Ruh-roh, Shaggy…
Now the value of volunteer work is exempt, if my non-lawyer reading of the laws is correct. But everything else must be reported. And while most political junkies look into the cash donations, a lot of times the in-kind donations go unnoticed. A friend or supporter who caters an event for free must be reported as an in-kind contribution. And most political campaigns routinely benefit from this type of donation and Democrat Terry McAuliffe is no exception.
But while looking through the in-kind donations for McAuliffe, I noticed three rather significant donations totaling $42,739 from Planned Parenthood – a pretty shocking number for 2013 and his second largest in-kind donation.
These donations, if you click on them, show the donations were for Website Services and Staff Time.
Read it all [1].