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May 18th, 2008

Jack Markell has some ’splainin to do?

markell-oliver1.JPGAs Kilroy mentioned (amount incorrect) in this post, why DID Jack Markell’s campaign give Norman Oliver $110,000 $11,000 in 2006? I can only guess that these funds were awarded for some sort of services rendered; however, we already know of the services Mr. Oliver renders to local school districts in the form of assistance to youth with no casework to back it up. Note: All those $11,000s are simply the aggregate, meaning the total amount he received through the reporting period. For instance, Oliver received payments of $2,000, $1,000, $1,000 etc. — all totaling $11,000.

Attached is a clipping from Markell’s 30-Day report from the 2006 general election.

Nothing short of a backyard full of dead babies would get me to switch my vote from Markell this fall, but I am wondering about this. I think I’ll send press guru Joe Rogalsky an email. Gotsta get to the bottom of this one!

Update: Spoke with Markell’s press dude, Joe Rogalsky, and he informs me the services rendered were basic consulting for the campaign: meet and greets and general campaign assistance. Seems legit and Jack and his team have always been open with me. No dead babies here.

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth

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26 Responses to “Jack Markell has some ’splainin to do?”

  1. Jed Bartlet says:

    he didn’t give 110,000 in 2006, he gave 11,000 in 2006. The repeated reference to 11,000 is the aggregate amount given to the specific individual in the entire election cycle. The picture cuts out the individual expenditures: $1000 each month (thus totaling 11,000). If one scrolls to the top of the expenditures section of the finance report it differentiates between “aggregate amount” and “expenditure amount.”

    there is a huge difference between 11,000 and 110,000.

  2. Mike Matthews says:

    Ahh…thanks!!! I’ll update. Thanks, Kilroy, for making me look like an ass!!! ;-)

  3. Mike Matthews says:

    Although, I must say, I do a pretty good job of doing that to myself!

  4. Jed Bartlet says:

    no problem, mike. easy mistake.

  5. LiberalGeek says:

    You know about the dead babies??? Who told you? You’ll be hearing from the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshalls and Wackenhut if you don’t give up your source!

  6. Kilroy says:

    I stand corrected and Apologize !

    “Nothing short of a backyard full of dead babies would get me to switch my vote from Markell this fall,”

    I’ll keep trying :) Jack owes you free pizza!

    Hey Mike,you didn’t have any problem eating and drinking in Carney’s brother’s Bull’s Eye!

  7. Mike Matthews says:

    Oh, wow…is that true, Kilroy? BTW, thanks again for a great night, but I left that stuff you gave me at the restaurant. Know where I can get some more?

  8. Kilroy says:

    Oh, wow…is that true, Kilroy?

    It is true! I’ll have to talk to Uncle Pete’s ghost and chase him out the door!

    Was a great time and Jen stiffed me on a drink!
    But since she wore that hot red mini skirt I’ll call it even!

    PS swing by Kilroy and see the dirt!

  9. Hube says:

    Aw Mike, you left those great freebies on the table?? You ninny!!!

  10. jen says:

    The red bricks??? You fool! I would have paid you for them. OMG! Do you think the waitresses would have saved them or used them to clean up?

    You guys are too much fun. What a laugh. It’s party-time.

    Remind me to show you my altered “We’re number one!” giant hand sometime. It is masterfully recrafted.

    Who wants to meet for a Blue Rocks game? I am a big fan. Plus, there’s the beer.

  11. Mike Matthews says:

    I swear I’m gonna find some more. It’s not the end of them. They may show up on eBay, I’m told!

  12. kilroy says:

    Hube says:

    Aw Mike, you left those great freebies on the table?? You ninny!!!

    Yea like those red Sponges!

  13. jen says:

    p.s. Looks like the Markell story has lost all its stuffin’–its fizzled out already or else you have struck a vein of ADD addled folk.

