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

[Michael Brooks]

I'm glad you did the research, Rebecca; thank you. But I was so looking 
forward to combating the looming threat to our way of life from Danish 
influence (terrorist butter -- imagine the consequences!).

--Mike Brooks

On 5/7/2012 8:39 AM, Rebecca Board wrote:
> Dick, you have driven me to actually review the first quarter campaign 
> donations for 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <http://www.thedurhamnews.com/2012/05/05/211986/durham-progressives-are-the-big.html>
>
>     Dick
>
>
>
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