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October 27, 2010

Make it Rain, the prequel

Filed under: Alameda, City Council, Election — Tags: — Lauren Do @ 6:06 am

After I looked at the list yesterday, I did notice that it seemed like there were some contributions missing.   And the only reason I remembered was that in the back of my head I recalled that Bill Schaff had made some early contributions to some candidates and I didn’t recall typing his name down for yesterday’s list.

But first, Tracy Jensen had a few additions to her expenditure list, which was uploaded yesterday.

Tracy Jensen

  • Non itemized contributions (less than $100): $359
  • Contributions less than $250
    1. Chris Jensen
    2. Nate Miley for Supe

Then there were a whole lot of contributions made to Frank Matarrese and Rob Bonta before the first “official” expenditure reports for the November election were due, so they were reported in the summer.   Marie Gilmore and Lena Tam were others than had more modest contributions during this period.

And in other campaign finance news, John Knox White over on In Alameda has posted a table that details the percentage of contributions that were over the $250 limit.   Much in the same vein that I changed my itemization breakdown from $300 to $250, JKW tracked the percentage that exceeded that limit as that was the arbitrarily selected amount that was going to go toward campaign finance reform.

Frank Matarrese

  • Non itemized contributions (less than $100): $4054
  • Contributions less than $250
    1. Michael Budd
    2. Steven Gerstle
    3. Judy Gerstle
    4. Jim & Roberta Rockwell
    5. Rosemary Reilly
    6. Suzanne Lindsey
    7. Plato Wong
    8. Terry Flippo
    9. Charles Coleman
    10. Judith Briggs-Marsh
    11. Marita & Frances Cheng
    12. Charles Millar
    13. Tracy Jensen
    14. Joyce & David Mercado
    15. SK Auto
    16. Dr. Stewart Chen
    17. Lars Hansson
    18. Anne Everton
    19. Frank Matarrese, Sr.
    20. Leslie Guerin
    21. Jacqueline Keenan
    22. Tom Hashimoto
    23. Jan Franz
    24. Marilyn Ezzy
    25. Pat Colburn
    26. Judith Briggs-Marsh
    27. Fanny Li
    28. Robert Jue
    29. Halton Suen
    30. Richard Hirano
    31. Nancy Li
    32. Yi Ling Tsao
    33. Frances Chow
    34. Donna Leung & Rosina Ko
    35. Yvonne Ye
    36. Francis Lan
    37. David Glett & Conchita Chen
    38. Judy Yu
    39. Harrison Huynh
    40. Tom Kurtubise
    41. Severine Cheng
    42. Rene Sheehan
    43. Clarice Minot
    44. John Piziali
  • Contributions more than $250
    1. Richard Bartalini ($250)
    2. Lynn Faris ($1100)
    3. Northern California Carpenters Regional ($1000)
    4. Chung & Nam Ly ($500)
    5. Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 ($500)
    6. Don & Suzanne Lindsey ($250)
    7. William Schaff ($500)
    8. UA Local 342 ($500)

Marie Gilmore

  • Non itemized contributions (less than $100): $577.65
  • Contributions less than $250
  • Contributions more than $250
    1. Seelenbacher Jewelers ($500)
    2. Paul Anders ($500)
    3. Stuart Engle ($700)

