Candidates for election are required to disclose to the public the source of their campaign contributions. The information on candidates for State positions is readily available on the Secretary of State's Campaign Reporting Information System, and the information on candidates for Federal positions can be found on many different websites (Federal Election Commission, for example).
The municipal campaign finance statements are technically just as open, but since they are only available on paper at the Town Clerk's office, very few people read them. In a previous post I listed the names of major contributors to the successful reelection of Mayor Giuliano. This post covers the campaign finance statements of the "Middletown Democrats 2009", which supported the campaigns of Democratic candidates for Common Council, Planning and Zoning, and the Board of Education.
The Democrats raised and spent a total of $13,698 for their highly successful reelection campaigns for the non-mayoral candidates.
Here is a brief description of the top donors:
- Gerald Daley, Ronald Klattenberg, Vincent Loffredo, and Tom Serra are members of the Common Council. Elizabeth Santangelo is married to Robert Santangelo, also a council member.
- William Grady and Judith Russo were candidates for the Board of Education.
- Dan Russo is the chair of the Democratic Town Committee and was a candidate for P&Z.
- The Central Connecticut Carpenters local is a union.
1 comment:
Interesting, not a single developer. They know who to contribute to in order to gain influence in Town Hall and its not the Dems.
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