[Durham INC] Durham News Article: Durham Progressives Are the Big-Money Candidates

[Matt Dudek]

Thanks for the research and time Rebecca.

- Matt
*Cleveland-Holloway*

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rebecca Board <prop_mgr at downingcreek.org>wrote:

> Dick, you have driven me to actually review the first quarter campaign
> donations for the  the Durham Partnership for Progress Super PAC and for
> the candidate Wendy Jacobs whom you single out.   Fun reading.  What I see
> leads me to very different conclusions.
>
> The Durham Partnership for Progress has received $51,000 from a single
> donor, Southern Durham Development.
>
> Meanwhile, Wendy raised less than half as much from around 180 people and
> a few organizations.  Most of these donations were in the $15 - $100 range.
>  Yes, there are about 30 donations listed from out of state - the largest
> of which is from one Barbara Jacobs.   Yup, sounds like family and friends
> to me.
>
> So what I see is one business spending a lot of money for the sole purpose
> of electing a commission which will vote to support their
> one controversial development project.
>
> In contrast we have an candidate who seems to have a heck of a lot of
> people who believe that she will make an outstanding county commissioner.
>  Count me among them.
>
> --Rebecca Board
>
>
> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Richard Ford <rbford at aim.com> wrote:
>
>> I found another very informative Op-Ed entitled:
>>
>> *Durham Progressives Are the Big-Money Candidates*
>>
>>
>> www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/05/05/211986/durham-progressives-are-the-big.html
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
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