Rob Bonta

  • Non itemized contributions (less than $100): $1803
  • Contributions less than $250
    1. Benjamin Reyes
    2. Ronald Pineda
    3. Ken Folan
    4. Jonathan Soglin
    5. Ruth Belikove
    6. Ray Colmenar
    7. Victor Jin
    8. Aristotle Evia
    9. Rowena Manlapaz
    10. Andrew Currid
    11. Cecila Lee
    12. Edith Anderson-Wooley
    13. Bruce Occena
    14. Dan Margolis
    15. Jeffrey Rabkin
    16. Lee Harris
    17. Leo Lam
    18. Marshall Miligan
    19. Rachel Harris
    20. Robert Deutsch
    21. Matt Wallach
    22. Michael Schmitz
    23. Catherine Atkin
    24. Andrea Schorr
    25. Rob Connelly
    26. Gilbert Wong
    27. Karen Kenney
    28. Chris Adams
    29. Evan Ackiron
    30. Emil deGuzman
    31. Albert Wang
    32. Alice Lai-Bitker
    33. Island City Entertainment
    34. Marilyn Ng
    35. Scott Baird
    36. Wayne Nishioka
    37. Honora Murphy
    38. Jay Readey
    39. Adam Sullins
    40. Brad Williams
    41. Drema Brown
    42. Roderick Hsiao
  • Contributions more than $250
    1. Anthony Joseph ($1000)
    2. Friends of Rob Bonta ($4312.82)
    3. Warren Bonta ($500)
    4. Clement Roberts ($1000)
    5. Katherine Sandrini ($300)
    6. Jerry Meyer ($2500)
    7. Michael Kwun ($250)
    8. Sher Grosser ($2500)
    9. Cynthia Bonta ($1000)
    10. Jonathan Bonta ($1000)
    11. Bladium Sports Club ($500)
    12. Josh Wright ($500)
    13. Matthew Klein ($500)
    14. Tom Loveless ($250)
    15. Marco Bonaccorsi ($250)
    16. Ashok Ramani ($1001)
    17. Stefani Komaru ($250)
    18. Ahtossa Fullerton ($350)
    19. Bill Schaff ($250)
    20. Jacob Buchdahl ($500)
    21. Marshall Miller ($500)
    22. Dmitri Mehlhorn ($500)
    23. Ken Pon ($250)
    24. Shana Waterman ($250)
    25. Von Hughes ($250)
    26. Clement Roberts ($1000)
    27. Jay delos Reyes ($250)
    28. Ethan Balogh ($250)
    29. Larry Stupski ($1000)
    30. Mark Gerson ($1500)
    31. Michael Dela Cruz ($250)
    32. Ronald Wong ($250)
    33. Jonathan Zhu ($250)
    34. Alice Wilson-Fried ($250)
    35. Nicholas Gonzales-Yuen ($250)
    36. Damon Hemmerdinger ($250)
    37. James Oddie ($250)
    38. Stewart Chen ($250)

Lena Tam

  • Non itemized contributions (less than $100): $249
  • Contributions less than $250
    1. Rich Sherratt
    2. Karen Kenney
    3. Helen & Sam Sause
  • Contributions more than $250
    1. Tom Silva ($250)
    2. 80-20 PAC ($500)
    3. Norman Hui ($300)
    4. Lena Tam for Supervisor ($2445.39)
    5. Daphne Chu ($2500)
    6. Chun Hing Lam ($1300)

19 Comments »

  1. And, of course, there is anti-developer Beverly Johnson’s $10,000 contribution from Ron Cowan of Doric Development.

    He made that contribution to her failed run for supervisor but she rolled it over when she decided to run for City Council.

    No wonder Doug deHaan did not want to push for a vote on the Mif Albright course when only three council members were present last week. He was certain that the Mif would have lost, 2-1…

    Comment by Jon Spangler — October 27, 2010 @ 8:05 am

  2. Who says Johnson is anti-developer? Is it possible it depends on the developer? Just saying.

    Comment by Denise Shelton — October 27, 2010 @ 11:05 am

  3. So, who here isknows JHayes?

    Comment by Adam Gillitt — October 27, 2010 @ 11:06 am

  4. @3. Hey, I hear you had $0 in contributions??? Too bad your fellow AAN lemmings didn’t contribute even a single $ to a losing cause.

    Comment by David N — October 27, 2010 @ 11:37 am

  5. Michele Ellson posted an excellent editorial on the subject of SunCal and their interference in our election. She suggests that we make our feelings known by calling SunCal directly at(949)777-4000), or their campaign consultant, Gilliard Blanning at (916) 626-6804:

    The Island Comments: Enough is Enough.

    “Taxpayer Network and SunCal have spent unknown sums of money playing dirty politics with Alameda’s election.

