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Local News Money Dedicated continued from page 1 The Wild Card Bean has raised more than $209,000 for the president’s campaign. A graduate of Lake Oswego High School, in one of Portland’s wealthiest – and Whitest – suburbs, Bean won a golf schol- arship to the University of Oregon, where he majored in politics. The Ducks fan, and longtime gay rights advocate, also helped the Human Rights Cam- paign purchase its Washing- ton DC building. Attending the wedding of Massachu- setts Sen. Barney Frank and his partner Jim Ready, Bean danced with Nancy Pelosi. He has the YouTube video to prove it, but without a personal invitation you can’t see it. The video is listed as private. Bean PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED What’s different in the 2012 election cycle is the influence of SuperPACs. Inde- pendent political action committees, they are allowed to raise and spend as much as they like, on whatever they choose. So far, according to the center for Responsive Pol- itics, SuperPACs have raised more than $157 mil- lion, with the vast majority ($131 million) going to the presidential race. The Supreme Court affirmed the rights of corpo- rations and unions to spend unlimited amounts in its Citizens United decision of January 2010. Those mil- lions can’t all come from Terrry the Koch brothers and the Teamsters. But PACs do not How do You Spell have to disclose the source of their dona- Clout? “B U N D L E R” tions, making it harder to identify the con- A crowd of about 400 people gathered, Sunday July 22, to celebrate the tributors. According to The Center for rededication of The Charles Jordan Community Center at 9009 N. Foss Obama’s more well known bundlers Responsive Politics, Conservative Super- include: Wendell Pierce, Harvey Weinstein, Ave. Three mayors of Portland, past and present attended, and the PACs have raised $124 million: Liberal Deepak Chopra, Anna Wintour and Eva ceremonies honoring Jordan included a Native American dedication. PACs just $27 million. Longoria. Most bundlers, however are not household names, but rather corporate lead- Where Does All the Money Go? ers such as: Comcast VP David Cohen; Jay After speaking to an audience of around tions, education team. She has said that her Snyder, owner of HBJ Investments LLC; 1,000 Tuesday evening, the president’s passion is technology education, and she So what’s happening to all that cash? and Wayne Jordan of the Oakland-based schedule takes him to Seattle, for more co-founded the advisory board for the Uni- Campaign expenses and administration use company Jordan Real Estate. Former New fundraisers, this time at the homes of two versity of Washington’s I-Labs program that up about two thirds of the cash raised. Trav- Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine raked in $897,000 supporters. studies early education. LeVine is active in el, polling, food, rent and consultant fees for Obama’s reelection campaign, until the If you had to take a wild guess on the the Jewish community and has used her are among the biggest ticket items. The bulk company he led, MF Global, collapsed in a identity of those hosts, you might want to connections to stump for Obama in Florida. of the rest is spent on advertising, principal- $40 billion freefall. look at his top Washington bundlers. Head- What’s more, she’s not the only big-time ly in swing states, where political strategists Nationally, as well as in California, ing that list is Suzi LeVine, a former bundler at the Microsoft Corp. John Frank, believe that getting their message out to vot- Obama’s biggest bundler is movie mogul, Microsoft Corp. employee who has raised Microsoft’s Deputy General Counsel, also ers could sway the results. So, which states Jeffrey Katzenberg. Flexing the financial $574,000 for Obama. LeVine reveals in her raised $83,000 for Obama. are in play this November? Polling suggests muscle of Hollywood, Attorney Michael Parham who works for blog, that she recently quit that Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Katzenberg has bundled her job to concentrate on RealNetworks, a digital media firm is North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, more than 2.3 million for the being a mom and work on another key Seattle-based bundler. So are Pennsylvania and Virginia may be up for president’s 2012 re-election the Obama campaign. Last Lou and Carol Frillman, who identify them- grabs. campaign… so far. Worth November, after hosting selves on their blog as “We stand for Hope more than $800 million per- Sacramento Mayor –and and Change.” Bundling for Victory sonally, according to Forbes “…we are getting up tomorrow and going former NBA star—Kevin Johnson at her home, to work in each and every way possible,” Bundlers are a campaign’s best friends. Magazine, Katzenberg sits LeVine said Johnson’s reads an open letter to a Tea Party support- These top supporters solicit funds from their on numerous boards and brand of leadership was er. “We are going to work, and work, and well heeled friends, and deliver it to the philanthropic organizations. His causes include: the exactly what Seattle needs. work, until, on election eve of November candidate in one large bundle. In 2008, both “What I was especially 2012, we stand exhausted knowing we Obama and his opponent John McCain AIDS Project in Los Ange- Wendell Pierce excited about is that he could not have done one more thing. That agreed to disclose the names of their sup- les, Parkinson’s disease shares the belief that, at the each thing we could have done, we did.” porters who bundled more than $50,000. research and Boston Univer- sity. Katzenberg’s career includes 10 years To see more campaign finance data visit core of that community’s success, is quality The Obama campaign has continued to dis- close its bundlers. The Romney campaign as a producer at Paramount Pictures and 10 and high-expectation-filled education,” she opensecrets.org and the Federal Elections has resisted calls to release the names of its years with Walt Disney Studios. He co- wrote. “He shared how, what they’re doing Commission website. founded Dreamworks and continues to head in education in Sacramento, is on track to bundlers. Dreamworks Animation. Among the many wipe out the achievement gap and set the Top Five States: All Campaign Contribu- hits he has steered to success are: Sister tions whole community on a path for economic Obama’s Top Supporters Act, The Lion King, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and quality-of-life growth.” California $58 million So who is Obama’s top Oregon bundler? and Star Trek the Motion Picture Texas $38 million A Brown University graduate, LeVine That’s Terry Bean, CEO of the Portland- New York $36 million worked at the travel firm Expedia before based development firm, Bean Investments. The Microsoft Connection Illinois $35 million going to Microsoft to lead its communica- Child continued from page 1 News, 415 N. Killingsworth St.; Geneva’s Shear Perfection, 5601 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; US Bank on North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; Terry Family Funeral Home, 337 North Williams Ave.; and Elevated Coffee, 5261 NE Martin Luther KingJr. Blvd. In addition, supporters have set up a page for D’Anthony on the cancer-support web- site MyLifeline.org. There is also a Face- book page for updates on the child’s condition. Lewis, D’Anthony’s father Anthony Dancer, and the child’s two brothers and sis- ter are all helping with round-the-clock care. On Friday morning, Ward baptized the whole family. Despite rumors that the boy’s hospital turned the family away after minimal treat- ment, Lewis says the opposite is true: D’Anthony’s doctors at Legacy Randall Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program provided excellent care. Ward also praised the facility’s referral to a hospice. “Some people think hospice is where they just send you out to die, but in fact they All day on July 29, from 11 to close, people who eat at Applebee’s can then give their ticket to the server along with their bill, and the restaurant donates a portion of that to the family “I couldn’t have asked for better care,” she says. “Sometimes there’s nothing they can do.” offer a lot of services by people who are caring and specialize in end of life,” Ward said. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention reports that cancer is the fourth most common cause of death for people ages 1-19; unintentional injury, homicide, and suicide are the top three. Lewis says D’Anthony just got his immu- nization about six months ago, and suggests that perhaps young children should get a more substantive check up when they go in for shots. “You never know what’s going on, you just have to know your child,” she says. “I just knew he wasn’t walking right. But if we had some way of finding out when we brought him in for shots, maybe we would have found out sooner.” For more information on the fundraisers call Rev. Ward at 971-340-7162, or Dwight Terry at 503-249-1788. July 25, 2012 The Portland Skanner Page 3
