedly donated more than $3 million to the conservative commentator <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Tucker
Carlson</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Caller" title="The Daily Caller" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">The Daily Caller</a> website.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-MSN01_6-1" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_note-MSN01-6" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_143">[7]</a></sup> At one of the semi-annual, private seminars held by the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_family" title="Koch family" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Koch brothers</a> in June 2011, Friess was recognized for his donation exceeding $1 million to <a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family" title="Political activities of the Koch family" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">the Kochs' political activities</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-10" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_Friess#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_136">[</a>(Wikipedia)</sup></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_140"><span style="text-decoration:underline;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_149">John Bryan</span> "<span
style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, serif; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 2em; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_165">Bryan’s $37 million family trust, the Challenge Foundation, contributes heavily and regularly to conservative causes like challenging global warming research and scaling back government in addition to lending its name to public schools like the Thomas Jefferson charter
school.</span><span id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_185" class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_83" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12px; line-height: 2em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:13px;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_175">He’s a national figure in libertarian circles when it comes to charter schools, and spoke last June about the push to expand charter schools at an annual retreat held by the billionaire Koch brothers, according to a copy of the retreat’s<span style="text-decoration:underline;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_178"> agenda</span></span></span><span class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_86" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12px; line-height: 2em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; "><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:13px;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_160"> obtained by the Center for American Progress".(Think
Progress.org)</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 2em; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_179"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, serif; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_184"><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:13px;text-decoration:underline;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_181"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Larry Williams</span> </span><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; "> </span><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:13px;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_187"> "</span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(233, 242, 249); ">Larry
Williams is associated with several companies,
including </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(233, 242, 249); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_193"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.corporationwiki.com/Idaho/Boise/alumni-forest-products-inc-4681631.aspx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(35, 97, 161);font-weight:bold;cursor:pointer;">Alumni Forest Products, Inc.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.corporationwiki.com/Idaho/Boise/idaho-timber-corporation-of-mountain-home-inc-2466032.aspx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(35, 97, 161);font-weight:bold;">Idaho Timber Corporation of
Mountain Home,
Inc.</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.corporationwiki.com/Idaho/Boise/idaho-timber-corporation-of-wiergate-inc/29997228.aspx" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(35, 97, 161);font-weight:bold;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_190">Idaho Timber Corporation of Wiergate, Inc.</a>" (Corporationwiki.com) He's a major donor to BSU, including the stadium expansion.</span></div><div style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_179"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(233, 242, 249); text-decoration:
underline; font-weight: bold; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_195">Frank Baxter</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(233, 242, 249); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_207"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> Ambassador to Uruguay under GW Bush.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; line-height: 2em; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_179"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(233, 242, 249); color:
rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_198"><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Frank E. Baxter was born in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_California" title="Northern California" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Northern California</a> in 1938.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-1" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-1"
class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-nndb_0-1" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-nndb-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-1" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> He served in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" title="U.S. Air Force" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">U.S. Air Force</a> for four years.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-2" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-2" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-nndb_0-2" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-nndb-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-2" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> In 1961, he graduated from the<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California_at_Berkeley" title="University of California at Berkeley" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">University of California at Berkeley</a> with a B.A. in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics"
title="Economics" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Economics</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-3" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-3" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-fremont_3-1" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-fremont-3"
style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-3" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_California" title="Bank of California" style="text-decoration:none;
color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Bank of California</a> in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">San Francisco</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-4" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-4" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);
background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> In 1963, he joined J.S. Strauss and Company, San Francisco.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">From 1974 to 2002, he
worked for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferies_and_Company" title="Jefferies and Company" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Jefferies and Company</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-6" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-4" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-6"
class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> By 1987, he became its <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO" title="CEO" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">CEO</a>, and started the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_Technology_Group" title="Investment Technology Group" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Investment Technology Group</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-7" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-fremont_3-2" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-fremont-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-7" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">He has served on the Board of Directors of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ" title="NASDAQ" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">NASDAQ</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Industry_Association" title="Securities Industry Association" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Securities Industry Association</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-8" class="yiv1489524957reference"
style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-6" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-nndb_0-3" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-nndb-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-fremont_3-3" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-fremont-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-8" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_College" title="Fremont College" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Fremont College</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-fremont_3-4" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-fremont-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);
