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PGE & PP&L's Very Deceptive Campaign
(...and PGE claims "We're not Enron!")
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In
their television commercials and literature, Citizens against
the Government Takeover gives the impression that they're average
people like you and I. Viewing the Contributions and Expenditures
Report, required by the state, paints a different picture. The
CAGT campaign is led by Brian Gard, senior executive of Gard and
Gerber, the public relations and advertising firm you see listed
below.
Of the twenty-three
attorneys/lawyers listed below, it appears that all of them work
for law firms who
represent
one of
the utilities or work for PGE itself. State law requires that contributors
list their occupation or provide employer information.
Did you know
that you can contribute $50 (single filer) or $100 (joint filers)
to us and receive a dollar-for-dollar credit for state income
taxes owed? [Details] |
Through the November
24 reporting period, contributions totaled almost $3 million of which
$2,970,762 (99.15%) came from PacifiCorp and PGE in cash and in-kind.
All other contributions totaled just $25,532, with much of that coming
from utility
executives and attorneys whose law firms work for PGE or PP&L.
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1st
Pre-Election
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2nd
Pre-Election
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1st
Supplement
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2nd
Supplement
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Post-Election
(to 11/24/03)
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Total
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| PGE |
$195,012
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$765,969
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$1,041
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$6,393
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$441,655
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$1,410,070
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| PacifiCorp |
$552,072
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$118,236
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$233,206
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$233,612
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$423,566
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$1,560,692
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| Total |
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$2,970,762
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Others |
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$25,532
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Source: Compiled from C&E reports directly and from data compiled by Oregon
Follow the Money.
Comcast (cable company)
contributed $10,000 in the 2nd reporting period.
The
following is just the 1st Pre-Election Report
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June 12 through
September 18, 2003
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$0 beginning balance
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$513,531 cash
contributions
$247,084 in-kind
$760,615 total contributions |
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$501,769 cash expenditures
$247,084 in-kind
$748,853 total expenditures |
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$11,761 ending
cash balance
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Miscellaneous Contributions
of $50 & under - $406.15 (of
$760,615.00)
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- $552,072
- PacifiCorp
- $195,012
- PGE
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$1,000 - James Fell, Attorney
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$1,000 - Henry Hewitt, Attorney
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$1,000 - Katherine McDowell, Attorney
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$500 - Gregory Mowe, Attorney
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$500 - James Van Nostrand, Attorney
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$500 - Marcus Wood, Attorney
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$400 - Robert G. Kallen, Retired
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$250 - Melvin Mark, CEO, Melvin Mark Companies
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$250 - Matt Chapman, Cantrisoft
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$250 - Christopher Heuer, Lawyer
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$250 - Charles Lewis III, Lawyer
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$250 - Tom Wood, Attorney
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$250 - Joan Snyder, Attorney
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$250 - Ashford Pacific
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$250 - Stephen Hawke, Vice President, PGE
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$250 - Alan Blank, Attorney
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$250 - Gun Denhart, Chairman, clothing industry
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$250 - Andrew Gardner, Attorney
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$250 - Richard Josephson, Attorney
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$250 - Dennis Leybold, Attorney
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- $250 - Andrew
Macritchie, Vice President, PacifiCorp
- $250 -
Fred Miller, Executive Vice President, PGE
- $250 -
Northwest Natural Gas
- $250 -
Pamela Lesh, Attorney
- $250 -
Bernie Bottomly, Attorney
- $250 -
Ronald Grossman, Lawyer
- $250 -
Charles Hinkle, Lawyer
- $250 -
Margaret Kirkpatrick, Attorney
- $250 -
Michael Pittman, Senior Vice President, PacifiCorp
- $250 -
A. Richard Walje, Executive, PacifiCorp
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$200 - James Piro, PGE
- $200 -
Stephen Quennoz, PGE
- $150 -
Vistoria MacPherson, Attorney
- $100 -
Deane Funk, Attorney
- $100 -
Precision Castparts
- $100 -
Patrick Cox, CEO, Qsent
- $100 -
Richard Reiten, Executive, NW Natural
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$50 - Robert Manicke, Attorney
- $50 -
Samuel Panarella, Lawyer
- $25 - Mark Starrett,
rate analyst
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Here
is a partial breakdown of expenditures for the 1st Pre-Election Report:
The
in-kind donations show items like printing, voter's
pamphlet statements, etc. One of the more interesting
items is labeled "Employee time".
- $70,352 - in-kind
PacifiCorp "employee time" contribution
- $52,010 - in-kind
PGE "employee time" contribution
- $213,425 - Gard & Gerber
- $2,800
- Multnomah County (voter's pamphlet statements)
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