The infamous "60 CEOs"

Remember the letter signed by 60 CEOs that had impeccable timing in March 2011?  The letter that was used by the recall camp to fuel their fire and justify their cause?

Now, remember what Tamar Jacoby who formed ImmigrationWorks USA said her ultimate goal was....

....have a grassroots army in place when immigration

 reform comes up again in Washington, ensuring that

next time, there will be the national business presence

 that was missing during the last debate.

She wasn't kidding.

The "CEOs" were all members of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce/Arizona Chamber of Commerce.  Ten percent were members of the COC Board (denoted in red).  Note the candidates whom many have donated to in the past.

David Anderson, President, Off Madison Avenue (communications agency for industries in healthcare, hospitality, retail, education and non profits)

Reginald Ballantyne III, Senior Corporate Officer, Vanguard Health Systems/Kirkpatrick/Eden/Harry Reid
Bruce Beach, CEO, BeachFleischman PC, Chairman, SALC/

Drew Brown, Managing Director, DMB Associates, Inc./Konopnicki/Rich Crandell/Harry Mitchell
Ronald Brown, President, Atrium Holding Company
David Bruno, Vice Chairman, Managing Director, DHR International, Inc/ AZ State Democratic Exec Committee
Don Budinger, Chairman/Founding Director, The Rodel Foundations/Jerry Lewis /Giffords/Kirkpatrick/Mitchell
Ronald Butler, Arizona Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Bill Calloway, Plant Manager, Nestle-Purina, Flagstaff
Herman Chanen, Chairman/CEO, The Chanen Corporation/Terry Goddard/Kirkpatrick/Mitchell/Democratic Exec Committee/Harry Reid
Jim Click, Jr., President, Jim Click Automotive/Jerry Lewis/Kirk Adams/Jeff Flake
William Coats, Chief Executive Officer, The Leona Group/Kirk Adams/AZ State Democratic Committee
David Cohen, Executive Vice President, Team BeachFleishman PC
Daniel Connor, President/CEO, Blood Systems
Janice Cox, Retired CEO, Carondelet Health Network Foundation
Robert Delgado, President/CEO, Hensley Beverage Company/Kirk Adams/Pastor/Kirkpatrick/Mitchell/Jeff Flake
Richard Dozer, Chairman, GenSpring Family Offices/Hullberd
Michael Duran, Vice President, Chief Dev. Off., TMC Healthcare/TMC Found
Bruce Dusenberry, President, Horizon Moving Systems, Inc./Munger/Pima County Democrats/Giffords/AZ State Democratic Exec Committee
Paul Dykstra, Chairman, President/CEO, Viad Corporation
Shelly Esque, Vice President, Legal/Corp Affairs, Intel Corporation/Harry Mitchell/Gillibrand
Peter Fine, President/CEO, Banner Health/ Kirk Adams/Konopnicki
Howard Fleischmann, Owner, Community Tire & Auto Repair
Philip Francis, Executive Chairman, PetSmart/ Konopnicki/ Jerry Lewis/ Rich Crandell
F. Michael Geddes, Chairman, President, Geddes and Company/ Kirk Adams/AZ Homebuilder PAC
James Gentile, President/CEO, Research Corp for Science Adv./ Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW/ Visited WH for West Wing Tour 10/11/09 and met with Science Czar John Holdren on 9/24/10
John Graham, President, Sunbelt Holdings
Lee Hanley, Chairman/CEO, Vestar Development Company/Konopnicki/Andrei Cherney/Jerry Lewis
Linda Hunt, Area President, CHW Arizona, President/CEO, St. Joseph's Hosp
Brian Johnson, Managing Director, Loews Ventana Canyon
Debbie Johnson, President/CEO, Arizona Hotel & Lodging Assoc
Michael Kasser, President, Holualoa Companies/Munger/AZ Democratic Committee/Andrei Cherney
Michael Kennedy, President, Gallagher & Kennedy P.A/Gallagher & Kennedy PAC donated to Chad Campbell/AZ Democratic Party/AZ State Democratic Committee/Friends of Mary Rose Wilcox/Kirk Adams
Alan Klein, Board Chair, So. Arizona Lodging & Resort Ass.
Kenneth Lamneck
Marty Laurel, Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of AZ
Peter Likins, President Emeritus, University of Arizona/Pima Democratic Party
Frances Merryman/Democrats of Greater Tucson/AZ LIST PAC who donated to Pastor
J.R. Murray, Chairman, Flagstaff Forty
W. Douglas Parker, Chairman, President/CEO, U.S. Airways Group/Democrat Senatorial Committee/Harry Reid/Pastor/Jeff Flake/McCain/US Airways PAC donated to Jeff Flake/Kirkpatrick/Mitchell/Pastor/
Constance Perez, Chief Executive Officer, Adreima
Jon Pettibone, Managing Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP (Labor law)
Earl Petznick, Jr., President/CEO, Northside Hay Company/Jeff Flake/McCain
Craig Phelps, Provost, A.T. Still University
Donald Pitt, President, Campus Research Corporation/Glassman/AZ State Democratic Exec Committee/Giffords/Desert Caucus
J. Doug Pruitt, Chairman/CEO, Sundt Construction, Inc./Kevin Gibbons/Konopnicki/visit to WH National Economic Council Doug Bell on 7/22/10
Denise Resnik, President, Denise Resnik & Associates/McCain
Stephen Rizley, Sr. Vice President/General Mgr., Cox Communications, Inc./Konopnicki/ KirkAdams
Vince Roig, Chairman/CEO, Helios Foundation/Konopnicki/Rich Crandel
Thomas Sadvary, President/CEO, Scottsdale Healthcare/AZ Hospital and Healthcare PAC
Kevin Sandler, President/CEO, ExhibitOne Corporation
Nancy Stone, President, ILX Resorts, Inc.(Company filed for bankruptcy in 2009 citing lack of new credit and deepening recession)

