Roach: 69% from Howard Rich and associates

If you ever wanted to know what lawmakers were thinking when they passed a certain bill, a good place to start is a little blurb they call the “Whereas Clause.” Most of the time, the “Whereas Clause” is right at the beginning of the bill.

Usually it goes something like, “WHEREAS, there aren’t enough different types of license plates in South Carolina…”

If you're nerdy enough to look at the “Whereas Clause” of our state ethics laws, you’ll see that lawmakers wanted to “to improve the disclosure of contribution sources in reasonable and effective ways” and “to reduce the influence of large contributors with specific financial stakes in matters before government.”

But enough with the Civics lesson… let’s check in on the disclosures filed Thursday by Ken Roach, who lost his open-seat GOP primary against Mike Forrester on June 10^th.

In that race, Roach got 69% of his campaign contributions from New York millionaire Howard Rich and associates. But, of course, voters in Spartanburg County had no idea, because all this cash came in after the final public disclosure. In fact, it came in after the election itself.

Deficit spending to avoid disclosure… you gotta love it, people!

Ken Roach, House District 34
$1,000 6/19/2008 Dayrich LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Rich and Rich LLC, 73 Spring St. Ste 507 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Newrich LLC, 73 Spring Street Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Howard Rich, Bayrich LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 538-14 Realty LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Bradford Mgmt of NY Inc, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 4220 Broadway LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 51 First Avenue LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 470 W. 166 LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm. 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 332 E. 11 LLC, 73 Spring Street Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 4220 Broadway Inc, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 405 49 Associates, 73 Spring St. Rm. 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 188 Claremont LLC, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 123 Lasalle Associates, 73 Spring St. Rm 408 NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Joseph Stilwell 26 Broadway 23rd Floor NYC
$1,000 6/19/2008 Douglas Levine 2760 N. Bay Road Miami, FL