    Call them at (916) 626-6804 or (949) 777-4000 and tell them to stop wasting our time with their mailers, tricks and TV ads

    http://www.theislandofalameda.com/2010/10/the-island-comments-enough-is-enough/

    Comment by dlm — October 27, 2010 @ 11:48 am

  6. How many ballots can Suncal place in the ballot box. I placed three in, I’ll bet that’s three more than Suncal can.

    Comment by Jack Richard — October 27, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

  7. Jack, sounds good as long as you only signed one. You did only sign one???

    Comment by John piziali — October 27, 2010 @ 12:49 pm

  8. #6 Wow you’re lucky, I only got to vote *once*.

    Comment by Dan Wood — October 27, 2010 @ 2:13 pm

  9. Vote early and often, just use an alias or initials as posters do here. And now there’s a SunCal TV ad attacking Johnson and DeHaan for lack of transparency, but we can be sure that the Sunshine Boys/Girl aren’t responsible, perhaps benefitting, but we know they will now attack SunCal for running these tricky dicky ads!

    Comment by Dennis Green — October 27, 2010 @ 2:49 pm

  10. I think the whole transparency thing is a smoke screen ;)

    Comment by Denise Shelton — October 27, 2010 @ 3:16 pm

  11. If you want to know more about money and politics, the League of Women Voters of Alameda will offer a presentation November 4 at the Alameda Free Library:

    “Illuminating the Connections Between Money and Politics”

    WHERE/WHEN: Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak Street, Alameda, on Thursday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m.

    MAPLight.org’s Deanna Dalton will describe the work of MAPLight.org, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization that provides citizens and journalists with the transparency tools needed to shine a light on the influence of money on politics. MAPLight.org offers these tools at no charge.
    MAPLight.org combines data on political contributions from its partners, the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics, along with government records and its own research, to track political contests at the national level and in California,
    MAPLight.org California’s web site “reveals campaign contributions to Assembly Members and Senators in the California State Legislature. We show how much interest groups like gas and electric utilities or attorneys and law firms contribute to your representatives in Sacramento.”

    More info:
    Cynthia Silva, LWVA Program Chair
    (415-576-2712/ Cynthia.Silva26@yahoo.com)
    http://www.alameda.ca.lwvnet.org/Public_Events.html

    Comment by Jon Spangler — October 27, 2010 @ 4:14 pm

  12. Well, we know Denise wouldn’t blow smoke out her ass, it’s way too cute! But Spangler??? Nothing butt.

    Comment by Dennis Green — October 27, 2010 @ 5:14 pm

  13. John. yeah but I used my left hand to sign my wife’s and my right foot to sign my kid’s.

    Sent them all with left-over xmas stamps.

    Comment by Jack Richard — October 27, 2010 @ 5:20 pm

  14. Jon, I didn’t know you do robo posts.

    Comment by Jack Richard — October 27, 2010 @ 6:11 pm

  15. Well, Jon has written a letter to the Sun, endorsing the SunCal Slate, while feigning impartiality, posted two letters here from Desert Valley council members (one convicted of conflict of interest) dissing Anne Marie Gallant, and cannot be trusted to be either honest or fair. As a public figure, a former “Advisor” to SunCal, he cannot be trusted, but pretends to be so.

    And hisnwife Linda just parrots his views. LOL, and that is NOT my ass sucking air!

    Comment by Dennis Green — October 27, 2010 @ 6:28 pm

  16. And now he’s making robo posts! Just makes one wonder where he learned the kind stuff that’s makes the voters in this town upset. And he espouses ‘shedding light’! The very idea!

    Comment by Jack Richard — October 27, 2010 @ 6:43 pm

  17. If Jon Spangler could at least acknowledge his mistakes, he would regain ten percent of the credibility that he has lost in the past few months. But his biases are so obvious that his errors just conform to his personal views until he looks ridiculous. And now his hero, Mr. Calthorpe, a lousy urban planner and even worse architect, is doing videos that must embarrass Jon. Cast iron ego? Or simply dense?

    Comment by Dennis Green — October 27, 2010 @ 7:55 pm

  18. Sanctimonious.

    Comment by RM — October 27, 2010 @ 9:17 pm

  19. Lauren may have to go back further than summer to get all the contributions listed.

    Comment by Kevis Brownson — October 27, 2010 @ 9:17 pm


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