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As demonstrated by the recent campaign contributions accepted by Lebanon Mayor Huck Lewis and County Commissioner Jeff Wolfe, Boone County political campaign contributions can be perfectly legal and perfectly unethical at the same time.
Mayor Lewis accepted a total of $185,333.85 in campaign contributions from January 1, 2010, through April 10, 2015. The mayor’s extravagant campaign fundraising might approach acceptability if his contributing “Friends” were everyday Lebanon citizens. However, itemized direct campaign contributions from the businesses, business political action committees, and business employees who benefit from local government contracts, development subsidies, and tax abatements provided $171,194.00 (or 92%) of the mayor’s total contributions. Detailed information about Mayor Lewis’ campaign contributions can be found online at http://www.finplaneducation.net/huck_lewis_contributions.htm.
Every local elected official can arrange just about any time to accept generous campaign contributions from those who have a vested interest in government spending decisions. These deep-pocketed contributors figure they gain to benefit if their campaign contributions give them ready “access” to the elected officials. Even though accepting campaign contributions from businesses, business political action committees, and business employees who benefit from local government contracts, “development friendly” subsidies, and tax abatements is perfectly legal, ethical officeholders resist raising campaign money from contributors who do business with their unit of government.
It has been disturbing that Commissioner Wolfe’s campaign contributions
history is very similar to Mayor Lewis’ campaign contributions history. As
detailed in the following spreadsheet:
(1) All but $300.00 of Commissioner Wolfe’s
$5,925.00 total campaign contributions in 2011 and 2012 were itemized direct
contributions from businesses, business political action committees, and
business employees who want to secure Boone County service contracts;
(2) Commissioner Wolfe's $1,000 campaign contribution in 2015 was from the Friends
of Huck Lewis political committee;
(3) All but $1,025.00 of Commissioner Wolfe’s $5,125.00 total campaign contributions in
2016 were itemized direct
contributions from businesses, business political action committees, and
business employees who want to secure Boone County service contracts or
otherwise profit from business activity.
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Jeff Wolfe |
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Campaign Contributions History |
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(Compiled April 19, 2016) |
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SOURCE: Reports of Receipts and Expenditures filed in the Boone County Clerk's office. |
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2011 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$0.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$4,775.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$200.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$4,975.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$4,975.00 |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$0.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$4,975.00 |
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Listed next are the 2011 itemized direct contributions ($4,775.00 total). |
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Boone County Individuals |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Occupation |
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John W. Brand |
Lebanon |
Dec 23 |
$500.00 |
Butler, Fairman & Seufert |
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Stephen J. Christian |
Zionsville |
Dec 29 |
$200.00 |
civil engineering partner |
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Stephen J. Hackman |
Zioinsville |
Dec 23 |
$500.00 |
Ice Miller partner |
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Richard J. Robertson |
Lebanon |
Dec 29 |
$100.00 |
Lebanon SWMB president |
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Total Boone County (4) |
$1,300.00 |
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Out-Of-County Individuals |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Occupation |
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Philip D. Beer II |
Westfield |
Apr 1 |
$1,500.00 |
USI Consultants vice pres. |
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Mark Turner |
Indianapolis |
Mar 29 |
$500.00 |
Mark Turner Enterprises |
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Total Out-Of-County (2) |
$2,000.00 |
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Corporations |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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DLZ Indiana, Inc. |
South Bend |
Dec 22 |
$275.00 |
engineers, architects |
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Total Corporations (1) |
$275.00 |
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Other Organizations |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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Beam Longest & Neff, LLC |
Indianapolis |
Dec 22 |
$700.00 |
engineering firm |
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Lamar & Lamar Insurance |
Lebanon |
Dec 30 |
$500.00 |
county insurance |
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Total Other Organizations (2) |
$1,200.00 |
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2012 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$4,975.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$950.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$950.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$5,925.00 |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$0.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$5,925.00 |
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Listed next are the 2012 itemized direct contributions ($950.00 total). |
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Political Action Committees |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
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DPBG Political Action Committee |
Indianapolis |
Apr 26 |
$500.00 |
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Committee Purpose: American Structurepoint PAC to suppoprt pro-growth, pro-business candidates. |
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Total PACs (1) |
