As is well known, UVA law is one of the best law schools in the country and its graduates routinely get hired by the biggest firms all over the United States. It’s called personal connections folks, not a thing in the world wrong with that, especially when these people went to law school here in the Commonwealth.

Maybe later I will take the opportunity to dig through McDonnell’s fundraising records. As I said earlier, I don’t have the inclination now to do what would be a time consuming exercise (to do well anyway). And my point is that a bunch of donations fails to establish corruption or that a candidate will be unresponsive to his/her constituents. If you hold positions advocated by any party really, then you get their contributions.

All you have are unsubstantiated accusations at this point. That and $1.50 will buy you a cup of coffee.

“He who has the gold makes the rules.” No matter what happens to my child, Virginia’s children and other special needs children in PSI facilities all across the country. This is an issue that needs to be addressed. Here’s a most recent PSI report.
http://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-report-blasts-care-as-psychiatric-hospitals-0304

If you can dissect McD’s donor list then do so or shut up. Shannon has been exposed for what he is–a hack who would use his office to try and turn Virginia into a basket case state like New york, etc., where nothing happens without the express consent of the trial bar. The fact that he relies on shysters, crooks and theives from other states to pad his coffers is even more damning.

Something simple that help families and special needs children, made sense and saved the state money!

Now if he or Del. Fralin could encourage Mims to look at a very similar issue regarding VADSS denying adoption assistance to families who take legal custody of their special needs foster children before adopting them. (Which we did after PSI severely injured our son and DSS kept returning him to the PSI facility.) VA Code is skating on thin ice restrictively defining special needs children by placement, not just by their special needs. This is easier effort wise for local DSS workers, but hurts the kids or prevents them from being adopted AND ends up costing the state more money! So much for Virginia encouraging and supporting families!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/assets/psi/whisper.ridge.license.revoc.pdf

I am not really interested in picking a part McDonnell’s or the RPV’s or the RNC’s donor list. But it can be done just as easily as this poster picks at Shannon’s list. My point is that this argument does not hold any water. It is weak. This fails to demonstrate that Shannon has been bought; that he is a corrupt politician. That he will represent Virginia’s interests any less than whoever his Republican challenger will be.

If we are making the argument about money’s influence in politics, the AG’s job would sometimes put the person across the table from a company like Verizon. If they gave you $35k to fund your campaign, would you be as good a public defender when representing consumers before the SCC?

Verizon, by the way, is headquartered in New York City and chartered in Delaware. If you want to include in scope of Virginians anyone who does business in Virginia, then of the folks listed, are we certain that they have no business dealings in the state of Virginia?

http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2009/04/moran-money-web-hits-wapo.html

Other than that, I don’t see much there that’s controversial.

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP gave $1,000 to Bob McDonnell’s gubernatorial campaign. You think AOL’s donation to Shannon is big, they gave McDonnell $10k. Kay Management gives most of their money to the Apartment & Office Building Association, which in turn has given $4,500 to the VA Republican Senate Caucus and $4,000 to the Republican Party – Virginia House Campaign Committee.

Money flows into politics from various sources. Those sources give the most money to people who support their causes. This isn’t news though. But I would advise that unless your candidate is a chaste virgin when it comes to lobbyist, corporate, PAC, or business money to just drop the subject.

You don’t like Steve Shannon’s views, let’s discuss those. And chances are if you don’t like his views, you won’t like his donors. But the surprise there is what?