http://www.callahansclevelanddiary.com/?p=478"If early money is like yeast, who helped Joe Cimperman get his dough to start rising?
Councilman Cimperman announced his candidacy for Dennis Kucinich’s seat on December 3. In the next two weeks (through December 16), fifteen contributors wrote checks for more than a thousand dollars to Joe Cimperman for Congress. Click to see the list:
Committee: JOE CIMPERMAN FOR CONGRESS
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00442483/319942/sa/ALLThese contributions totalled $39,200. None of the listed addresses are in the Tenth Congressional District.
During the same two weeks, another twenty people and one corporate PAC kicked in contributions of $1,000 or less, totalling $16,760. Four of these smaller kickoff contributions came from addresses in the Tenth District..."
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I picked one corporation from the list,
Forest Enterprises Inc. Several officers of Forest Enterprises, who are members of the Ratner Family gave to Cimperman for Congress in the first few weeks.Not sure what it all means???
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4572"...I’m waiting for the Pee Dee’s passionate editorial telling Dick Jacobs and the Sam Miller/Ratner families to pay back the money they owe the city. Every penny of it.
The Pee Dee reported last week that both Jacobs and Miller/Ratner are balking at repaying the city at a discount, a plan by Mayor Frank Jackson to invigorate its financial position by allowing the loans to be paid before the due date but at reduced amounts.
The paper reported that Jacobs owes some $18 million and the Miller/Ratners some $25 million. These loans at no or very low interest rates were made back in the 1980s by George Voinovich and George Forbes, the two who worked to give away whatever they could to downtown interests.
I’d like to hear the Pee Dee show some citizen outrage ONE TIME against these public pirates, Jacobs, Miller and the Ratners...
The Pee Dee could do a service to the citizens by researching and telling us which downtown property owners got what part of the $100 million in taxable property that came off the tax rolls in recent years. Likely suspects: Forest City Enterprises, Dick Jacobs and John Carney interests..."FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:FCE.A***Donated to Cimperman
Management
Samuel H. Miller > Co-Chairman of the Board and Treasurer
Officer Since: 12/1992
***Albert B. Ratner > Co-Chairman of the Board
Officer Since: 07/1993
***Charles A. Ratner > President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Officer Since: 06/1993
Thomas G. Smith > Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Secretary
Officer Since: 09/03/1985
***James A. Ratner > Executive Vice President and Director
Officer Since: 03/09/1988
***Ronald A. Ratner > Executive Vice President and Director
Officer Since: 03/09/1988
***Brian J. Ratner > Executive Vice President and Director
Officer Since: 05/1994
Bruce C. Ratner > Executive Vice President and Director; Pres. and CEO of the Forest City Ratner Companies
Officer Since: 11/09/2006
Linda M. Kane > Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer
Officer Since: 04/01/1995
Geralyn M. Presti > Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Officer Since: 07/01/2002