Jeff Wolfe Campaign Contributions History

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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.

 

Jeff Wolfe

Campaign Contributions History

(Compiled April 19, 2016)

SOURCE: Reports of Receipts and Expenditures filed in the Boone County Clerk's office.

2011 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$0.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$4,775.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$200.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$4,975.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$4,975.00

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$0.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$4,975.00

Listed next are the 2011 itemized direct contributions ($4,775.00 total).

Boone County Individuals

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Occupation

John W. Brand

Lebanon

Dec 23

$500.00

Butler, Fairman & Seufert

Stephen J. Christian

Zionsville

Dec 29

$200.00

civil engineering partner

Stephen J. Hackman

Zioinsville

Dec 23

$500.00

Ice Miller partner

Richard J. Robertson

Lebanon

Dec 29

$100.00

Lebanon SWMB president

Total Boone County (4)

$1,300.00

Out-Of-County Individuals

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Occupation

Philip D. Beer II

Westfield

Apr 1

$1,500.00

USI Consultants vice pres.

Mark Turner

Indianapolis

Mar 29

$500.00

Mark Turner Enterprises

Total Out-Of-County (2)

$2,000.00

Corporations

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

DLZ Indiana, Inc.

South Bend

Dec 22

$275.00

engineers, architects

Total Corporations (1)

$275.00

Other Organizations

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

Beam Longest & Neff, LLC

Indianapolis

Dec 22

$700.00

engineering firm

Lamar & Lamar Insurance

Lebanon

Dec 30

$500.00

county insurance

Total Other Organizations (2)

$1,200.00

2012 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$4,975.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$950.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$0.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$950.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$5,925.00

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$0.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$5,925.00

Listed next are the 2012 itemized direct contributions ($950.00 total).

Political Action Committees

Location

Date(s)

Amount

DPBG Political Action Committee

Indianapolis

Apr 26

$500.00

Committee Purpose: American Structurepoint PAC to suppoprt pro-growth, pro-business candidates.

Total PACs (1)

$500.00

Corporations

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

DLZ Indiana, Inc.

South Bend

Apr 30

$200.00

engineers, architects

Total Corporations (1)

$200.00

Other Organizations

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

Kirtley, Taylor, Sims, Chadd

Lebanon

Jan 30

$250.00

county attorney

Total Other Organizations (1)

$250.00

2013 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$5,925.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$0.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$10.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$10.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$5,935.00

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$0.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$5,935.00

2014 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$5,935.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$0.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$0.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$0.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$5,935.00

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$500.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$5,435.00

Note: $500 Itemized Expenditure to the Boone County Republican Party for a "Steve Jacob" Lincoln Day table.

2015 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$5,435.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$1,000.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$0.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$1,000.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$6,435.00

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$500.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$5,935.00

Listed next is the 2015 itemized direct contribution ($1,000.00 total).

Other Organizations

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

Friends of Huck Lewis

Lebanon

Nov 18

$1,000.00

political committee

Note: $500 Itemized Expenditure to the Boone County Republican Party for Lincoln Day on April 28.

2016 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (January 1 through April 8)

a. January 1 Cash On Hand

$5,935.00

b. Itemized Contributions

$5,125.00

c. Unitemized Contributions

$0.00

d. Subtotal Contributions (b+c)

$5,125.00

e. Total Cash Available (a+d)

$10,560.00

(ERROR: Should be $11,060.00)

f. Subtotal Expenditures

$6,363.00

i. Dec. 31 Cash On Hand (e-f)

$4,697.00

Listed next are the 2016 itemized direct contributions ($5,125.00 total).

Boone County Individuals

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Occupation

Michael Burns

Lebanon

Mar 31

$100.00

Steven Jacob

Whitestown

Mar 31

$125.00

current Cnty Cncl memb.

Karen Lasley-Maue

Lebanon

Apr 4

$50.00

Cnty Commissioners sec.

John Merson

Thorntown

Mar 31

$100.00

Boone Cnty APC & BZA

Todd Ponder

Zioinsville

Mar 28

$500.00

Ice Miller partner

Gene Thompson

Zionsville

Apr 4

$150.00

prior Cnty Council memb.

Total Boone County (6)

$1,025.00

Out-Of-County Individuals

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Occupation

Stephanie Campbell

Greencastle

Apr 4

$100.00

PCS Engineers

Philip Genetos

Indianapolis

Mar 28

$500.00

Ice Miller partner

Lisa Lee

Fishers

Mar 28

$500.00

Ice Miller partner

Total Out-Of-County (3)

$1,100.00

Political Action Committees

Location

Date(s)

Amount

Business Type

Committee to Elect David Rodgers

Lebanon

Mar 31

$500.00

current Cnty Cncl memb.

Metropolitan Indnpls Brd Of Rltrs

Indianapolis

Mar 14

$2,500.00

central Indiana realtors

Total PACs (2)

$3,000.00

Note: $4,886.25 Itemized Expenditure to VictoryStore.com on March 31.

 

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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