Harry Mitchell Watch

I’ve already told you how ethically challenged Harry Mitchell has taken $56,000 from corrupt politicians, Nancy Pelosi and Charlie Rangel, but did you know Harry’s pattern of unethical behavior goes further back? So in the words of one of those infamous infomercials, “But wait, there’s more!”

Harry Mitchell claims he has never taken campaign contributions from anyone who has been convicted. But Harry seems to forget that he met with, solicited and accepted contributions from Charles Keating who was the central figure of the savings and loan scandal in the late 80’s. (Keating was convicted of fraud, racketeering and conspiracy which was later overturned but later plead guilty to wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud.) Harry claims that he eventually returned the money.

When Harry Mitchell was Mayor of Tempe, he worked out a deal to exchange Phoenix Cardinal football tickets for City of Tempe parking spots. That led to an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.

Also while Harry Mitchell was Mayor of Tempe, Harry and members of the city council accepted job perks which included credit cards, free tickets and other gifts. Harry Mitchell opposed efforts to increase oversight and public disclosure of this practice. He even voted against an ordinance that would have required lobbyists to disclose gifts and campaign contributions.

Harry Mitchell is also no stranger to discrimination lawsuits. While Mayor of Tempe, a group of Hispanics filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the city of Tempe dating back to Harry Mitchell’s beginning as Mayor. The suit went to court and a jury found that the city did indeed discriminate. The City of Mesa had to pay out $2.4 Million in taxpayers’ money under Harry Mitchell’s watch.

Under a program created by Harry Mitchell, teenagers involved in a Sister City exchange, underwent an extreme hazing incident which included parading them down Mill Avenue wearing underware on their heads.

While Harry Mitchell was Mayor of Tempe, a Tempe Municipal Judge was caught stealing two million dollars from the city and elderly people to bankroll his Las Vegas gambling habit. Many lost their entire life savings. The judge pled guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison but during the judge’s application for work furlough, Harry Mitchell recommended that the judge be released early from prison.

During the 2000 General Election against Republican Gary Richardson, Harry Mitchell was caught and charged as a criminal for stealing his opponent’s campaign signs. Mitchell even admitted to stealing the signs by saying, “I did it.”

Here are the latest donors supporting liberal Democrat, Harry Mitchell.

I have also included the Pre-General Report for the Mitchell Campaign. One big surprise was Gerry Colangelo who gave $500 to Mitchell. Colangelo claims to be an evangelical Christian but giving an extreme pro-abortion legislator like Mitchell should earn Colangelo a cold shoulder from his church leadership. Shame on Gerry Colangelo!

Here is the latest 48-Hour Notice:

Jean Sieroty
6022 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 201
Los Angeles, California 90036
Employer: Best Effort
Occupation: Best Effort
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Michael A. Pollack
1136 W Baseline Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Employer: Self
Occupation: Real Estate
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

Cheryl Pollack
1136 W Baseline Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Employer: N/A
Occupation: Homemaker
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

Pascua Yaqui Tribe
7474 S Camino De Oeste
Tucson, Arizona 85746
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

AT&T Inc. Federal PAC
175 E Houston
Room 7 A 50
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 2500.00

Nathaniel Simons
812 Mendocino Avenue
Berkeley, California 94707
Employer: Renaissance Technologies Corp.
Occupation: Investment Manager
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Mark Heising
557 E Crescent Drive
Palo Alto, California 94301
Employer: Medley Partners
Occupation: Managing Director
Date Contributed = 10/23/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $12,400.00

Here are the contributions that have come in to Harry Mitchell in the last 24 hours:

National Apartment Association PAC
201 N U Nion Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Date Contributed = 10/22/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Leadership 21
6849 Old Dominion Dr.
Suite 222
McLean, Virginia 22101
Date Contributed = 10/22/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

William E. Carty
618 Geneva Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85282
Employer: N/A
Occupation: Retired
Date Contributed = 10/22/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $6000.00

Harry Mitchell’s Congressional Campaign disclosed another list of donors. Among today’s donors is listed the thugs of the Abortion Industry. NARAL or the National Abortion Rights Action League gave Harry Mitchell $5,000 in money you can be guaranteed came tainted with the blood of unborn babies.

This race has gone Good vs. Evil even more now that these extremists have poured more blood money into the race against David Schweikert.

Here are the latest names who gave to Harry Mitchell’s campaign:

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
1310 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Mendi Abadi
1136 W Baseline Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Employer: MAD Investments
Occupation: Real Estate
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Daniel Pollack
1136 W Baseline Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Employer: MAD Investments
Occupation: Real Estate
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 1100.00

Robert Pollack
1136 W Baseline Road
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Employer: Self-Employed
Occupation: Real Estate
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

NARAL
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 5000.00

Defazio for Congress
PO Box 1316
Springfield, Oregon 97477
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Alan Blau
1602 E Driftwood Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85283
Employer: Alan Blau & Associates
Occupation: Owner
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Jack Mathieson
15220 E Redrock Drive
Fountain Hills, Arizona 85268
Employer: Best Effort
Occupation: Best Effort
Date Contributed = 10/21/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $15,700.00

Here is the latest notice filed by the Mitchell Campaign. Remember these folks are voting with their dollars and have sent the message that they don’t care if your taxes go up when Harry Mitchell votes to raise your taxes.

