Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Mark Beaubien Has $56,900; $22,000 from Personal PAC
Having had a contested primary election with Denny Driscoll, it would be expected that Barrington Hills Mark Beaubien spent the most of any of the legislators representing McHenry County.
Representing southern McHenry, a lot of Nunda Township and Cary and Fox River Grove north of Route 14, plus southwestern Lake County and Barrington Township, this liberal Republican spent $101,074 to defend his seat in the General Assembly.
During the six months, he took in $76,000 to off-set that $101,074. That he had $81,861 to begin with certainly was helpful. Beaubien ended up with $56,900.
Among local legislators, Beaubien got a higher percentage of his money from political action committees than anyone else. The ratio was 4-1. In dollars, $60,000 came from special interest groups organized as PACs, while $15,450 came from individuals and companies. Here's a story I did on Beaubien's early money.
In Illinois businesses may contribute directly to politicians without having to set up a political action committee. Those using the direct route to boost Beaubien include a casino firm (Penn National Gaming), RJ Reynolds, Safeway, Midwest Generation (think peaker plants), Dartmoor Homes, Consumer Lending Alliance (pay day loans?), Distilled Spirits Council of the US, Hawthorn National (race track), Chicago’s Diageo, Humana, Mayer Brown Rowe & Mauw (law firm), Nicole & Dart, Servicemaster, Target, the Alter Group, Union Pacific, CFSA of America, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., and Walgreens.
I did find these individuals:
And, significantly, $22,460 was contributed “in-kind.”
All was from pro-abortion groups. Here's part of the reason why.
Except for $377.25, which came from Planned Parenthood Votes Illinois, all was contributed by Personal PAC, the premier pro-abortion political action committee in Illinois, although it has been used as a conduit for homosexual money in McHenry County.
Most of Personal PAC’s money came too late to be reported in any newspaper, although I did catch some of it. The Windy City Times reported on how important the race was.
$4,774—over 20% of the total--was not reported until after the primary election.
I won’t dwell on the expenditures, but I do see that Sandy Perdue was paid for campaign support, as were members of the Tom (now deceased) Schober family.
Beaubien reports owing himself $85,761.38. The last loan listed was in 2001.
Other McHenry County legislators' campaign disclosure reports can be found under Tryon, Franks, and Althoff.
Representing southern McHenry, a lot of Nunda Township and Cary and Fox River Grove north of Route 14, plus southwestern Lake County and Barrington Township, this liberal Republican spent $101,074 to defend his seat in the General Assembly.During the six months, he took in $76,000 to off-set that $101,074. That he had $81,861 to begin with certainly was helpful. Beaubien ended up with $56,900.
Among local legislators, Beaubien got a higher percentage of his money from political action committees than anyone else. The ratio was 4-1. In dollars, $60,000 came from special interest groups organized as PACs, while $15,450 came from individuals and companies. Here's a story I did on Beaubien's early money.
In Illinois businesses may contribute directly to politicians without having to set up a political action committee. Those using the direct route to boost Beaubien include a casino firm (Penn National Gaming), RJ Reynolds, Safeway, Midwest Generation (think peaker plants), Dartmoor Homes, Consumer Lending Alliance (pay day loans?), Distilled Spirits Council of the US, Hawthorn National (race track), Chicago’s Diageo, Humana, Mayer Brown Rowe & Mauw (law firm), Nicole & Dart, Servicemaster, Target, the Alter Group, Union Pacific, CFSA of America, Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., and Walgreens.
I did find these individuals:
· Mitchell Asher of Palatine$450 was donated in amounts less that $150.01.
· David Dato of Waukegan
· Miriam Hoover of Glencoe
· Tony Leone, a lobbyist from Springfield
· Harriet Meyer of Chicago
· Steven Nemerovski of Chicago and
· Joe Powalowski of Cary. (Powalowski ran against me as a Democrat once.)
And, significantly, $22,460 was contributed “in-kind.”
All was from pro-abortion groups. Here's part of the reason why.Except for $377.25, which came from Planned Parenthood Votes Illinois, all was contributed by Personal PAC, the premier pro-abortion political action committee in Illinois, although it has been used as a conduit for homosexual money in McHenry County.
Most of Personal PAC’s money came too late to be reported in any newspaper, although I did catch some of it. The Windy City Times reported on how important the race was.
$4,774—over 20% of the total--was not reported until after the primary election.
I won’t dwell on the expenditures, but I do see that Sandy Perdue was paid for campaign support, as were members of the Tom (now deceased) Schober family.
Beaubien reports owing himself $85,761.38. The last loan listed was in 2001.
Other McHenry County legislators' campaign disclosure reports can be found under Tryon, Franks, and Althoff.
Labels: 52nd District, Dartmoor Homes, Denny Driscoll, Harriet Meyer, Mark Beaubien, Midwest Generation, Mitchell Asher, Penn National Gaming, Personal PAC, Planned Parenthood
