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Evasporque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 11:34 PM
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Bargain this Scotty!! How about we collectively ignore your supporters?
"Do you support Scott Walker...?"



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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 11:36 PM
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1. Got this in an email...
The following is a list of companies and PACs (Political Action Committees) that had at least one contribution of $5,000 or more to Scott Walker's campaign, often by a company principal (i.e., owner) in the case of individual contributions. (Source is a Facebook site called Boycott Scott Walker Contributors. See also wisdc.org, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.)

List 1: Companies and PAC's that gave over $5,000
Ask your dentist, insurance agent, and local realtor if they know how their state association's PAC money was spent.

Concerned Realtors Committee (know any "concerned" realtors?)
Realtors PAC
KochPAC Natural Resources (this is the Koch Brothers -pronounced "Coke" )
WI Dental PAC (WIDPAC) (know any dentists?)
People for Rebecca Kleefisch
Building a Better WI/Wisconsin Builders Association
ABCPAC-WIS
Wal-Mart Stores/WAL-PAC (send a letter to your local WalMart manager)
Tavern Industry PAC (know any union folks who drink at local taverns?)
Republican Party of Wisconsin
HNTB Holdings Ltd PAC
AT&T Wisconsin Employee PAC (formerly SBC)
Operating Engineers 139 PAC (know any operating engineers?)
Republican Party Milwaukee Co
Managed Health Services/Centene PAC
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance (Is your insurance through
Northwestern Mutual?)
TDS Telecom
WI Credit Union League Action Fund (WCULAF) (know any credit union
administrators?)
Deere & Company PAC - WI (planning to buy any equipment this spring?)
FONEPAC Telecommunications & Computers
Friends of Alberta Darling
Eli Lilly and Company PAC (Choose medications from another company?)
Friends & Neighbors of Robin Vos
WellPAC Wellpoint Inc
WI Insurance Alliance PAC (Time to change insurance agents?)
WI Pipe Trades PAC (Know anyone in the Pipe trades?)
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List 2 : Employers of people who contributed $5,000 or more to Walker
How many worker-type employees do you know who would donate $5,000? Really worth a look.

ABC Supply Co
Agrecol Corp
Allen Edmonds Shoes
AMK Concepts & Services
Anew Health Care Services Inc
AO Smith Corp
Apache Stainless Steel
Artisan Partners
Atlantic DQ
Audio Implements/GKC
Badger Meter
Baraboo Growth (an personal investment management group based in Milwaukee)
Bevco Ergonomic Seating
Blomquist Benefits Consulting
Boerke Co Inc
Bradley Foundation
Brian Retzlaff Trucking
Briggs & Stratton (think those donors were line workers?)
Burke Properties
Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Call Solutions
Campbell Wrapper Corp
Carpenter (do some checking - any connection to Carpenter Glass?)
CD Smith Construction
Chambers & Owen
Charro Restaurante
Charter Manufacturing
Church Mutual Insurance
Cobalt Partners LLC
Commonwealth Development Corp.
Continental Properties Co Inc
County Concrete
Couri Insurance Agency
Custom Pak Products
EBY-Brown Co
Einhorn Associates
Emergency Medicine Specialists
Endeavors Group
Fabco Equipment Inc
Fashion Angels Enterprises
Feather Larson & Synhorst
Fiduciary Management
First American Funding
Fisher Barton Inc
Glenora Co
GMR Marketing
Gogebic Taconite LLC
Gold Leaf Development
Hal Leonard Publishing
Hammes Co
Harris Associates
Hay Creek Pallett
Heartland Advisors
Hexagon Investments
High Crossing Development Corp
Holton Brothers Construction
Horton Group
Hovde Financial
Hy Cite Corp
I-Robot
Iconica
Inpro Corp
Insight Industries
Irgens Development Partners
Johnson Controls
Johnsonville Foods (there are other brat manufacturers!)
JSD Professional Services Inc
Kapur & Associates
KBS Construction
Koss Corp
Krier Foods
Kwik Trip
Lorman Education Services
Lubar & Co
M&I Bank
Meissner, Tierney, et al
Michels Corp
Midwest Neurosurgical
Milksource
MillerCoors
Minnesota Wild
MJ Construction Inc
Morrison Creek Cranberry
Nicholas Company Inc
Nova Surgical LLC
Orthopaedic Associates of...
PACUR
Panduit Corp
Paper Machinery Corp
Payne & Dolan
Pinstripe Inc
Plastic Surgery Group
Prent Corp
Promotions Unlimited
RCI FirstPathway Partners
Reiman Publications
Richardson Industries
Rite Hite Corp
Roehl Transport
Salomon Smith Barney
Sargento Inc
SC Johnson & Sons
Schneider National
School choice
Sendik's Food Market
Shannon Sales Inc
SIG Financial Holdings
Specialty Underwriters
St John Properties Inc
Standard Process Laboratories
Stark Investments
Super Steel Products
Tamarack Petroleum Co
Tankcraft Corp
ThedaCare (I don't think this was from a nurse at Theda Clark hospital!)
Tries & Rice
Uihlein Wilson Architects
US Counseling Service
US Oil Co (any surprise here?)
V Duane Rath Foundation
Wausau Homes (or here?)
Wausau Paper (" ")
West Allis Salvage
West Bend Clinic
Zenith Tech

How do people who work for, or more often own, these companies gain from Walker's role as governor? This is all material for one-to-one conversations in our local communities.

NGU.

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Evasporque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 11:37 PM
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2. That is the Sh!t!!......thnx! nt
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FeelingBlue Donating Member (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-28-11 12:35 AM
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3. I just wrote to Johnsonville
and told them that we will not be buying their products. Usingers is better anyway.
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