$500.00 |
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Corporations |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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DLZ Indiana, Inc. |
South Bend |
Apr 30 |
$200.00 |
engineers, architects |
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Total Corporations (1) |
$200.00 |
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Other Organizations |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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Kirtley, Taylor, Sims, Chadd |
Lebanon |
Jan 30 |
$250.00 |
county attorney |
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Total Other Organizations (1) |
$250.00 |
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2013 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$5,925.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$10.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$10.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$5,935.00 |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$0.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$5,935.00 |
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2014 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$5,935.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$0.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$5,935.00 |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$500.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$5,435.00 |
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Note: $500 Itemized Expenditure to the Boone County Republican Party for a "Steve Jacob" Lincoln Day table. |
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2015 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$5,435.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$1,000.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$1,000.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$6,435.00 |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$500.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$5,935.00 |
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Listed next is the 2015 itemized direct contribution ($1,000.00 total). |
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Other Organizations |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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Friends of Huck Lewis |
Lebanon |
Nov 18 |
$1,000.00 |
political committee |
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Note: $500 Itemized Expenditure to the Boone County Republican Party for Lincoln Day on April 28. |
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2016 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (January 1 through April 8) |
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a. January 1 Cash On Hand |
$5,935.00 |
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b. Itemized Contributions |
$5,125.00 |
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c. Unitemized Contributions |
$0.00 |
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d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c) |
$5,125.00 |
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e. Total Cash Available (a+d) |
$10,560.00 |
(ERROR: Should be $11,060.00) |
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f. Subtotal Expenditures |
$6,363.00 |
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i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f) |
$4,697.00 |
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Listed next are the 2016 itemized direct contributions ($5,125.00 total). |
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Boone County Individuals |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Occupation |
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Michael Burns |
Lebanon |
Mar 31 |
$100.00 |
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Steven Jacob |
Whitestown |
Mar 31 |
$125.00 |
current Cnty Cncl memb. |
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Karen Lasley-Maue |
Lebanon |
Apr 4 |
$50.00 |
Cnty Commissioners sec. |
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John Merson |
Thorntown |
Mar 31 |
$100.00 |
Boone Cnty APC & BZA |
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Todd Ponder |
Zioinsville |
Mar 28 |
$500.00 |
Ice Miller partner |
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Gene Thompson |
Zionsville |
Apr 4 |
$150.00 |
prior Cnty Council memb. |
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Total Boone County (6) |
$1,025.00 |
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Out-Of-County Individuals |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Occupation |
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Stephanie Campbell |
Greencastle |
Apr 4 |
$100.00 |
PCS Engineers |
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Philip Genetos |
Indianapolis |
Mar 28 |
$500.00 |
Ice Miller partner |
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Lisa Lee |
Fishers |
Mar 28 |
$500.00 |
Ice Miller partner |
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Total Out-Of-County (3) |
$1,100.00 |
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Political Action Committees |
Location |
Date(s) |
Amount |
Business Type |
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Committee to Elect David Rodgers |
Lebanon |
Mar 31 |
$500.00 |
current Cnty Cncl memb. |
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Metropolitan Indnpls Brd Of Rltrs |
Indianapolis |
Mar 14 |
$2,500.00 |
central Indiana realtors |
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Total PACs (2) |
$3,000.00 |
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Note: $4,886.25 Itemized Expenditure to VictoryStore.com on March 31. |
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The Summary Sheet posted below is disturbingly "imprecise" for the
following reasons:
(a) The Reporting Period should be January 1, 2016, through April 8, 2016 - NOT
01/01/2015 through 04/15/2015;
(b) The TOTAL on Line 16 should be $11,060.00 - NOT $10,560.00;
(c) The Treasurer and Candidate signatures are dated 01/14/2014!
NOTE: Candidate Wolfe filed an amended campaign finance report on
April 21, 2016, that corrected some of the "imprecise" entries on the
originally filed campaign finance report Summary Sheet posted below. The amended
Summary Sheet still incorrectly lists the Reporting Period as 01/01/2016 through
04/15/2016 instead of January 1, 2016, through April 8, 2016.
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