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BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Prop 8 contributions from Texas exceed $1.4 million
February 10th, 2009Over on the main page, we’ve just posted my story about contributions from Texas to groups supporting and opposing Proposition 8 in California. As part of the story, we’ve published a complete list of donors from Texas to both sides. For the list of Prop 8 supporters, go here. For a list of opponents, go here. To read the story itself, go here.
UPDATE: I’ve posted this on the comments below, but I’ll post it here too. If you gave less than $100 to Prop 8 and you don’t see your name, don’t be surprised. Under California law, if you gave less than $100, the group you gave it to is NOT required to report your name. As a result, contributions of less than $100 are often lumped together into one transaction for reporting purposes, with no name or state listed. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the amount contributed from Texas is slightly more than what I’ve reported in this article. However, even if there were 500 contributions of less than $100 from Texas, you’re still talking about less than $50,000, which in the grand scheme of things isn’t very much.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I’m not on that list and I remember giving money to oppose Prop 8, but it was through HRC (they sent an urgent email asking for donations around the time that poll results started skewing in favor of the measure). Does that mean HRC didn’t use the money I gave them for the purpose intended?
February 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
J.E.:
Under California law, if you gave less than $100, the group that you gave it to is not required to report your name. As a result, contributions of less than $100 are often lumped together into one transaction for reporting purposes, with no name or state listed. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the amount contributed from Texas is slightly more than what I’ve reported.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
In slightly gratifying news, I only saw one name (Rachel Weidman) from Dallas proper who contributed to the PRO-Prop 8 faction. Less gratifying is she gave a staggering $50K — the largest single amount reported.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I gave $25.00 to NO On 8 and I don’t see my name?
February 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Glad to see this list published again. I posted one on my blog a few weeks ago and got lots of surprised comments. It’s amazing how many people in Texas care about denying rights to Californians. If the shoe were on the other foot, there would be a cry so loud you could hear it from New York. “We Texans don’t need Californians meddling in our business!”
February 11th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Apparently, James Dobson’s Focus on the Family gave SIX times more money to the yes on prop 8 campaign than did the Mormon church and related donors.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2009/02/12206_focus_on_the_family_proposition_8_mormons.html