The World Around You

The Advertiser has a nice piece this morning on who is contributing to which candidate. Jay Love, Steve Windom and Jere Beasley supporting Todd Strange? Bobby Bright, Julian McPhillips and Joe Reed supporting Michael Briddell?

Just interesting stuff…

Jere Beasley of Beasley Allen not only contributed money, but he also is putting his name to work for Strange. Beasley and partner Greg Allen both gave $1,000 apiece, but Beasley also sent out a mass letter on behalf of Strange.

State Rep. Jay Love, who lost his congressional bid to former mayor Bobby Bright, along with Montgomery City Councilmen Charles Smith and Jim Spear, school board member Charlotte Meadows, former Lt. Gov. Steve Windom and state Sen. Larry Dixon, who gave $5,000, also are among Strange’s contributors. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling contributed $10,000.

In the private sector, several prominent developers added to the jar. John Stanley and James K. Lowder both gave $5,000. The estate of Jim Wilson Jr. contributed $25,000. Jake Aronov, whose company recently teamed up with “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” chipped in $7,500.

A political action committee called ECODEV PAC gave a total of $45,000 to Strange.

Mayoral candidates Michael Briddell and Willie Cook also benefited from the financial support of well-known local residents.

Briddell had raised $64,504 as of Thursday. Among those who have contributed are Bobby Bright, with $4,500, civil rights leader and reverend Robert Graetz, attorney Julian McPhillips and Joe L. Reed, a top official with the Alabama Democratic Party and the Alabama Education Association.

As of Thursday, Cook had raised $26,169. His contributors include former County Commission candidate Randy Rushton and state Reps. John Knight and Alvin Holmes.

via Political donors show no signs of recession | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Montgomery Advertiser.