A Special THANK YOU to our Trail Heroes and Trail Champions

[LYIN' KING]

1st Targeted House Race Announcement on August 7

Dear Trail User,

TPAC wants to thank all those Heroes, Champions, and others who helped make our "Be a Trail Hero" fundraiser a huge success. Besides the donations,TPAC got a lot of emails from riders new to OHV politics who want to become part of the solution. Below is the final list of Heros and Champions in this fund raising event.


Trail Heroes ($200 or more)

Mike - San Ramon, CA - $500

Roger - Graham, WA - $300

Chris - San Carlos, CA - $250

Kane - Soquel, CA - $250

Leon - Eureka, CA - $250

Jerry - Oakdale, CA - $250

Art - Redding, CA - $250

Ole - Danville, CA - $250

Rick - Los Gatos, CA - $210

Rob - Fairfield, CA - $200

Dave - Pioneer, CA - $200

T - Petaluma, CA - $200

John - Lakeside, CA - $200

John - Gilroy, CA - $200



Trail Champions ( $100 - $199)[/B]

Julian - Houston, TX - $150

Rick - Walnut Creek, CA - $100

Randy - Sheboygen, WI - $100

Mr. Bill - Granada Hills, CA - $100

Richard - Minneapolis, MN - $100

William - Cotati, CA - $100



Thanks also to all those who have made donations under $100 dollars! Those are important too. Your support has helped prime the pumps at TPAC!


We will be making a major announcement on Tuesday about our 1st officially targeted key House race where you have a pro-trail candidate being specifically targeted for defeat by a far-left environmental PAC. That race is neck and neck right now so our support will make a difference.



DONATE HERE TO SUPPORT 10-20 TARGETED HOUSE RACES . . . http://www.thetrailpac.com/donate.html



Thanks for your continued support!


Don Amador

The Trail PAC

www.thetrailpac.com

[randii]

What does $4K buy?
Honest question, I dunno. Super PACs are skewing the news with super monies, and a half billion dollars of money may be in play in this election cycle.
I know the intent is to spend focused dollars on focused fights, where it can have the most effect, but what does $4K buy, and about what percent of dollars donated goes to direct support, as opposed to indirect administrative support?

Randii

[LYIN' KING]

http://www.thetrailpac.com/contact.html

[chainrnng]

Originally Posted by randii

What does $4K buy?
Honest question, I dunno. Super PACs are skewing the news with super monies, and a half billion dollars of money may be in play in this election cycle.
I know the intent is to spend focused dollars on focused fights, where it can have the most effect, but what does $4K buy, and about what percent of dollars donated goes to direct support, as opposed to indirect administrative support?

Randii

it buys a future run in politics silly isn't it obvious??

[randii]

Originally Posted by LYIN' KING

http://www.thetrailpac.com/contact.html

Seems like an issue posted for donations HERE might be reasonable to discuss HERE, no? The next two weeks are pretty damn busy to me, and if answers aren't out there by then, I may call Don directly,

Originally Posted by chainrnng

it buys a future run in politics silly isn't it obvious??

It isn't obvious to me, or I wouldn't be asking. I can easily see how million-dollar PACs impact the process, but I'm not sure about smaller ones. I know we have to start small to get big, but I'm wondering how the jump is made from small to large.

I've no axe to grind, I'm honestly wondering.

Randii

[cuttenkid]

Randii,

While Super PACs can spend unlimited amounts on non-coordinated ads, etc to help a candidate... the fed candidate can only receive limits amounts of money from various donors (see limits)

http://www.fec.gov/info/contriblimits1112.pdf

That is why a few thousand dollars from TPAC or somebody else means a lot to a candidate.

Hope this helps.

Don

[navy-jeepster]

Randii
Thanks for asking the question, because I did not know the rules on this either.

Don

Thanks for the answer too.
Much appreciated.

Todd

[cuttenkid]

Todd et al,

No problem. In tight congressional races, that extra few K really helps.

Don

[randii]

Originally Posted by cuttenkid

While Super PACs can spend unlimited amounts on non-coordinated ads, etc to help a candidate... the fed candidate can only receive limits amounts of money from various donors (see limits)
... That is why a few thousand dollars from TPAC or somebody else means a lot to a candidate.

So the key is coordination... and TPAC would be in a position to work WITH the candidate, right? This is making a lot of sense to me, then, because working closely with a candidate BEFORE the election should really help with relations AFTER the election.

Originally Posted by cuttenkid

In tight congressional races, that extra few K really helps.

The news puts so much focus on the presidential race, sometimes I miss the trees (congress/senate) for the forest (Washington).

thanks,

Randii

[cuttenkid]

Randii,

As an independent PAC we do not actually work with a candidate, but simply support that candidate's race to get into office. Supporting candidates that share and support your views is one of the most important activities that one can do.

Thanks,

Don