Xoff's Blog

Commentary on state politics by Bill Christofferson, who often uses Xofferson or Xoff to shorten his 14-letter last name.

Christofferson, a recovered journalist and ex-political reporter, has been a Democratic strategist and consultant for 20 years and is now retired. He lives in Milwaukee.
He is the author of a political biography, "The Man From Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Sen. Gaylord Nelson," published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

All I know is what I read in the papers...

... and that ain't much.

The Journal Sentinel "reports" on a blog entry headlined, "Gableman lands $10,000 donors":

Gableman received two $10,000 donations, the maximum allowed. They came Monday from Paul Singer and Bonnie Loeb of New York City. Both work for Elliot Management, reports at the Government Accountability Board show.

Wonder who those folks are? You won't find out from the newspaper, whose reporter Patrick Marley wasn't curious enough to find out. But Scot Ross at One Wisconsin Now fills in the blanks:

Paul Singer has come to Wisconsin in the form of $40,000 in late contributions from himself, an executive at his company and couple of people with Singer’s same last name.

Singer is the slug who’s made his money by operating so-called “vulture” funds, where he purchased government bonds from poor counties and got an enormous return on the loan. As Greg Palast reported, he jacked Peru for $58 million on an $11 million debt and sued Congo for $400 million on a $10 million debt.

Singer’s the guy who ponied up $250,000 to the radical-right Club for Growth. He’s the guy behind the California referendum to slice up California’s electoral votes. He’s the guy who was helping Rudy 9u11iani’s aborted campaign including raising $500,000 and bundling $200,000 from his employees for the thrice-married historical footnote.

There's more here.

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