background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">He is also the Chairman of the Board of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_College-Ready_Public_Schools" title="Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=After-School_All_Stars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="yiv1489524957new" title="After-School All Stars (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165, 88, 88);background-image:none;">After-School All Stars</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-9"
class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-7" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-9" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> He is a Board Member of the<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_the_Arts" title="California Institute of the Arts" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">California Institute of the Arts</a>, a member of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_Schwarzenegger" title="Governor Schwarzenegger" class="yiv1489524957mw-redirect" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Governor Schwarzenegger</a>'s Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Vice Chairman of the Board of the<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Opera" title="Los Angeles
Opera" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Los Angeles Opera</a>, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-10" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-8" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0,
128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-6" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-7" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-nndb_0-4" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="
line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-nndb-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-fremont_3-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-fremont-3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-10" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> He sits
on the Board of Overseers of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Institution" title="Hoover Institution" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Hoover Institution</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-8" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> He is a Trustee of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_California_Berkeley_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="yiv1489524957new" title="University of California Berkeley Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165, 88, 88);background-image:none;">University of California Berkeley
Foundation</a> and the LA Chapter of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Have_A_Dream_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="yiv1489524957new" title="I Have A Dream Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165, 88, 88);background-image:none;">I Have A Dream Foundation</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-state_1-11" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-state-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-9" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0,
128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[10]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-embassy_2-9" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-embassy-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-nndb_0-5" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-nndb-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-11" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0,
128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> He is a member of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_American_Ambassadors" title="Council of American Ambassadors" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Council of American Ambassadors</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-ambassadors_4-12" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-ambassadors-4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;
">[5]</a></sup> Baxter is a member of the Board of Directors of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Council_on_International_Policy" title="Pacific Council on International Policy" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Pacific Council on International Policy</a>.<sup id="yiv1489524957cite_ref-10" class="yiv1489524957reference" style="line-height:1em;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_E._Baxter#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap;">[11]</a></sup></div><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_215">He is a member of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Club" title="California Club" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">California Club</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Country_Club" title="Los Angeles Country Club" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Los Angeles Country Club</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwanoy_Country_Club" title="Siwanoy Country Club" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;">Siwanoy Country Club</a>, and the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Club_of_New_York" title="University Club of New York" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_212">University Club of New
York</a>" (Wikipedia)</div><div style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yiv1489524957yui_3_7_2_20_1351696350137_215" class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_225"><b>"Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools</b> (LA Alliance) is a not-for-profit organization which operates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_schools" title="Charter schools" class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; ">charter schools</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; ">Los Angeles</a>" (Wikipedia) (18 schools).<br></div></span></div><h1 class="subPage" style="color: rgb(65, 100, 123); font-size: 24px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
letter-spacing: -1px; "><cufon class="cufon cufon-canvas" alt="William " style="display: inline-block !important; position: relative !important; vertical-align: middle !important; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 1px !important; width: 95px; height: 24px; "><br><cufontext style="display: inline-block !important; width: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; overflow: hidden !important; text-indent: -10000in !important; "></cufontext></cufon><cufon class="cufon cufon-canvas" alt="Oberndorf" style="display: inline-block !important; position: relative !important; vertical-align: middle !important; font-size: 1px !important; line-height: 1px !important; width: 118px; height: 24px; "><canvas width="136" height="23" style="position: relative !important; width: 136px; height: 23px; top: 2px; left: 0px; "></canvas><cufontext style="display: inline-block !important; width: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; overflow: hidden !important; text-indent:
-10000in !important; "></cufontext></cufon></h1><img alt="" src="http://excelined.org/Images/PageContentImages/BioLibrary/Oberndorf-Photo.jpg" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 3px; float: left; margin-right: 5px; "><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -1px; "><span style="font-weight: bold;">William Oberndorf</span> is chairman of the board of Aggregates U.S.A. and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, director emeritus of Plum Creek Timber Co, and founding partner of SPO Partners & Co. He is also co-founder, board member and past chairman of the Alliance for School Choice, a nationwide organization that works to bring about K-12 education reform and expand school choice for low-income families.
Oberndorf also serves as a trustee of The Thacher School, The University of California San Francisco Foundation, University School in Cleveland, Ohio and former trustee of Williams College. He has a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and B.A. from Williams College. He and his wife reside in California and have two sons.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; "> </span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><strong style="font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Calibri,
'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">"Bill and Susan Oberndorf:</strong><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; "> This Oberndorfs use their fortune, gained from Bill’s position as the managing director of the </span><a href="http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/content.asp?contentid=498%3Cbr%20/%3E" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">investment firm</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; "> SPO Partners, to funnel money to a wide variety of school choice and corporate education reform groups. In 2009, their </span><a href="http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/680/680299542/680299542_200912_990PF.pdf"
style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; "> gave $376,793 to AFC, $5,000 to the Center for Education Reform, and $50,000 to the Brighter Choice Foundation. Additionally, Bill Oberndorf gave </span><a href="http://hisvorpal.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/theyre-going-after-the-wisconsin-teachers/" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">half a million dollars</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; "> to the school choice front group All Children Matter between 2005 and 2007. At a recent education
