Record-breaking funds raised in Buffalo School Board election

[hrmjustin]

By Deidre Williams | News Staff Reporter , Mary Pasciak | News Education Reporter | @MaryPasciak | Google+ ,
Tiffany Lankes | News Staff Reporter | @TiffanyLankes | Google+

A $150-a-ticket cocktail hour at the Bacchus Wine Bar and Restaurant on Chippewa toward the end of April drew dozens of Buffalo’s wealthiest and most powerful people to support Larry Quinn’s bid for a seat on the School Board.

In a few hours, that single event raised more than $8,000 and pushed Quinn’s campaign fund over $70,000 – more than any Buffalo School Board candidate has ever raised.

“People give you the money based on your message,” Quinn said. “It’s not like I’m calling a bunch of people and saying, ‘Give me money.’ I’m getting checks just flying in the mail.”

But that record-breaking stockpile of campaign cash pales in comparison to a two-pronged effort by the teachers union, which includes a $500,000 media campaign that launched six days before the election, as well as several mailers from the AFL-CIO likely costing more than $30,000.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo/record-breaking-funds-raised-in-buffalo-school-board-election-20140502

[rurallib]

1. So is much of this money right wing money?

heard they were going after school boards, city councils and county supervisors across the country.

[hrmjustin]

2. The unions and right wing are spending a lot of money.