Residents For Accountability/Revitalize Arizona And Anita Dunn?

We first brought you the Independent Expenditure group called America Votes.

Next up, another IE called "Residents for Accountability."

The Chairman of this group is Israel Torres.  Torres is a partner in the Torres Consulting and Law Group and has received numerous awards such as one from Valle del Sol and the Daniel Ortega Public Service award.  Clients of the Torres firm include countless trade unions throughout the country.  Torres also sits on the board of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. 

One of the partners in the Torres firm is James Barton who was the Assistant Attorney General in 2010 who dropped the recall petitions challenge by Russell Pearce.


Residents for Accountability gave over $137,000 to another IE called "Revitalize Arizona" which Torres also Chairs.

Revitalize Arizona then spent the money to defeat Republicans such as John McComish (Senate District 18), Frank Antenori (Senator District 10) and Chester Crandell (Senator District 6) while supporting their Democrat opponents Tom Chabin (Senator District 6), Jane Hydrick (Senate District 18)  and David Bradley (Senate District 10).

Where else did Revitalize Arizona spend their money?

Democratic polling companies such as Lake Research Partners ($28,000) and SKD Knickerbocker ($24,000) both located in Washington D.C. .

The President of Lake Research is Celinda Lake.  Lake Research claims to be the "Most respected Democratic polling firms in the country."

It continues...

"The firms work has moved the Progressive agenda forward on a variety of issues.  Working against conservatives, Celinda's research demonstrated that the phrase 'religious political extremists' was much more communicative than the vernacular 'religious right.'  In the healthcare arena, her research showed that talking about 'reducing healthcare costs' and the 8 out of 10 working families without adequate health insurance was key."

Clients of Lake Research Partners include:

Bill Clinton
Joe Biden
Nancy Pelosi
Janet Napolitano
Sheila Jackson Lee
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
LIUNA
UFCW Arizona
SEIU Arizona
Ballot initiatives:  opposed California Prop 4 in 2008 which would require parental notification for an abortion, the Arizona Prop 107 "same sex marriage" amendment, and Arizona Prop 202 also in 2006 to increase the minimum wage.

The other company which was paid by Revitalize Arizona was SKD Knickerbocker.  The letters "SKD" stand for "Squier, Knapp, Dunn".  

The "Dunn" in SKD is none other than Obama's former White House Communications Mao-loving director, Anita Dunn who has gone on to represent Sandra Fluke in her faux media firestorm charade.  Prior to her White House position, Dunn served on Obama's 2008 campaign consulting team as the Senior Advisor/Chief Communications Officer.

Another managing director for SKDKnickerbocker is Hilary "Ann Romney never worked a day in her life" Rosen.

These two companies were paid over $50,000 to help progressive groups in Arizona defeat Republicans in an effort to move the Arizona Senate more to the left.

Turning Arizona Blue......

Kirk Adams And His Finance Committee Members

Kirk Adams announced his intentions to run for Congress on April 28, 2011.  Miraculously, he managed to put together a list of deep pocket heavy hitters in less than 11 days.  Amazing!  Goes to show what a Kyl/McCain/Flake donor list can do for someone. 

Finance Committee Members:
Joe Abate, Hon. Stan Barnes, Dr. Craig Barrett, Michael Bidwill, Wendy Briggs, Drew Brown, Jim Click, Jr., Jerry Colangelo, Jerry Coleman, Beth & Chad Coons, Majority Leader Steve Court, Nan & Webb Crockett, Eric Crown, Hon. Bob Fannin & Dr. Lisa Fannin, Anita & Ross Farnsworth, Sr., Michael Preston Green, Amy & Derrick Hall, Scott K. Henderson, Paul Hickman, Karen & Bob Hobbs, Sr., C.A. Howlett, Mike Ingram, Don Isaacson, Ivan D. Johnson, Hon. John Kaites, Randy & Ken Kendrick, John K. Mangum, Norman McClelland, Kelly & Jim Norton, Dr. Eric Novack, Suzy & Scott Perkinson, D. Michael Rappoport, Jordan Rose, Heather & Dr. Paul Sandstrom, Hon. Fife Symington, Arizona Speaker Andy Tobin, Steve Twist, Dan Withers

Let's see what kind of donors are on this Finance Committee. 
Red - Flake
Blue - Kyl
Black - McCain
White - Adams
Green - Jerry Lewis
Purple - Misc. Democrats


