[Vision2020] Itemized Contributions (Education Voters of Idaho)

Thu Nov 1 11:50:29 PDT 2012

Here's some more information on those mentioned but not further identified:

Foster Friess Bankrolled Rick Santorum's campaign. He became famous for the "Bayer Aspirin as birth control" remark."In addition to Santorum's faith, pro-life stance, and hawkish foreign policy leanings, the possibility of defeating incumbent President Barack Obama was a major component of Friess's decision to back Santorum's campaign. Friess is reportedly considering major contributions to American Crossroads in hopes to influence key 2012 senate races.[10]
Friess has also donated $100,000 to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to help defeat the Democrats' recall effort in 2011. In addition, he has reportedly donated more than $3 million to the conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller website.[7] At one of the semi-annual, private seminars held by the Koch brothers in June 2011, Friess was recognized for his donation exceeding $1 million to the Kochs' political activities.[(Wikipedia)
John Bryan  "Bryan’s $37 million family trust, the Challenge Foundation, contributes heavily and regularly to conservative causes like challenging global warming research and scaling back government in addition to lending its name to public schools like the Thomas Jefferson charter school.He’s a national figure in libertarian circles when it comes to charter schools, and spoke last June about the push to expand charter schools at an annual retreat held by the billionaire Koch brothers, according to a copy of the retreat’s agenda obtained by the Center for American Progress".(Think Progress.org)
Larry Williams   "Larry Williams is associated with several companies, including Alumni Forest Products, Inc., Idaho Timber Corporation of Mountain Home, Inc. and Idaho Timber Corporation of Wiergate, Inc." (Corporationwiki.com) He's a major donor to BSU, including the stadium expansion.
Frank Baxter  Ambassador to Uruguay under GW Bush.
"Frank E. Baxter was born in Northern California in 1938.[2][3][1][5] He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years.[2][3][1][5] In 1961, he graduated from theUniversity of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics.[2][3][4][5] From 1961 to 1963, he worked for the Bank of California in San Francisco.[2][5] In 1963, he joined J.S. Strauss and Company, San Francisco.[2][5]
From 1974 to 2002, he worked for Jefferies and Company.[2][3][5] By 1987, he became its CEO, and started the Investment Technology Group.[2][3][4][5]
He has served on the Board of Directors of NASDAQ and the Securities Industry Association.[2][3][1][4][5] He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of Fremont College.[6][4]
He is also the Chairman of the Board of Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools and After-School All Stars.[2][3][5] He is a Board Member of theCalifornia Institute of the Arts, a member of Governor Schwarzenegger's Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, Vice Chairman of the Board of theLos Angeles Opera, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[2][3][7][8][1][4][5] He sits on the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution.[9] He is a Trustee of the University of California Berkeley Foundation and the LA Chapter of the I Have A Dream Foundation.[2][10][3][1][5] He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.[5] Baxter is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy.[11]
He is a member of the California Club, the Los Angeles Country Club, the Siwanoy Country Club, and the University Club of New York" (Wikipedia)
"Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools (LA Alliance) is a not-for-profit organization which operates charter schools in Los Angeles" (Wikipedia) (18 schools).

William Oberndorf is chairman of the board of Aggregates U.S.A. and Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, director emeritus of Plum Creek Timber Co, and founding partner of SPO Partners & Co.  He is also co-founder, board member and past chairman of the Alliance for School Choice, a nationwide organization that works to bring about K-12 education reform and expand school choice for low-income families. Oberndorf also serves as a trustee of The Thacher School, The University of California San Francisco Foundation, University School in Cleveland, Ohio and former trustee of Williams College. He has a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and B.A. from Williams College.  He and his wife reside in California and have two sons. 

"Bill and Susan Oberndorf: This Oberndorfs use their fortune, gained from Bill’s position as the managing director of the investment firm SPO Partners, to funnel money to a wide variety of school choice and corporate education reform groups. In 2009, their Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation gave $376,793 to AFC, $5,000 to the Center for Education Reform, and $50,000 to the Brighter Choice Foundation. Additionally, Bill Oberndorf gave half a million dollars to the school choice front group All Children Matter between 2005 and 2007. At a recent education panel, Bill Oberndorf was credited with giving “tens of millions” of dollars of his personal wealth to the school choice movement, and said that the passage of the Indiana voucher law was the “gold standard” for what should be done across America"  (ThinkProgress.org) The Indiana Voucher Law allows public money to flow to private schools, including religious schools (RF)

"The Alliance for School Choice is the largest organization in the United States promoting school choice programs. The Alliance for School choice supports the creation and expansion of school voucher, corporate tax credit, and other school choice programs. The organization is headquartered in Washington, DC, is designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and receives its funding through private individual and foundation donations".(Wikipedia)

John Fisher  is one of the heirs to the fortune of the founders of The Gap, worth an estimated $1.3 billion. John co-owns pro baseball's Oakland A's, donates to KIPP schools for underprivileged.(Forbes) He's on the Board of KIPP, and the Alliance for School Choice (KIPP Website).

