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Monday, April 20, 2009

Here's a list of Ron Sherman's (see previous entry) local political contributions since 2006 -- not all for council members -- that I generated at the New York City Campaign Finance Board's website. (All are one contribution unless noted.) Among the most favored: Transportation Chairman John Liu, with five contributions for a total of $4,950.

Leroy Comrie: $500
Elizabeth Crowley: $1,375
Ruben Diaz, Jr.: $1,000
Daniel Garodnick: $750
Eric Gioia: $2,000 (2 contributions)
Melinda Katz: $4,950 (2 contributions)
John Liu: $4,950 (5 contributions)
Miguel Martinez: $500
Michael McMahon: $500
Darlene Mealy: $1,500
Christine Quinn: $1,500
Joel Rivera: $500
Helen Sears: $1,000 (2 contributions)
Scott Stringer: $1,000
William Thompson, Jr.: $1,000
Peter Vallone, Jr.: $3,000 (3 contributions)
Anthony Weiner: $3,000
David Weprin: $5,000 (4 contributions)

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Sunday's Daily News listed Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade president Ron Sherman, not surprisingly, as a major contributor to Council members. See below for a link to the full article. I'll link to a list of Sherman contributions in another entry.

"'Another big contributor was Ronald Sherman, a major taxi-fleet owner and president of the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents the fleet owners. He gave $27,525 in his name to more than a dozen Council members.

'I'm head of an organization that represents 25% of the taxi cabs in New York City and we're a highly regulated industry," Sherman said via a spokeswoman. "What the Council does is of vital importance to the industry.'"

See the full Daily News story or go to
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/04/19/
2009-04-19_fat_cats_fill_pols_pockets_big
_biz_and_unions_are_major_players_in_city_council_.html

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posted by Webmaster 2 at 4/20/2009 12:56:00 PM
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