| Rice Funds Come From Outside Loveland Ward 1 Special Election Coverage Mail-in Election To Finish on March 2, 2010 |
Loveland - February 9, 2010
Ward 1 candidate Donna Rice has repeatedly told voters her reason for running for city council was due to information she found in
campaign reports during Loveland's last municipal election . Rice has assailed contributions to Loveland City Council candidates by
people in Ft. Collins and especially councilmembers in Ft. Collins. Rice told LovelandPolitics and the Loveland Reporter-Herald
that she was motivated to run after discovering outside money was being contributed to Loveland city council races.
According to campaign finance reports filed today by Rice's campaign treasurer, Kari Fritz, the candidate for Ward 1 motivated to
run primarily out of disdain by outside contributions -- is herself the largest recipient of outside money likely in the city's history.
Most of the funds raised for Rice's campaign were from contributors who reported addresses in cities other than Loveland. Rice
outside contributors mostly come from Windsor, Ft. Collins and Greeley and Boulder. The majority of the outside money comes
from attorneys and real estate brokers. One contributor lives in Clyde Hill, Washington.
Rice is far ahead in fund raising over the other two candidates who submitted reports by 3:00 PM today with the Loveland City
Clerk. Rice reported raising $3899. Toby P. Terhune is listed at an address in Windsor and is reported to have contributed $250.
Loveland has a campaign contribution limit in the city's charter of $100 so the report also shows the contribution was returned.
It is ironic Rice chose to fund her campaign by mostly non-Loveland contributions. An attorney, Rice comes across as a personable
and articulate candidate. Her inability to see the irony in taking so much money from outside the community while saying she is
running to stop out of town contributions seems odd.
Equally puzzling was Rice's decision to accept a campaign contribution from a sitting member of the Loveland City Council. Daryle
Klassen, who also represents Ward 1 on council, gave Rice $99 on January 18, 2010. The Reporter-Herald has traditionally
reported only contributions of $100 and above therefore the councilman may have only given $99 to avoid being named in
Loveland's daily newspaper as a contributor to her campaign. Chief among Rice's complaints has been the fact elected officials also
contributed to Loveland races last November thus demonstrating a candidate may already have an agenda other than what they are
telling the voters.
In total Rice raised $2,275 from sources reported to be outside Loveland and $1,624 from people or businesses inside
Loveland.
The other two candidates to report contributions today were Adam Koniecki and Robert Molloy. Bob Molloy raised $340 mostly
from sources inside Loveland and spent $337 according to his report. Adam Koniecki spent $500 so far mostly on advertisements
in the Loveland Reporter-Herald and raised the majority of the $541 from his own resources.
John Case's campaign had not yet submitted a report to the Loveland City Clerk at the time this report was filed late on February 9,
2010.
February 12, 2010 Story Update:
Candidate John Case listed $3,903 in contributions, which included his personal $1000 loan to the campaign. Outside this personal
contribution (the loan and another $120 personal contribution), Case had 60 donors, with an average donation of $46.38. Of those
donors, only 12 were from out of town addresses, including a couple co-workers at IBM. Out-of town contributions were 12.5%
of the total. There were no LLCs or other business contributions among Case's donors.
Ward 1 candidate Donna Rice has repeatedly told voters her reason for running for city council was due to information she found in
campaign reports during Loveland's last municipal election . Rice has assailed contributions to Loveland City Council candidates by
people in Ft. Collins and especially councilmembers in Ft. Collins. Rice told LovelandPolitics and the Loveland Reporter-Herald
that she was motivated to run after discovering outside money was being contributed to Loveland city council races.
According to campaign finance reports filed today by Rice's campaign treasurer, Kari Fritz, the candidate for Ward 1 motivated to
run primarily out of disdain by outside contributions -- is herself the largest recipient of outside money likely in the city's history.
Most of the funds raised for Rice's campaign were from contributors who reported addresses in cities other than Loveland. Rice
outside contributors mostly come from Windsor, Ft. Collins and Greeley and Boulder. The majority of the outside money comes
from attorneys and real estate brokers. One contributor lives in Clyde Hill, Washington.
Rice is far ahead in fund raising over the other two candidates who submitted reports by 3:00 PM today with the Loveland City
Clerk. Rice reported raising $3899. Toby P. Terhune is listed at an address in Windsor and is reported to have contributed $250.
Loveland has a campaign contribution limit in the city's charter of $100 so the report also shows the contribution was returned.
It is ironic Rice chose to fund her campaign by mostly non-Loveland contributions. An attorney, Rice comes across as a personable
and articulate candidate. Her inability to see the irony in taking so much money from outside the community while saying she is
running to stop out of town contributions seems odd.
Equally puzzling was Rice's decision to accept a campaign contribution from a sitting member of the Loveland City Council. Daryle
Klassen, who also represents Ward 1 on council, gave Rice $99 on January 18, 2010. The Reporter-Herald has traditionally
reported only contributions of $100 and above therefore the councilman may have only given $99 to avoid being named in
Loveland's daily newspaper as a contributor to her campaign. Chief among Rice's complaints has been the fact elected officials also
contributed to Loveland races last November thus demonstrating a candidate may already have an agenda other than what they are
telling the voters.
In total Rice raised $2,275 from sources reported to be outside Loveland and $1,624 from people or businesses inside
Loveland.
The other two candidates to report contributions today were Adam Koniecki and Robert Molloy. Bob Molloy raised $340 mostly
from sources inside Loveland and spent $337 according to his report. Adam Koniecki spent $500 so far mostly on advertisements
in the Loveland Reporter-Herald and raised the majority of the $541 from his own resources.
John Case's campaign had not yet submitted a report to the Loveland City Clerk at the time this report was filed late on February 9,
2010.
February 12, 2010 Story Update:
Candidate John Case listed $3,903 in contributions, which included his personal $1000 loan to the campaign. Outside this personal
contribution (the loan and another $120 personal contribution), Case had 60 donors, with an average donation of $46.38. Of those
donors, only 12 were from out of town addresses, including a couple co-workers at IBM. Out-of town contributions were 12.5%
of the total. There were no LLCs or other business contributions among Case's donors.
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| Adam Koniecki Reported Contributions of $541 |
| Robert Molloy Reported Contributions of $340 |
| John Case Only 12.5% of campaign funds came from outside Loveland Total $3,903 |
| Donna Rice 58.5% of campaign funds came from outsed Loveland Total $3,899 |