David Curd
1312 E Westchester Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85283
Employer: College Of The Humanities and Sciences
Occupation: President
Date Contributed = 10/20/2008
Amount Contributed = 2100.00

Apollo Group, Inc. PAC
Attn: Peter Sperling
4615 E Elwood Street, Suite 400
Phoenix, Arizona 850401958
Date Contributed = 10/20/2008
Amount Contributed = 2500.00

Steve Patience
3434 E Elmwood
Mesa, Arizona 85213
Employer: Skousen Gulbrandsen and Patience
Occupation: Attorney
Date Contributed = 10/20/2008
Amount Contributed = 1200.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $5800.00

More money continues to roll into Harry Mitchell’s campaign. Here are the names of those donors from October 19, 2008:

Robert Sarver
5212 E Via Del Cielo
Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253
Employer: Phoenix Suns
Occupation: Owner
Date Contributed = 10/18/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

Livable Communities PAC
1831 Ray Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Date Contributed = 10/18/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Mario E. Diaz
9301 East Adobe Drive
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Employer: Mario E Diaz & Associates
Occupation: Government Relations
Date Contributed = 10/18/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Veronica De La O
9301 East Adobe Drive
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Employer: Homemaker
Occupation: Homemaker
Date Contributed = 10/18/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $8300.00

Here are the latest individuals and special interest groups putting their neck on the line for Harry Mitchell:

William J. Post
4235 E Claremont Street
Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253
Employer: Pinnacle West Capital Corp
Occupation: President
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 1500.00

Don Moon
PO Box 1513
Prescott, Arizona 86302
Employer: Don Bennett Moon, PC
Occupation: Attorney
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Bradley D. Wilde
5219 N Casa Blance Drive
Paradise Valley, Arizona 852536201
Employer: M & B Capital Group
Occupation: Owner/Manager
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Associated General Contractors Of America
2300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 400
Arlington, Virginia 22201
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 3000.00

James H. Binns, JR
4556 N 56th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85018
Employer: Research Advisory Committee On Gulf War
Occupation: Chairman
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Matthew W. Chapman
615 SW Burlingame Terrace
Portland, Oregon 97239
Employer: Self-Employed
Occupation: Software Consultant
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

VFW - PAC, Inc.
200 Maryland Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc. PAC
434 West 33rd Street
New York, New York 10001
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Union Pacific Corporation Fund For Effective Government
600 13th Street NW, Suite 340
Washington, DC 200053012
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

International Union Of Painters and Allied Trades
1750 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 5000.00

United Steel Workers
5 Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 5000.00

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Citizens
One North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Date Contributed = 10/17/2008
Amount Contributed = 5000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $29500.00

As Election Day gets closer, I’ve decided to keep track of those people and organizations giving money to Harry Mitchell.

According to the latest 48 Hour Notice of Contribution filed on October 17, 2008, the following donors wrote checks to Harry Mitchell:

John R. Dyster
112 E Myrna Lane
Tempe, Arizona 85284
Employer: General Dynamics
Occupation: Engineer
Date Contributed = 10/16/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Tracy Kirkman-Liff
1927 E Ranch Road
Tempe, Arizona 85284
Employer: Self
Occupation: Homemaker
Date Contributed = 10/16/2008
Amount Contributed = 2000.00

Florence O. Eckstein
22 W Hayward Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
Employer: Phoenix Jewish News
Occupation: Publisher
Date Contributed = 10/16/2008
Amount Contributed = 2300.00

Scarff Downing
13150 E Jenan Drive
Scottsdale, Arizona 85259
Employer: Columbia West Capital
Occupation: Investment Banker
Date Contributed = 10/16/2008
Amount Contributed = 1000.00

Total Itemized Contributions = $6300.00

Harry Mitchell loves voting on special earmarks for his tech/defense contractor friends - especially those that result in political donations.

According to a special congressional donation project called “The Favor Factory” sponsored by The Seattle Times, Harry Mitchell received $48,700 from technical and defense contractors after he voted on two earmarks totalling $4,000,000. In other words, for every one of our tax dollars Harry gives away, Harry gets a 1.22% rate of return. Considering most banks are offering savings rates of 0.1 to 1.65% on preferred savings rates, Harry is doing above average on bringing home the pork, for himself.

The two earmarks Harry Mitchell voted for include:

• J/3/J6 National Military Cyber Operations in the amount of $2,400,000 to Az-Tech International Inc.
• Cockpit Air Bag System (CABS) in the amount of $1,600,000 to Simula Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.

A review of the details show who lined up to donate to Harry Mitchell’s campaign after the $4,000,000 earmark giveaway.

• ITT Corp - $250
• Textron, Inc - $1,000
• Raytheon Co. - $3,000
• General Electric Co. - $2,000
• General Dynamics Corp. - $10,850
• Southwest Gas Corporation - $2,500
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. - $1,000
• Boeing Co. - $3,000
• Northrop Grumman Corp. - $2,000
• Nammo Talley, Inc. - $2,000
• Danaher Corp - $250
• Object Video, Inc. - $1,000
• Carnegie Mellon University - $500
• Mantech International Corp. - $1,000
• Exeter Life Sciences, Inc. - $1,200
• Banner Health - $800
• Robertson Aviation, LLC. - $750
• Agilent Technologies, Inc. - $250
• Honeywell International, Inc. - $10,250
• BAE Systems PLC. - $2,100
• SAIC, Inc. - $500
• Lockheed Martin Corp. - $2,000
• Progeny Systems Corp. - $500

For someone who campaigned on a theme of “no more business as usual,” it certainly looks like Harry Mitchell has succumbed to the power of lobbyist and earmarks.

Here is the latest ad released by Harry Mitchell Watch. It’s called “When Harry met Nancy.”