Delay's "Legal Expense Trust Records"..people/companies who have donated

[rainbow4321]

PDF file that lists how much has been spent and who has donated...dates back to 2000-2001 til 2004

Some of the companies buried in it: American Airlines (last page), Reliant Energy (several times over), RJ Reynolds (several times), Verizon.


http://www.dropthehammer.org/LegalExpenseTrustRecord.pdf

from here:


http://www.dropthehammer.org/donors/

[RobertSeattle]

1. Here's another dump of his records - Financial Disclosure forms

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.asp?CID=N00005892

[rkc3]

2. I may trade in my Nissans over this.

[elehhhhna]

3. Look at the returned check charges! Ha ha ha !

I see Bob & Doylene (Doylene!) Perry ponied up 5K EACH...
And Bruce Eberle's company get lotsa $$$ from Tommy.

[rainbow4321]

4. Texas homebuilder."chief financial backer of Swift Boat Veterans of Truth"

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002010524_perry20.html

NASSAU BAY, Texas — Bob Perry, the main financier behind the effort to discredit John Kerry's military record, is the most prolific political donor in Texas. A home builder who lives lakeside in this Houston suburb, Perry has helped bankroll the widespread success of Republican candidates in Texas, has long-standing ties to many close associates of President Bush and has contributed to four Bush campaigns. According to interviews and campaign documents, he has given a total of more than $5 million to scores of candidates.

"And the vast majority of those people have never laid eyes on him," said Court Koenning, executive director of the Republican Party in Harris County.

Despite the enormous influence of his money, Perry, 71, is reticent and guarded, and remains something of a mystery in Texas. But his largess has crept onto the national stage. A $100,000 check that Perry wrote this year represented about two-thirds of the money in Swift Boat Veterans for Truth accounts as of June 30, according to financial documents. He since has given another $100,000 to the organization, according to reports this week.

"Bob Perry pulls the strings and never gets his hands dirty. But even by his standards, this latest deal is just over the top," said Charles Soechting, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party.


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Who also helped w/ the new laws in TX that makes it harder for homeowners to sue homebuilders

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/05/legislature/3007273

AUSTIN - After receiving millions in donations from Texas homebuilders, the Legislature created a new state agency that restricted homeowners' rights to sue builders in court, two public advocacy groups said Monday.


Perry Homes was a driving force behind House Bill 730, passed during the 2003 legislative session. The law, which created the Texas Residential Construction Commission, was the industry's biggest legislative initiative in more than a decade.

Critics of the law say it establishes a lengthy and bureaucratic process that homeowners must go through before they can file a lawsuit. Supporters say it protects homeowners by establishing construction standards and statutory warranties.