Showing posts with label Political Action Committee (PAC). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Action Committee (PAC). Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The PACman cometh in Palmetto Bay, but what is the expected return on this investment on just 2 candidates?


To candidates Brian Pariser and Tim Schaffer: What have you promised that it is worth 4 families to put together $7,500, including a $5,500 PAC (Political action committee) for this small municipal election? 

This PAC has sent out political mailers/advertisements, filled in my opinion, with political low blows, innuendo and tripe. The PAC has reported raising $5,500 in donations and loans on this single known report with $3,327.15 in expenditures reported to date. CLICK HERE to review the Palmetto Bay Concerned Residents PAC

This is a significant investment in just 2 candidates.  What do they expect in return?

And this does not include the personal donations that these residents have made to your campaigns

The families:
Jack Fell and Pam Reid
Anthony Gorman
Stuart Guthrie Family

Most Palmetto Bay residents are not big donors.  It is very unique that in Palmetto Bay, there appears to be a total of $7,500.00 in campaign monies coming from just four addresses.  This for a single municipal election.

Here are the reported donations to the PAC:

Jack Fell, 7210 Mitchell Drive, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158       $500.00 plus $3,000 loan (not from a candidate)
Ruth P. Reid, 7210 Mitchell Drive, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158  $500
Anthony Gorman, 14140 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158, $500
Phyllis Kaplan, 7898 Devonshire Way, Boulder CO 80301 $500 (out of state money)
Jean B. Guthrie Trust, 6969 SW 141 Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158, $500 (from a trust)

There have been direct donations to both Brian Pariser and Tim Schaffer from these same addresses:

Brian Pariser Campaign:
$100  10/09/12 Pamela Gorman, 14140 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$400  08/06/12 Stuart Guthrie, 6969 SW 141 Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$100  06/05/12 Anthony Gorman, 14140 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$200  06/05/12 Jack Fell, 7210 Mitchell Drive, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$100  06/05/12 Stuart Guthrie, 6969 SW 141 Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$100  02/27/12 Anthony Gorman, 14140 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158

Another gave directly, is listed on the PAC materials including the e-mail blast, but appears to have reported donating solely to the candidate:

$100 02/22/12 Gary Pastorella, 6940 SW 142 Terr, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158 to Brian Pariser
$100 06/21/12 Gary Pastorella, 6940 SW 142 Terr, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158 to Tim Schaffer

Tim Schaffer Campaign

$200  10/01/12 Jack Fell, 7210 Mitchell Drive, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$100  07/12/12 Pamela Gorman, 14140 SW 72 Avenue, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$400  08/23/12 Stuart Guthrie, 6969 SW 141 Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158
$100  07/25/12 Stuart Guthrie, 6969 SW 141 Street, Palmetto Bay, FL 33158

The Gorman family has reported $500.00 to the PAC, $300.00 to Pariser, $100 to Schaffer
The Guthrie family has reported $1,000.00 to the PAC, $500.00 to Pariser, $500 to Schaffer
The Fell family as reported $1,000 in donations and $3,000 in loans to the PAC, $200 to Pariser, $200 to Schaffer

$2,500.00 Total reported donations from the above to PAC that benefits 2 candidates and directly to their campaigns.
$3,000.00 total loans to the PAC that benefits the 2 candidates.

$7,500.00 from a total of 4 addresses in a single municipal campaign? What is the expected return on investment?