William Schubert, Chairman, Kitchell Corporation/Konopnicki/Rich Crandell/Jerry Lewis
Robert Underwood, Chief Executive Officer, Underwood Brothers, Inc.
Gerrit van Huisstede, Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank
Roger Vogel, Chairman, President/CEO, Vante Medical Technologies/Andrei Cherney
Susan Williams, President/Founder, HR Choice/ Board of Greater Phoenix COC
Steven Wheeler, Chairman, Greater Phoenix Chamber
Jeff Whiteman, President/CEO, Empire Southwest LLC/Jerry Lewis/Kirk Adams/Jeff Flake/McCain
John Zidich, CEO/Publisher, Arizona Republic

Additional Chamber of Commerce Board members who donated to Kirk Adams in 2009 for the 2010 election:

Jason Bagley
Charles Bassett
Wendy Briggs
Craig Coppola
Dennis Dahlen
Janna Day
Jerry Fuentes
Glen Hamer
Richard Hannon
Alan Heywood
Tim Jeffries
Ron Minegar
James Norton
David Veillette (through the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare PAC)
Patrick Walz (through the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare PAC)
Doug Yonko (also donated to Kevin Gibbons)

Kirk Adams' Campaign Donors

We have done an extensive amount of research recently on campaign donations to various candidates and PACs.  This is a list of some of the donors to Kirk Adams' campaign in 2009 for the 2010 election cycle.  There were certainly some interesting discoveries.  The most obvious being that a majority of the donors were CEOs or who held high level positions in fields of healthcare, law, lobbying, government affairs and consulting.  Many of those CEO names appeared on the famous letter sent by "60 CEOs" encouraging a hold on future immigration legislation back in March 2011.  According to the Chamber,

"The Chamber says the letter's purpose is to voice concerns

 over the unintended consequences to Arizona's image and economy

 created by the immigration legislation under discussion at the Legislature."

PERCEIVED unintended consequences. 

We'll look more in depth as to who those CEOs are and their motives later.  Seems like a lot of big names and big money coming in (from outside) for a State Legislator position for one district and certainly not what one might normally find in a "grassroots" effort.

One rather peculiar donation came from the Tohono O'odham Nation.  The same group that:

1.     Opposed the proposed immigration prison in 2009 intended to house illegals awaiting deporation or prosecution.

2.     Would later participate in a lawsuit against SB1070.

3.     Calls the fence along the border the Apartheid wall and genocide.


4.     Encourages "open borders" and "free movement for all".

One wonders the motive behind the contribution and if it had anything to do with the Tohono O'odham tribe's announcement in January 2009 regarding plans to build a casino in Glendale (Adams became Speaker of the House in January 2009).  This plan did not go over well with the people of Glendale or politicians.  On November 24, 2009, the tribe made a $410.00 donation to Kirk Adams' campaign.  A lawsuit was ultimately filed on the issue which Kirk Adams was listed as one of the Plaintiffs against the tribe and the Dept. of Interior- Ken Salazar. The lawsuit was finally settled in March 2011 with a judgment in favor of the Tohono O'odham tribe and the DOI.

Next we have the mulitple donors who serve on the board of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. 

ARIZONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS
Jason Bagley
Charles Bassett
Wendy Briggs
Craig Coppola
Dennis Dahlen
Janna Day
Jerry Fuentes
Glen Hamer
Richard Hannon
Alan Heywood
Tim Jeffries
Ron Minegar
James Norton
David Veillette (through the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare PAC)
Patrick Walz (through the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare PAC)
Doug Yonko (who also donated do Kevin Gibbons)

Other notable donors to Adams' campaign:

Steve Churci and his STRESPAC (Arizona Restaurant Association PAC)-candidate for Maricopa County Supervisor
Jason/Andrea LeVecke- owners of Carl's Jr. restaurants
Carl/Neisha LeVecke
Mac/Sandra Magruder- owners of McDonald's franchises
Farrell Quinlan- Former spokesman for AZEIR/ led public policy campaigns for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce
Chad Willems- political consultant
Michael Bidwell - Arizona Cardinals
Skip Rimza- former Mayor of Phoenix
Cecil Ash- Legislator LD18
Beth Farnsworth Coons- donated to Kevin Gibbons and Jerry Lewis
Ross Farnsworth- Farnsworth Development/donated to Kevin Gibbons and Jerry Lewis
Andrew McCain - CFO/Hensley & Co. - son of John McCain
Douglas Yonko - Chairman-Elect of Hensley & Co. / VP of Communications at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce

ATTORNEYS

ABATE, JOSEPH
BARCLAY, STEVE
BIXBY, DAVID M
BRADDOCK, J T
BRIGGS, MARK
BRIGGS, WENDY
CHAPA, ARTHUR
CHARLTON, SUSAN
CHILDERS, DAVID
COHEN, CHARLES R
CURTIS, MICHAEL/CAROL
DAHM, CHRISTOPHER
DALAGER, ROBERT
DAVIS, KURT- Board Arizona Chamber of Commerce
DAY, CHRIS/JANNA- Board of Arizona Chamber of Commerce
FRYDENLUND, DEBBIE (LEGAL ASST)
GALLINGER, GEORGE W 
HAAS, JOHN
HALLMAN, HUGH
HALL, NORMAN G
HANCOCK, KATHY
HARRIS, GREGGORY
 HART, STEPHEN M
HARTMAN, STEPHEN D
 HERSTAM, CHRIS/JULIE
HUGHES, DONALD
JACOBS, GRETCHEN
KASEN, ALLAN J
KNOX, KIMBERLY,
KRAMER, JAY
LASOTA, JOHN A
LINDLEY, STEVEN
LOW, J MICHAEL
MANGUM, JOHN/DEDE
MOODY, JOHN
MORRIS, ROGER
MUNGER, JOHN
 NOVAK, EDWARDO
MALLEY, KEVIN 
OROME, PAUL
OVERHOLT, KEITH 
PATIENCE, STEVE
 PETSAS, WILLIAM
PLACENTI, FRANK MS
ROMAN, STEPHEN H
SHAW IV, AUGUSTUS H
STEVENS, KENT W
TWIST, STEVEN J - Board Arizona Chamber of Commerce
ZIEMBA, THOMAS F



LOBBYISTS

AARONS, BARRY
BARNES, STAN
BAUGHMAN, TODD
COUGHLIN, JOHN
DELL'ARTINO, R MARCUS
DEMENNA, KEVIN
DILL, BARRY
DORN, THOMAS
DUGER, MEGHAEN
GARDNER, MICHAEL G
GILSTRAP, SUZANNE B
GRAY, JEFFERY W
GREEN, MICHAEL PRESTON (LOBBYIST/LAWYER)/KAREN
HARPER, RYAN K
HART, TRISH K
ISAACSON, DON/MARIE
ISAAK, JASON
JAMES, LISA- friend of the McCain camp and former candidate for State GOP Chairman against Randy Pullen
KAITES, JOHN
KAPROSY, JONATHAN
LANDRY, LARRY
LEDBETTER, TAWNYA
LEVINUS, COURTNEY
LUNDY, KELSEY
MEANEY, BARBARA
MOLERA, JAIME
NORTON, JAMES F 
OBER, RON
OSBORN, MARCUS
PIATT, ELIZABETH
 KREES, JULIE
SANDQUIST, JEFFERY
SENSEMAN, KATHRYN
SIMONETTA, NICHOLAS
STEVENS, SUSAN C
TUNIS, SHELLY
WILSON, STEPHEN


GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

ANABLE, SUSAN-COX
BASKETT, ELIZABETH - AZ HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOC
BASSETT, CHARLES-BCBS
BERANEK, KATHI TEES-BCBS
BEZOZO, JASON- AZ HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOC
COLLETTO, MICHAEL A- PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF AZ
DODSON, JEFF-BOEING
DUGAR, MEGHAEN-AZ ASSOC OF REALTORS
FANNING, BARBARA- AZ HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOC
FARLEY, THOMAS- AZ ASSOC OF REALTORS
HAMILTON, JAMES
JACOBS, ANDREW-POLICY RELATIONS
LEWIS, MARK - ROBINSON COMM
LUCERO, LARRY T- TUCSON ELECTRIC
MENLOVE, MITCHELL- GREENBERG-TRAURIG
OMEY, SAMANTHA-HONEYWELL
RICHARDSON, GENEVRA
SMITH, CHRISTOPHER
STUMPF, CHRISTIAN C
TASSINARI, BRIAN
TAYLOR, PENNY
WERTHEIM, PETER
WILLIAMS, G MICHAEL


CONSULTANTS

ALLEN, JOSH
ALVAREZ, RUBEN
ARENA, ELAINE
ATTRIDGE, MONICA
BAE GARY
BOILINI, KRISTEN
FUENTES, JERRY
GULLETT, WES
HARDT, ATHIA
HAY, SYDNEY
HERMON, BEV
KENSKI, MARGARET
LIND, KAREN M
MORRISON, LEE
SANAVA, BETTINA
NOBLE, SEAN
POST, MARY KAY

HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

ABBOTT, JAMES L
ABRAHAM, KAREN M
ACKERMAN, JOEL
ADKINS, JO
ALEXANDER, ADDA
BABU, THOMAS L
BADAL, ROBERT A
BADGE, JAMES
BAKER, KATHRYN
BARTLETT, JON
BAYLESS, BETSEY
BLAIRE, MICHAEL
BOALS, RICHARD
BOLLINGER, KATHY
BRATLAND, MARK
BRUTLAG, JAMES A
BUSBY, KATHRYN
BUEHRLE, JEFF A
CARLSSON, ANNE M
CASTLE, MARSHALL
CHARLESWORTH, AL (KIDS CARE)
CHRISAGIS, DIANA
CLYDE, LINDSEY
CZYZ, THOMAS
DAHLEN, MARY B
DAMERON, THOMAS III
DERSCHEID, GAIL BASS
DETERMAN, TOM
ELTAWIL, MARK
EPSTEIN, ARTHUR
FALKENSTEIN, ALOIS
FINE, PETER
FINN, R DAVID
FRIEDLAN, PAUL R
FRIEDLAN, PHIL N
GIBSON, SANDRA
GIESKE, TERRI
GRAHAM, SEAN
GREENE, GARY
GREENWOOD, JAMES, JR
HAMILTON, GERALD E
HANIAN, ANNETTE
HANLEY, MICHAEL R
HANNON, RICHARD -BCBS
HICKS, LARKIN
HOSTETLER, JACK L
HUGHSON, WILLIAM B
HUMISTON, JOYCE
IMMERMAN, ALAN M
JOHNSON, GEORGE
JOHNSON, MICHAEL
KANTOR, STEVEN
KESSLER, MAURY
KILPATRICK, DENNIS
KLEIN, LORI
KOELBL, THOMAS
KNUDSEN, DAWN S
KUHN, REBECCA
LA CORTE, NEHA
LAMB, MICHAEL
LANDRITH, DAVID
LANGE, LAURIE
LAUREL, MARTY
LEVIN, ALVIN
LIMON, GARY T
LOGAN, JAKE
LONDON, CM
MAYNARD, ELIZABETH
MAYNARD, ROBERT
MCCOY, CRAIG
MEIER, STACEY J
NAVA, ANDREW
NAVRAN, SUSAN
NOVACK, ERIC N
OXFORD, EDWARD F, JR
PAGELS, KATHLEEN
PAROT, CHRISTOPHER J
PINKERT, ROBERT
PURDY, JAMES H
RANDOLPH, L GEORGE
RANESES, ANNA
RECKELL, SUSAN
ROCKWELL, DAVID
RODRIGUEZ, J JAVIER
SCOTT, KATHY A
SEEBOLD, RICHARD
SHEA, MIKE
SMITH DEBRA A
SPURNY, ROBERT
STEINHAUSER, SHANNON
SULLIVAN, TRACY
WEINMAN, DAN
WHITNEY, WARREN
WILSON, TOM
WRIGHT, SERGE WZUMWALT, DON
RIVERS, JOHN  

-AZ HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSN PAC
-HEALTHY GOVT COMMITTEE PAC (BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF ARIZONA)
-OPHTHALMOLOGISTS PAC
-SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE EMS EMPLOYEE PAC
-UNITED EMERGENCY MED PROFESSIONALS OF AZ


Other donors included two PACS which participated in the lawsuit against Arizona in 2007 in an attempt to halt the employer sanctions law:

-ARIZONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

-ARIZONA FARM BUREAU