    O.K. Explain something to me, Mike–you are the blogger. What am I? The bloggee, the writer, the respondent? I realize that I am leaving myself wide open here…

  14. Mike Matthews says:

    I generally use the term “commenter.” Perhaps “participant.” Among other things, you’re a humorous gal who always leaves me guessing!

  15. Nancy Willing says:

    I was also looking at Dennis Williams campaign report for 2006 and he had around 5,000 dollars expenditures for ‘campaign workers’ with no names attached at all. His cousin, Charles Potter bascially leant himself most of the money he collected and his campaign had several huge literally ‘whited out’ spaces under aggegate entries.
    The countian entries were the most pathetic, though. A run through John Cartier, Bob Weiner, Paul Clard showed endless checks funneled into the coffers from those who do business directly with these people. Nothing to see here folks, move along.
    Same with the state campaigns, actually. Ruth Ann Minner isn’t married yet she gave one person the max amount of 1,200. I wonder how that worked…

  16. Nancy Willing says:

    I need some coffee to get my fingers in gear here.

  17. kilroy says:

    Markell has one hell of a payroll! Mike when is Markell going to give you a job! Stop working ofr pizza. If he gets elected its because of your cheerleading for him!

    Come on Jack hook the young man up with a job!

  18. Dana Garrett says:

    Perhaps some should ask why WDEL settled w/ Oliver for an undisclosed amount after he sued them for a comment Gerry Fulcher made on the air.

  19. Non-So-Savy Politico says:

    Dana please tell what you know…

  20. Nancy Willing says:

    Yes, Dana, what are you insinuating?

  21. littlebirdietoleme says:

    Yes Dana please tell us! Gerry wrote several articles on Mr. Oliver, the ATF, Joe Biden, Tom Carper, who allegedly called the Norm bust off they needed him to win their elections. word on the street is that norm was promised six figures from Markell to bring Wilmington to him. Its a waste of money Jack, Norm has no play in wilmington anymore, too many no the opportunist he is.

  22. henny penny says:

    I would guess that Norman has earned plenty of bucks over the years from white folks who think he is their link to black votes and salvation. I know stories about money sent his way from school districts. He was supposed to help them with their referendum campaigns in city neighborhoods and word was his “workers” threw all of the campaign literature in the trash instead of going door to door for the district. Some pay off! White folk can’t think stright when they deal with black folk–they get all anxious and do stupid stuff and think that money is the way to get things done. Yeah. It sometime get them nothin’ but nothin’ and the money is gone.

  23. Nancy Willing says:

    Dropping Tom Carper’s name here leads to a lot of answers. A LOT…

  24. Savy Politico says:

    Last night the Wilmington City Committee Executive Board met and endorsed certain candidates….they endored Carney…not Markell. Does this mean JM gets a rebate from NO ;)

    It was:
    Biden, J
    KHN
    Carney
    Denn
    Paul Clark
    They were spit Coons/Gordon

    I’m not sure what the whole mess means…it was just the city committee, Exec. Board (secret ballot) BUT DID NOT include the City Committee members. Talk about a closed shop…..scream for transperancy! Looks like Leo Marshall lives on…..in the dirty souls of Wilmington’s DEM polls…….

    Who sits on the Exec Board???? This is an partial list:

    Theo Gregory, Chair
    Lynn Doto (Montgomery’s wife)
    Henry Supinski, city Treasurer
    Hanifa Shabazz
    Loretta Walsh
    Stephanie Bolden
    Bobby Marshall
    Sammy Prado
    Charles Potter, Jr.
    Norman Griffiths
    The name of 7th district chair illudes me,lives in UPG, daughter captain on WPD.

  25. snark says:

    buying supporters, typical Dem behavior.

    nothing to see here, move along.

  26. WDULL says:

    Dana,
    Where is the requested response to your allegations on May 19, above?

    Surely your tactics and interviewing skills should have unearthed more details on the WDEL payoff to NO, how much and why.

    Get GF to help.

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