Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 20:17:00 GMT -6
Lewiston consultant was paid more than $760,000 for failed casino campaign
AUGUSTA — A Lewiston-based political consultant and former state lawmaker was paid more than $760,000 in a recent effort to collect voter signatures for a failed ballot question campaign for a Southern Maine casino.
According to records filed with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, Olympic Consulting, headed by Stavros Mendros, a former Republican state lawmaker and a former Lewiston city councilor, was one of two companies paid by the Horseracing Jobs Fairness campaign to gather signatures in Maine.
In all, the campaign spent more than $2.9 million, putting it among the most costly ballot campaigns in state history. Nearly all of the campaign's cash came from a single donor, Lisa Scott, a Miami-based real estate developer.
The other company hired to collect signatures in Maine was the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Silver Bullet Group. That company was paid $1.1 million for its role in the failed effort, according to a recent campaign finance report filed by the campaign's treasurer, Cheryl Timberlake, an Augusta-based lobbyist.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/04/08/lewiston-consultant-was-paid-more-760000-failed-casino-campaign/1903215
AUGUSTA — A Lewiston-based political consultant and former state lawmaker was paid more than $760,000 in a recent effort to collect voter signatures for a failed ballot question campaign for a Southern Maine casino.
According to records filed with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, Olympic Consulting, headed by Stavros Mendros, a former Republican state lawmaker and a former Lewiston city councilor, was one of two companies paid by the Horseracing Jobs Fairness campaign to gather signatures in Maine.
In all, the campaign spent more than $2.9 million, putting it among the most costly ballot campaigns in state history. Nearly all of the campaign's cash came from a single donor, Lisa Scott, a Miami-based real estate developer.
The other company hired to collect signatures in Maine was the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Silver Bullet Group. That company was paid $1.1 million for its role in the failed effort, according to a recent campaign finance report filed by the campaign's treasurer, Cheryl Timberlake, an Augusta-based lobbyist.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2016/04/08/lewiston-consultant-was-paid-more-760000-failed-casino-campaign/1903215