Not real thrilled about the sources of the campaign coffers for aspirant District Attorneys Leon Cannizzaro and Ralph Capitelli. Look at this from the T-P, kudos to Frank Donze and Laura Maggi. (sorry for the long excerpt)
All four candidates for district attorney are Democrats. But Cannizzaro has received support from several prominent Republican donors.
For example, the reports show that real estate developer Joe Canizaro; his wife, Sue Ellen; and companies they own have given Cannizzaro a total of $25,000. Phyllis Taylor and her company, Taylor Energy, contributed a total of $10,000. Edward Diefenthal, the chief executive officer of Southern Holdings Inc., and his wife, Nancy, each gave $5,000. Companies owned by Lockport shipbuilder Donald "Boysie" Bollinger have anted up a total of $5,000, and former U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston, now a Washington lobbyist, gave $1,000.
Joe Canizaro and Bollinger have been two of President Bush's most prolific Louisiana financial supporters.
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Other notable Cannizzaro financial backers include businessman and failed gubernatorial candidate John Georges and his wife, Dethel, for a total of $10,000; former Jefferson Parish District Attorney Jack Capella, $5,000; movie theater operator T.G. Solomon, $5,000; and personal injury lawyer Morris Bart, $2,500.
Cannizzaro also received a total of $30,000 in contributions from St. Bernard Parish developer Joseph Georgusis and members of his family.
Among the big-name backers who individually made $5,000 contributions to Capitelli are Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, defense attorneys Pat Fanning and Ralph Whalen, and Edward and Nancy Diefenthal.
Other noteworthy names on Capitelli's donor list are St. Tammany District Attorney Walter Reed, $3,500; lawyer and former legislator Henry Braden IV, $2,500; New Orleans Business Council leader Jay Lapeyre, real estate developer Roger Ogden and lawyers Rob Couhig and Darleen Jacobs, $2,000 each; New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, businessmen Robert Boh and Frank Stewart, and banker Ashton Ryan, $1,000 each; and former U.S. Attorney Harry Rosenberg and restaurateur Ralph Brennan, $500 each.
I don't really like this at all. WCBF has not yet made an endorsement in this race but this has me feeling pretty queasy about pulling the lever for either of these two gentleman. Such a huge percentage of Judge Cannizzaro's campaign is being bankrolled by a single social network.
Our next DA must Must MUST be committed to fairly prosecuting white collar criminals in politics and in commerce. How can I trust either of these two guys? Cannizzaro's list is especially nausiating.
Jason Williams has almost entirely funded his own campaign, save for one $5,000 check from his father-in-law, former Mayor Sidney Barthelemy. Barely objectionable.
We'll have to learn more about him...
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