John Fery Retired CEO and Chairman, Boise Cascade.

Kevin Settles serves as President and Owner at Bardenay Restaurants and Distilleries, Boise, Idaho. Mr. Settles also serves as a Director at National Restaurant Association.(Business Week)

Harry Bettis rancher and banker. Major donor to Republicans.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

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 From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Janesta <janesta at gmail.com> 
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>; Penni Cyr <cpenni at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Itemized Contributions (Education Voters of Idaho)

Courtesy of the Idaho Statesman at:

http://tinyurl.com/d76jq42

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Mayor Bloomberg, Albertson's heir Scott gave combined $450,000 to Education Voters of Idaho
Education Voters of Idaho complied with a court order Wednesday afternoon and reported raising $641,160 since its formation in August. The disclosure frees the group to spend $392,500 it had banked as of Oct. 21.
The top contributors are Joe Scott, a longtime backer of school reform, who gave $250,000; and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who gave $200,000 and was among the first three contributors. The next largest contribution -- $50,000 -- came from the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.
Bloomberg has clashed with teachers unions, who have spent more than $2.5 million in leading the opposition to Propositions 1, 2 and 3 on Tuesday's ballot.
Scott, a grandson of the grocery-store founder, did not respond to my request for comment last week. He chairs the J. A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, a major supporter of school reform efforts. Scott has been a large investor in K12 Inc., an online education company. The foundation ran full-page newspaper ads in support of Idaho School Superintendent Tom Luna's "Students Come First" reforms last year -- the laws subject to repeal Tuesday.
Bloomberg's spokeswoman did not reply to my email Tuesday, but the mayor obviously has more important matters on his mind.
On Monday, 4th District Judge Mike Wetherell ordered the group to disclose under Idaho's Sunshine law, giving EVI until 3 p.m. today. Spending reported by EVI includes an already disclosed $200,350 for broadcast ads by an affiliated group, Parents for Education Reform, and polling and consulting in support of the propositions backed by Luna and Gov. Butch Otter. EVI had argued it was exempt from the law.
Wetherell's order barred EVI from raising or spending money until it filed Sunshine reports. EVI's lawyer had originally said the group would appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court. But by late Tuesday, EVI said it would comply. Now, EVI can reactivate in the final days of what polls show to be a tight contest. EVI was sued by Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, who said failure to disclose would "eviscerate" the Sunshine law.
Other contributors include Foster Friess of Jackson, Wyo., ($25,000), Hagadone Hospitality ($15,000); John Bryan of Lake Oswego, Ore., Clear Springs Foods, Idaho Forest Group, Intermountain Gas and M3 Eagle ($10,000 each); Larry Williams of Boise ($7,500); Frank Baxter of Los Angeles, Farmers Group Inc. of Los Angeles; John Fisher of San Francisco, William and Susan Oberndorf of San Francisco, the J.R. Simplot Co. and 13D Research of the Virgin Islands ($5,000 each); Premier Technology and U.S. Ecology ($2,500 each); John Fery of Boise, Ed Johnson of Wilder and Kevin Settles of Boise ($2,000 each); Harry Bettis of Emmett ($1,500), and GSA Direct of Boise, a company owned by partners who consulted on behalf of the Dynamis waste-to-energy project ($1,000).
The first three contributions came Sept. 18, about a month after the group's Aug. 16 formation. The three Sept. 18 donors were Bloomberg, the GOP governors group and Friess, a key donor to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign.
On Sept. 19, M3 Eagle, the developer of a large planned community north of Eagle, contributed. Scott's check arrived Sept. 21.

Read more here: http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/31/idahopolitics/mayor_bloomberg_albertsons_heir_scott_gave_combined_450000_educa#storylink=cpy
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Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)

On Oct 31, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Janesta <janesta at gmail.com> wrote:

200k??? The mayor of NYC???  What's up with that??
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>On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>Here are the itemized contributions provided to Education Voters of Idaho.  This financial disclosure report was posted to the Idaho Secretary of State's site this afternoon at 3 pm (MDT).
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>>Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .
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>>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
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>>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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