Campaign finance reports can often reveal something about a candidate. Sometimes those things are interesting, weird or, in some cases, kind of disturbing. What would you say about a candidate who got the following contributions and has a primary next Tuesday?
$100 Self
$200 Contribution from the current incumbent’s campaign account
$1,500 loan from self
$99 Real Estate Broker, T Wall Properties (McFarland)
$50 Construction Project Manager, T Wall Properties (Deerfield) (name is spelled wrong on report)
$99 Vice President of Business Development, T Wall Properties (Maple Bluff)
$99 Wife of Vice President of Business Development, T Wall Properties (Maple Bluff)
$25 Has a common name, didn’t want to guess, appears to work with the real estate industry (Verona)
$250 Terrence Wall (Maple Bluff)
$249 Helen Wall (Maple Bluff)
$20 Business Manager/Financial Secretary International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 159 (no address, appears to live on the west side of Madison)
$200 Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council (PAC contribution)
$200 John Flad (lives on west side of Madison)
$50 Vice President, Flad Development (Middleton)
$50 Employee, Flad Development (Waunakee)
$50 Employee, Flad Development (Oregon)
Of these 16 contributions, 2 are from the candidate, 1 comes from a campaign committee, 1 comes from a PAC, 10 (62%) are from people who don’t live in the City of Madison, 11 (68%) work for T Wall or Flad or are the wives of people who work at those companies, not one single contribution from a non-candidate resident inside the district.
I count this one, somewhat disturbing. Wondering who the candidate is, check it out for yourself, here and here. (Note: a little time on the Clerk’s website and google and you’ll find the information above, and maybe more.)
