tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874120951207847272011-06-07T23:20:48.791-07:00Let the TRUTH Shine on Rogers Park!Democratic Party of the 49th Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09740715151845626090noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487412095120784727.post-71734675383584727062007-04-06T10:19:00.000-07:002007-04-06T10:40:38.267-07:00EXCERPTS FROM TODAY'S TRIBUNE STORY:<br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0704050779apr06,1,423050.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"Nothing Left Up to Chance"</span></strong></a><br />Robert Becker &amp; Dan Mihalopoulos. Published April 6, 2007.<br /><br />"David Herro, a mutual fund manager for Chicago-based Harris Associates, has contributed <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">$60,000</span></strong>, or about half of the money that Gordon has raised...Herro, who does not live in the ward, said he offered his help to <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Gordon</span></strong> because he disagreed with Moore's stands on the big-box ordinance and the foie gras ban...<br />Herro said his firm's large holdings in <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Wal-Mart</span></strong> have nothing to do with his donations to Gordon and other aldermanic candidates opposed to the<span style="color:#000000;"> big-box</span> ordinance...Gordon, who said he had never met Herro before the campaign, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>welcomed the donation</strong></span>."<br /><br />Read the full <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0704050779apr06,1,423050.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed">Chicago Tribune story here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1487412095120784727-7173467538358472706?l=therealdongordon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>4More4Moorenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1487412095120784727.post-44009590356962538002007-04-05T14:58:00.000-07:002007-04-06T10:47:57.221-07:00Don Gordon stamps <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;color:#666666;" >"Independent Democrat"</span> on all his literature, but recent financial disclosures indiciate that he is neither independent nor a Democrat.<br /><br />Don Gordon received <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">$60,000</span></strong> from the the same <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">GOP moneyman</span></strong> who has given almost <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">$100,000 to Republican federal candidates</span></strong> in the last 8 years and directed <span style="color:#009900;">millions</span> of his investment firm's capital to Wal-Mart investments; according to their <a href="http://www.oakmark.com/opencommentary.asp?commentary_id=424&news_from=c&amp;fund_id=0">"Letter to Shareholders"</a> dated 12/31/06, Wal-Mart (WMT) was the second-largest single holding of Oakmark Funds.<br /><a href="http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/ContribSearch.aspx">http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/ContribSearch.aspx</a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><br /></span>Nat'l Republican Senatorial Committee - $15,000<br />Republican Nat'l Committee - $12,500<br />Republican Leadership Council - $5,500<br />George W. Bush - $6,000<br /><a href="http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml">http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml</a><br /><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?key=V58VV&txtName=herro,%20david&amp;txtState=IL&txtAll=Y&amp;Order=N">http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?key=V58VV&txtName=herro,%20david&amp;txtState=IL&txtAll=Y&amp;Order=N</a><br /><br />And he also gave thousands<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> <span style="color:#000000;">to the</span> Swift Boat Veterans for Truth</span>, the group that ran ads attacking John Kerry's military record and helped George W. Bush win in 2004.<br /><a href="http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/basicSearch.jsp?ck">http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/basicSearch.jsp?ck</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1487412095120784727-4400959035696253800?l=therealdongordon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>4More4Moorenoreply@blogger.com1