By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, January 19 at 8:01 AM
Jake beat me in pointing out that Francis Slay paid hired gun Richard Callow $2,000 a month for his work on the mayor's blog. Though I did report this relationship back in October. (I thought the idea of a blog was personal expression. I wonder if Callow writes in the mayor's diary for him too?). So let me point out that some of that money made it to other campaigns I've been following.
Callow donated $600 to Amber Boykin's state senate campaign ($300 on Nov. 23 and $300 on Dec. 1) and $500 to Maida Coleman's doomed state auditor campaign. And I can only estimate from their rate card, that Callow gives at least $400 a month to support Dave Drebes' newspaper.
2 Comments:
“So let me point out that some of that money made it to other campaigns I’ve been following.”
Are you inferring that Slay is laundering campaign money through Callow? My own impression is that Callow has his own personal agenda (and his own personal funds to carry it out), but if you have more on this angle, let’s hear it.
1:00 PM, January 19, 2006
I'm not alleging any illegal laundering at all, Oracle. (Mr. Callow has his hands in so many cookie jars, there's no need to start making things up.)
Don't read anything into it other than what it says.
Callow gets his money from lots of places: the mayor, the Cardinals, local developers, etc. He then uses his money to buy influence with other lawmakers. It's all legal -- if not completely ethical.
3:23 PM, January 19, 2006
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