panel, Bill Oberndorf was credited with giving “tens of millions” of dollars of his personal wealth to the school choice movement, and said that the passage of the Indiana voucher law was the “</span><a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2011/05/" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">gold standard</a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; ">” for what should be done across America" (</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.5px; font-size: 13px; ">ThinkProgress.org) The Indiana Voucher Law allows public money to flow to private schools, including religious schools (RF)</span><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "
class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">"The </span><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">Alliance for School Choice</b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> is the largest organization in the United States promoting </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_choice" title="School choice" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">school choice</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; "> programs. The Alliance for School choice supports the
creation and expansion of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher" title="School voucher" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">school voucher</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">, corporate tax credit, and other school choice programs. The organization is headquartered in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_DC" title="Washington, DC" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">Washington, DC</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; ">, is designated as a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)" title="501(c)(3)"
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Fisher</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.300000190734863px; "> is one of the heirs to the fortune of the founders of The Gap, worth an estimated $1.3 billion. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">John co-owns pro baseball's Oakland A's, donates to KIPP schools for underprivileged.(Forbes) He's on the Board of KIPP, and the Alliance for School Choice (KIPP Website).</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">John Fery</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> Retired CEO and Chairman,
Boise Cascade.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">Kevin Settles</span> serves as President and Owner at Bardenay Restaurants and Distilleries, Boise, Idaho. Mr. Settles also serves as a Director at National Restaurant Association.(Business Week)<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration:
underline;">Harry Bettis</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> rancher and banker. Major donor to Republicans.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.316666603088379px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_7_2_19_1351779441785_231"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;
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<font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Janesta <janesta@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>; Penni Cyr <cpenni@gmail.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:52 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Itemized Contributions (Education Voters of Idaho)<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv1489524957"><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style=""><span></span></div><div><div style="">Courtesy of the Idaho Statesman at:</div><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;white-space:nowrap;">http://tinyurl.com/d76jq42</span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px;white-space:nowrap;"> </span></div><div style="">------------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="yiv1489524957title" style="margin:0px auto;"><font size="3"><span style="">Mayor Bloomberg, Albertson's heir Scott gave combined $450,000 to Education Voters of Idaho</span></font></h1><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Education Voters of Idaho complied with a court order Wednesday afternoon and reported raising $641,160 since its formation in August. The disclosure frees the group to spend $392,500 it had banked as of Oct. 21.</span></div><div
style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">The top contributors are Joe Scott, a longtime backer of school reform, who gave $250,000; and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who gave $200,000 and was among the first three contributors. The next largest contribution -- $50,000 -- came from the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Bloomberg has clashed with teachers unions, who have spent more than $2.5 million in leading the opposition to Propositions 1, 2 and 3 on Tuesday's ballot.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Scott, a grandson of the grocery-store founder, did not respond to my request for comment last week. He chairs the J. A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, a major supporter of school reform efforts. Scott has been a large investor in K12 Inc., an online education company. The foundation ran
full-page newspaper ads in support of Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna's "Students Come First" reforms last year -- the laws subject to repeal Tuesday.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Bloomberg's spokeswoman did not reply to my email Tuesday, but the mayor obviously has more important matters on his mind.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">On Monday, 4th District Judge Mike Wetherell ordered the group to disclose under Idaho's Sunshine law, giving EVI until 3 p.m. today. Spending reported by EVI includes an already disclosed $200,350 for broadcast ads by an affiliated group, Parents for Education Reform, and polling and consulting in support of the propositions backed by Luna and Gov. Butch Otter. EVI had argued it was exempt from the law.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Wetherell's order barred EVI from raising or
spending money until it filed Sunshine reports. EVI's lawyer had originally said the group would appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court. But by late Tuesday, EVI said it would comply. Now, EVI can reactivate in the final days of what polls show to be a tight contest. EVI was sued by Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, who said failure to disclose would "eviscerate" the Sunshine law.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">Other contributors include Foster Friess of Jackson, Wyo., ($25,000), Hagadone Hospitality ($15,000); John Bryan of Lake Oswego, Ore., Clear Springs Foods, Idaho Forest Group, Intermountain Gas and M3 Eagle ($10,000 each); Larry Williams of Boise ($7,500); Frank Baxter of Los Angeles, Farmers Group Inc. of Los Angeles; John Fisher of San Francisco, William and Susan Oberndorf of San Francisco, the J.R. Simplot Co. and 13D Research of the Virgin Islands ($5,000 each); Premier Technology and U.S. Ecology
($2,500 each); John Fery of Boise, Ed Johnson of Wilder and Kevin Settles of Boise ($2,000 each); Harry Bettis of Emmett ($1,500), and GSA Direct of Boise, a company owned by partners who consulted on behalf of the Dynamis waste-to-energy project ($1,000).</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">The first three contributions came Sept. 18, about a month after the group's Aug. 16 formation. The three Sept. 18 donors were Bloomberg, the GOP governors group and Friess, a key donor to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.9em;"><span style="">On Sept. 19, M3 Eagle, the developer of a large planned community north of Eagle, contributed. Scott's check arrived Sept. 21.</span></div><div style="width:1px;height:1px;text-align:left;overflow:hidden;"><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="">Read more here:
http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/31/idahopolitics/mayor_bloomberg_albertsons_heir_scott_gave_combined_450000_educa#storylink=cpy</span></div></div></div><div style="">------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares"</div><div>http://www.MoscowCares.com</div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"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!)."</div><div><br></div><div>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div><div style=""><br>On Oct 31, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Janesta <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:janesta@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:janesta@gmail.com">janesta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style=""><div>200k??? The
mayor of NYC??? What's up with that??<br><br>Janesta<br><br><div class="yiv1489524957gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv1489524957gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Here are the itemized contributions provided to Education Voters of Idaho. This financial disclosure report was posted to the Idaho Secretary of State's site this afternoon at 3 pm (MDT).<br>
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Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .<br>
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"Moscow Cares"<br>
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Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
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"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!)."<br>
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- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>
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