Joseph Abate -  3/25/11  250   '06 250, '05 1000     '08 1000, '09 500, '10 500   Giffords '06 500, '08 250,  Arizona Democrat Executive Committee '06 300, '07 600, '08 300, '09 300, '10 300   Pastor '05 1000  Kirkpatrick  '07 250, '08 250
Jerry Coleman - '10 500
Beth and Chad Coons - '07 2300, 3/25/11 1000        '05 2000, '06 950    '08 390, 6/14/11 2500   848
Ross and Anita Farnsworth - '05 2000, '07 3600, '09 1000, '10 2000, 6/14/11 2400     '06  5000     6/11  5000   848
Scott Perkinson - '05 1000, '07 500, '10 500, 6/26/11 500   05 500   5/16/11 1000, 6/30/11 2500   424
Jim Norton - '08 390   Kirkpatrick (D) '08 500, '09 500
Kelly Norton - '05 500, '06 750, '06 1900 Giffords '05 2000, '06 1000 Pastor '10 2400
Stan Barnes - '06 3300    '08 2200, '09 2300     '08 390   Giffords  '05 1000, '07 500, '09 500, Kirkpatrick '08 500, '07 500, '09 500, '10 500,  Democrat Executive Committee 3000
Kevin Demenna - '04 2500, '05 1000, '07 1000, 6/11 2500   '05 2000    '08 390  
Webb Crockett - '08 300
Jim Click - '05 2000, '07 2300, 2/25/11 5000  5/23/11  3000
Wendy Briggs -  '05 1000, '07 1000   '05 1000, '06 2250   '09 740, 6/28/11  250   Kirkpatrick '09 250, '10 500   Mitchell  '10 500   Giffords '10 250
Michael Bidwell - '09 200
Craig Barrett - '07 4600, '09 3600, '10 1200, 4/4/11 5000   6/14/11 2500
Eric Crown -  '05 4100, '07 4600, '09 5000, 3/28/11 5000   '06 6700    5/16/11 5000
Bob and Dr. Lisa Fannin - '10 2000 (upwards of $75k to the Republican Party since 2003)
Michael Green - 3/14/11 2500   '09 410, 6/21/11 2500
Derrick Hall -  '07 2300, '10 4800    6/16/11 2500 
Karen and Bob Hobbs -   '07 1800, '08 1000, '10 2000    '06 10,500     '08 2300   (upwards of $20k to the Republican Party since 2004)
C.A. Howlett -  '05 500
Mike Ingram - '05 100   '09 410
Don Isaacson - '07 250   '06 4000   '07 2300, '09 500    '09 300,  5/27/11  1000    Giffords '06 250, '08 250, '09 500  Pastor '06 250
Ivan Johnson -  '07 300   '05 250   '07 2000, '10 500
John Kaites -  '06 3000   '07 2300, '08 1000, '10 4800    '09 390
Randy Kendrick - '05 4000, '07 4600, 3/7/11 2500   '05 3000, '06 10,500   '07 2300, '08 32,000, '09 4600    '09 390, 6/23/11 5000
Ken Kendrick -   6/23/11 2500
John Mangum -  '06 2500    '09 1000
Norman McClelland - '05 3000, '07 4600, '10 4800, 2/25/11 5000    '05 2000, '06 10,500    '07 4600, '10 5000    5/23/11 2500
Eric Novack - 6/29/11 1000    '10 500    6/29/11  1000
Michael Rappoport - Giffords '06 250, '07 250, '08 500   Udall Colorado (D) 500
Jordan Rose - '06 3000   '08 31,000   6/10/11 2500   Giffords '10 1000
Heather Sandstrom -  '06 1500
Paul Sandstrom - '05 700, '06 200, '07 300, '08 250   '06 500   '10 1000
Fife Symington -  3/31/11  1000    '06 1000
Steve Twist - 6/29/11 2500   '04 2000, '05 2100    '05 2100,  '09 390, 6/29/11 2500
Dan Withers -  6/28/11 5000

The list looks an awful lot like this list for a fundraising dinner for John McCain in March 2010.

Honorary co chairs included Jon Kyl and Jeff Flake.  Event co chairs were Vicki and Jim Click and
Anita and Ross Farnsworth.  The host committee included Joe Abate, Wendy Briggs, Dr. Lisa and Bob Fannin, Ken Kendrick, Mike Rappoport.

In 2005, Pres. Bush stumped for Jon Kyl.  Dr Fannin along with US Airways Exec C.A. Howlett were ones who greeted the president when he arrived and attended the $1000 per plate dinner.

Paul Hickman was McCain's policy director in 2010.  Previous to that position, he was McCain's Arizona Chief of Staff.

Bob and Karen Hobbs purchased Barry Goldwater's home in 2000. 


Are we reading the donations correctly? Adams is receiving support from people who have made significant donations to Democrats?

Someday, people will realize that when these names appear as endorsements for a candidate, it is a sure sign to vote for the "other guy".