Money in Politics
Sheriff
Mike Downey ($52,082 this cycle; $78,478 total) still maintains his financial support from the law enforcement community, but he also earned some cash from other places. His top contributer this campaign was the Blue Lake Rancheria for $5,000, followed by $3,000 from the Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff’s Organization, and $1,305 from Gwen and Steve Morris (owners of Morris Logging). He also earned a third of his cash — a staggering $11,910 - from small contributions.
Mike Hislop ($7,602 this cycle; $29,164 total) earned a third of his cash this cycle from small contributions. He received three contributions over $500: $1,000 from Deborah Flint (retired, of McKinleyville), and $500 from both the Hoopa Tribe and Sonia Bauer (mother of Harbor Commissioner Mike Wilson).
Assessor
Johanna Rodoni ($38,403 this cycle; $59,876 total) continues to lead in money raised for the Assessor race. She, like Downey, racked in a large sum of cash from small contributions — $13,598. She also received large contributions from Harry Hardin of Eel River Disposal ($2,250), Humboldt Tea Party organizer Dorice Miranda ($900), Wendt Construction ($900) and Sequoia Gas Co. ($850).
Jon Brooks ($29,297 this cycle; $35,892 total) didn’t plan on running a heavily funded campaign, but after seeing Rodoni’s influx of cash last cycle he had to break a few of his own rules. He gained a score of $100 or so contributions, but the big cash came from the Blue Lake Rancheria ($10,000), Dr. Ken Miller ($540), Clotille and Warren Brooks, of Gresham, OR ($500 each), the Hoopa Valley Tribe ($500), Buck Mt. Ranch ($500), I.M. Brock, of Hoopa ($500) and Patrick Murphy, owner of Murphy’s Markets ($500).
Mari Wilson ($2,960 this cycle; $20,642 total), the second-in-command in the Assessor’s Office, isn’t raising much cash, but she has dropped a whopping $6,367 of her own money into her campaign. She also took out a loan from her husband, Craig Wilson, to the tune of $5,000. The only large contribution she got was from Erik Larsen, who works for Renner Petroleum, for $500.
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Comment / By Anonymous / June 6, 10:29 p.m.
Why not report what every politico in Humboldt County already knows?
FEW candidates historically win without the backing of the development community.
More big box malls, more sprawl, more poverty wages, more infrastructure decay….More public wealth subsidizing a badly failed development model.
A huge windfall from that tiny campaign contribution.