Pete Ross, Democratic Candidate for
Ward 2 Councilmember in the
September 12, 2000 Primary
Additional materials from candidate’s web site, August 2000

EVANS’ CONTRIBUTORS

Everybody talks about the $200,000+++ political war chest the Council Member Jack Evans has assembled for his re-election. Did you know?

• Only $14,835.00 came from residents of Ward 2. If you remove the donations from known developers and real estate involved residents, the amount of donations is less than $10,000.
• $59,685 came from Commercial Entities and PACs with Ward 2 addresses.
• $20,145.00 has come from individuals who used commercial addresses (such as 1776 K Street, NW), which infers that these individuals live in Ward 9.
• Assorted businesses located at 1615 M Street, NW gave 19 different donations of $500.00 each, for a total of $9,500!
• Following are some of the other addresses where multiple donations of $500.00 were given to his re-election campaign:
  • 1001 K Street, NW - $2500
  • 1720 I Street NW - $2,000
  • 1815 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - $2,750
  • 1725 De Sales Street, NW - $2,500
  • 1900 K Street, NW - $2,000
  • 401 M Street, SW - $2,000
  • 6106 MacArthur Blvd., Bethesda - $2,000
  • 6500 Rockspring Drive, Bethesda - $2,500
• Nine executives from IMS for $4,500. The addresses of these contributors span the whole country (CA, LA, NJ, PA, etc.). IMS is a division of Lockheed.
• Thirty-two (32) employees from PEPCO. Not one of these employees live in Ward 2.

The six lists are broken down so that you can see where he gets his special interest money.

List #1 is divided into three sections: (CLICK HERE) [There donor lists are not available on DCWatch]

• Individual donors who live in Ward 2
• Special interest donors who live in Ward 2 (PACs, real estate interests, law firms, bars, restaurateurs, etc)
• Individual donors who have given commercial addresses in Ward 2. These are most likely special interest people who do not live in Ward 2

List #2 is an alphabetical list of the donors by Employer. (CLICK HERE)

List #3 is alphabetical by last name of Donor. (CLICK HERE) Look to see if your name is on the list. If you live in Ward 2, it probably isn’t.

List #4 is by street addresses. (CLICK HERE) Please note all of the separate $500.00 contributions from certain addresses. These are special interest contributions that are making a mockery of our campaign finance laws.

List #5 is by zip code. (CLICK HERE)

List #6 is listed by size of the contribution. (CLICK HERE) Please note the $15,000 contribution by Council Member Evans to his own campaign. It is actually a loan, which eh paid back to himself with interest!

Now you should understand why Council Member Jack Evans does not represent the residents of Ward 2.