Sticking to the issue of campaign contributions, there's no shortage of interesting stuff to be found in Adams' D-2s.
Like this:
| Searle, Gideon and Nandy Occupation: President Employer: Serafin Group | 92 Woodley Rd. Winnetka, IL 60093 | $2,500.00 9/14/2006 | Individual Contribution Friends of Chris Adams |
Mr. Searle, of Winnetka, is on the board of trustees for American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy (AEI). AEI is a right wing conservative group, largely funded by Exxon Mobil. The group made recent headlines for offering climatologists $10,000 de facto bribes to publicly come out against the UN's latest IPCC report, which said humans were responsible for global warming trends.
Mr Seale, and the Serafin Group (also listed in certain places as "Seratin Group") have been active contributors to political campaigns in the past. Unsuprisingly, all previous donations-- prior to Mr Adams-- have gone to true-blue (red?) Republicans. Namely, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin's 1st district, and Richard Keller of Florida's 8th district.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, per se. Adams is probably the most conservative candidate running in the 49th this year, and he's bound to get support from Republicans. I don't think it's very representative of the people of this ward, though-- which perhaps explains why so many of Adams' big donors live elsewhere.
Speaking of which... holy ----!:
| Herro, David | 65 E. Goethe St. Chicago, IL 60610 | $15,000.00 2/10/2007 | 1A Friends of Chris Adams |
That's not an in-kind donation, so far as I can tell. That's 15 large, cash money. Why Mr. Gerro, an investment broker from the Gold Coast, is so generous in an election outside of his ward is a mystery to me. Unless I put my cynical hat on, in which case it's a little more clear, but a lot more depressing.
*Title and picture shamelessly ripped off from this great movie.
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