OH15: Kilroy's Favor Factory

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Dealing contracts for contributions at the expense of taxpayers

COLUMBUS - Ohio Republican Party Spokesman John McClelland today issued the following statement regarding Mary Jo Kilroy's crooked contracting process for the Huntington Park baseball stadium:

"Mary Jo Kilroy's favors to her Big Labor contributors continue to hurt taxpayers," said McClelland. "She has benefited from over $1 Million in support from labor organizations, and it shows."

According to her FEC reports, Mary Jo Kilroy has benefited from over $1 Million in campaign contributions and independent expenditures, including a direct contribution from the International Painters and Allied Trades Union deposited on January 17^th, 2008 (FEC).

Mary Jo Kilroy recently voted to reject a non-union bid by a painting contractor, prompting an attorney for The Painting Company to remark, "It appears that Mary Jo Kilroy has an agenda to exclude the merit shop contractor." (Barbara Carmen, "Nonunion Bidder Striking Out Again," Columbus Dispatch, 2/29/08)

Mary Jo Kilroy also voted to reject a combined low bid for plumbing and climate control from another non-union contractor (TP Mechanical), preferring to hire an out-of-state union shop and cost the taxpayers an additional $215,000. That Union shop, WG Tomko, had numerous legal problems that were overlooked, including tax evasion by its president and failure to pay pension benefits to a soldier serving in Iraq. (Barbara Carmen, "Trial to Weigh Ballpark Bid Bias," Columbus Dispatch, 3/24/08)

"If she's dealing contracts to her labor allies and costing taxpayers a quarter million dollars right here in Franklin County, imagine what she would do in Washington with the federal budget. Ohioans need strong leadership in Congress, not someone who would treat the office as her own personal favor factory," added McClelland.

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2006 Union/Labor Independent Expenditures
Organization	Date	Total Amount	Source
AFL-CIO	10/5/2006	$19,138	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/10/2006	$19,138	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/11/2006	$188	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/13/2006	$19,138	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/17/2006	$19,138	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/20/2006	$7,856	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/24/2006	$581	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/24/2006	$8,487	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	10/30/2006	$1,639	Center for Responsive Politics
AFL-CIO	12/1/2006	$3,481	Center for Responsive Politics
AFSCME Ohio Council 8	10/12/2006	$153	Center for Responsive Politics
AFSCME Ohio Council 8	10/30/2006	$898	Center for Responsive Politics
AFSCME Ohio Council 8	11/1/2006	$95	Center for Responsive Politics
American Federation of Teachers	11/3/2006	$805	Center for Responsive Politics
National Assn of Letter Carriers	11/1/2006	$1	Center for Responsive Politics
Ohio Education Assn	10/27/2006	$7,961	Center for Responsive Politics
Service Employees International Union	10/10/2006	$35,400	Center for Responsive Politics
Service Employees International Union	10/24/2006	$1,415	Center for Responsive Politics
Service Employees International Union	11/4/2006	$4,117	Center for Responsive Politics
Service Employees International Union	10/13/2006	$3,200	Center for Responsive Politics
AFSCME - PEOPLE Qualified	Total IEs	$530,425	FEC.gov Website
		$683,254
2005-2006 Direct Contributions from Labor/Union
Labor/Union	Total Contributions	$216,000	(OpenSecrets.org Link)
2007-2008 Direct Contributions from Labor/Union
IPAL	3/28/2007	$2,500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
UAW	4/10/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
IBEW	6/20/2007	$350.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
SEIU	7/2/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
United Food and Commercial Workers	8/2/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
AFSME	8/16/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
IPAL	8/16/2007	$2,500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Transportation Workers Union	9/10/2007	$2,500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
American Federation of Gov't Employees	9/13/2007	$2,500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
IBEW	9/19/2007	$4,650.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Communications Workers - COPE	9/25/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Laborers Political League	9/28/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
United Steel Workers	10/3/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Teamsters	10/22/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
SEIU	10/29/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Carpenters	10/30/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
American Federation of Teachers	12/6/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Int'l Union of Operation Engineers	12/14/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Int'l Union of Operation Engineers	12/14/2007	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades	1/17/2008	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
United Transportation Union	1/28/2008	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
National Association of Social Workers	2/11/2008	$500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Boilermakers-Blacksmiths	2/13/2008	$2,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Sheet Metal Workers International Association	2/13/2008	$2,500.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Int'l Letter Carriers	2/29/2008	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
Int'l Association of Fire Fighters	2/28/2008	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
AFL-CIO - COPE	2/26/2008	$5,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
National Air Traffic Controllers	2/25/2008	$1,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
BCTGM International Union	2/21/2008	$1,000.00	FEC Reports - 2007-2008
		$112,000.00

TOTAL	$1,011,254

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