Community | August 04, 2011 | 20 comments

WTF??? Unknown firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, then dissolves

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44011308/ns/politics-decision_2012/

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SerialGramma
Something is wrong in America when this happens:

"Records offer no clues who was behind mystery company that donated to 'super PAC'"

A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved just months after it was formed, leaving few clues as to who was behind one of the biggest contributions yet of the 2012 presidential campaign.

A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney has been dissolved just months after it was formed, leaving few clues to who was behind it.

The existence of the million-dollar donation — as gleaned from campaign and corporate records obtained by NBC News — provides a vivid example of how secret campaign cash is being funneled in ever more circuitous ways into the political system.

The company, W Spann LLC, was formed in March by a Boston lawyer who specializes in estate tax planning for “high net worth individuals,” according to corporate records and the lawyer’s bio on her firm’s website.

The corporate records provide no information about the owner of the firm, its address or its type of business.
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20 comments // WTF??? Unknown firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, then dissolves

  • Incredulous
  • Joeydee44
  • sharin
  • Milieu
    • +1
      Milieu  

    • Top [10] Individual Contributors

      Based on data released by the FEC on on July 05, 2011.

      *****1,2,3, 6,7, 8, 9, 10 all gave to Republic Syndicate *******

      1st % = Democratic 2nd % = Rep.Syn. 3rd % = Other

      1 Groff, Howard & Susan L.
      Northwest Excavating
      Northridge, CA $169,300 0% 100% 0%

      2 Donahue, John F. & Rhodora
      Federated Investors Inc
      Pittsburgh, PA $158,565 0% 97% 3%

      3 Satter, Muneer & Hertel, Kristen
      Goldman Sachs
      Winnetka, IL $150,200 0% 98% 3%

      6 Schweitzer, Edmund O III & Beatriz
      Schweitzer Engineering Labs
      Pullman, WA $133,200 0% 100% 0%

      7 Busch, August III & Virginia
      Attorney
      St. Peters, MO $130,100 0% 100% 0%

      8 Edwards, Bill L. & Joanne R.
      Bill Edwards Presents
      Treasure Island, FL $128,400 0% 100% 0%

      9 Simmons, Harold C. & Annette C.
      Contran Corp
      Dallas, TX $121,900 0% 100% 0%

      10 Rooney, L. Francis III & Kathleen
      Rooney Holdings
      Naples, FL $115,800 0% 100% 0%

      ******4 and 5 gave to Democratic Party****

      4 Schwartz, Bernard L. & Irene
      Loral Space & Communications
      New York, NY $144,400 100% 0% 0%

      5 Williams, John E. Jr. & Sheridan
      Williams Kherkher
      Houston, TX $139,729 97% 1% 2%

      http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php

    • 10 months ago
  • SerialGramma
  • Paratus
  • SerialGramma
    • +4
      SerialGramma  
    • Paratus:

      Just so you know. it would be impossible for Soros to give that much to the Party or to Obama - there are maximums that don't even come close to $1M.. $2,500 for an individual to give to candidate/$30,800 for individual to give to Party. There are maxs for corporations/PACs to give to each too, but look for yourself before you talk... I'm not going to google for you.

    • 10 months ago
  • Paratus
    • 0
      Paratus  
    • SerialGramma:

      I'm aware of the max per individual. I am also aware of the organizations he controls through which he can funnel amounts in excess of the max. I'm not going to Google them for you.

    • 10 months ago
  • Mark701
  • Richard_Wyatt
  • Paratus
  • bike10
  • milojacks
  • Vic_Romano
  • Frosty46
    • +5
      Frosty46  

    • The money that will flow into the next pretend election cycle will be INSANE! Rome is burning and no one has any water-----------

    • 10 months ago
  • Conniepae
    • +3
      Conniepae  
    • Frosty46:

      No it's not Rome burning. It's America being ripped apart for political and financial gain. Those who are responsible for our possible demise made large sums of money in the process.

      Sadly, they have taken over media in America and instead of looking in the mirror, we are spun with disinformation, leading us to believe 'others' are responsible for the problems we are experiencing. They are leading people to believe, seniors and the poor caused our problems. That's 'spin' to the max! While we have been lead to believe we should just move along to their wrongs!

    • 10 months ago
  • SerialGramma
    • +3
      SerialGramma  
    • Conniepae:

      Besides the spin the media gives us, there is so much distraction from what they are doing - waving the one hand while the other hand sneaks something thru.

      Money in elections has done nothing but corrupt... TV/Radio account execs don't even have to sell ad time... groups are buying it up so fast, (especially here in WI during our Recall Elections) I don't even see ads for meds much!

    • 10 months ago
  • Incredulous
  • attilatheblond
  • attilatheblond
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