Pay for Play

What is Pay for Play?

It is where a contractor makes a donation to a political campaign with the hope of a returned favor in the future. It seems to be alive and well in Hamilton County even when no one is running against the office holder. For example the Country Surveyor has not had anyone run against him for years. I am the first person in a long time to run against him.  Then how come over the last two years he has gotten a contribution from Christorpher B. Burke Ltd? Its an engineering firm that has had contracts and placed bids for contracts for his office. Not much money but makes you wonder.

A big deal is the building of Highway 37 with roundabouts. Steve Dillinger on Jan 2, 2016 recieved a contribution of $1,000. from Citizens for Better Roads. You might want to look at the 2015 paperwork with a list of contractors etc. That gave him money. Including those that he had to approved for county work.

Now Ms. Altman has in 2012 also got money from Citizens for Better Roads and a materials company also a concrete pavement association. Then their is Mark Heirbrandt with contributions from SAMCO, the sewer people who recently started to charge excessive sewer inspection fees, engineering, paving, contractors and lets not leave off the law firms.

What would happen if the state passed a law that anyone that contributes to a political campaign be considered for a contract issued by the office of the person running for office. One thing would happen overnight - pay to play donations would drop to near zero. Second we might just get a more honest government.

If elected I will not accept any donations from contractors, law firms, or anyone else that might be involved in a contract with the county or a relative, etc. So vote for me for County Surveyor and honest government.

Joe Weingarten
Paid for and approved by Weingarten for Surveyor