Bond Season Renews $500M P2P School Board Bribery Contractor Scam?

Posted: 2023-09-13

[EAN NOTE:The following message is from a recent email from Brian Ference (BrianFerence.com) which was sent out on September 6, 2023. It is up to the reader to determine the veracity of the claims contained herein. With that said, this type of corruption is ubiquitous in Arizona schools; especially in Public Schools]

Bond Season Renews $500M P2P School Board Bribery Contractor Scam

It is Bond and Override Season again for the School Boards including Paradise Valley Unified School District. That means the school board members who received donations (bribes) from contracting companies will be heavily pushing tax increases in the form of School Bonds and Overrides to repay the contracting companies who fund their re-election and also fund PACs to advertise the Bonds/Overrides.

Paradise Valley USD 2022 Override & ‘Bought’ School Board Candidates

• PAC used to promote Override is Yes For PV Students (ID=1000371)
• Very LARGE donations from Contractors (Over $60,000 just this 2022 election cycle)
• On Q4 2019 PAC filing Paul Ulan’s company Primary Consultants was paid out $60,535

Campaign Filings:

• https://recorder.maricopa.gov/Elections/CampaignFinance/campfindocsresults.aspx?candidateid=1000371&fileyear=
• Q3 2022 Link to filing: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/Elections/CampaignFinance/campfindocspdf.aspx?documentid=48034&fileyear=2022
• Q4 2019 Link to filing: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/Elections/CampaignFinance/campfindocspdf.aspx?documentid=43012&fileyear=2019

Contractors that ‘paid-to-play’ by funding the 2022 Paradise Valley USD / Yes For PV Students Campaign:

• Wholesale Floors, LLC
• 1GPA
• Progressive Services, Inc.
• GCON, Inc.
• Western Acoustics, Inc.
• Snell and Wilmer
• Sun Valley Masonry, Inc.
• Chasse Building Team
• Pete King Construction Company
• ADM Group, Inc
• Orcutt Winslow Partnership
• Western Acoustics, Inc.
• MOS Construction LLC
• Sun Country Floors, Inc.
• CORE Construction, Inc.
• Skyline Builders & Restoration, Inc.
• SPS+ Architects, LLP
• Sun Valley Builders, LLC
• Sunland Asphault Solterra Materials
• McCarthy Holdings, Inc
• DLR Group
• Midstate Mechanical, LLC
• Artcraft Granite Marble & Tile Co.
• Kearney Electric Communications
• JBJ Electric Company, LLC
• Pueblo Mechanical & Controls
• Willmeng Construction, Inc.

Paradise Valley School Board Candidates Bought By Contractors

A review of 2022 PVUSD School Board Candidates records shows that contractors are donating to some of their campaigns. I wonder what these contractors are hoping they get in return?

Kerry Baker has reported raising $14,169 in her 3rd Quarter Campaign Finance Report. At least $11,000 of these ‘donations’ came from contractors or people affiliated with the contractors. So who are her top donors? Pay attention to these company names:

• Lance Little, owner of Stone Cold Masonry donated $1000
• Suzanne Bergen, Office Manager of Wholesale Floors donated $2500
• Ben Barcon, owner of ADM Group donated $2500
• Lauren Farrell, “homemaker” residing in Tempe (wife of Mark Farrell, President of Progressive Roofing) donated $2500
• Travis Brewer, Operations Manager for A.C.E donated $2500

source: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/CampFinDocs/pdf/2022_48282.pdf

Susan Matura has reported raising $18,234 in her 3rd Quarter Campaign Finance Report. $14,000 came from individuals donating over $100. So who are her top donors? Pay attention to these company names:

• Lance Little, owner of Stone Cold Masonry donated $1000
• Suzanne Bergen, Office Manager of Wholesale Floors donated $2500
• Ben Barcon, owner of ADM Group donated $2500
• Lauren Farrell, “homemaker” residing in Tempe (wife of Mark Farrell, President of Progressive Roofing) donated $2500
• Charles Hink, Engineer for Pueblo Mechanical donated $2500
• Travis Brewer, Operations Manager for A.C.E donated $2500

source: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/CampFinDocs/pdf/2022_48252.pdf

Tony Pantera has reported raising $16,250 is his 3rd Quarter Campaign Finance Report. At lease $11,000 of these ‘donations’ came from contractors or people affiliated with the contractors. So who are his top donors? Pay attention to these company names

• Lance Little, owner of Stone Cold Masonry donated $1000
• Suzanne Bergen, Office Manager of Wholesale Floors donated $2500
• Ben Barcon, owner of ADM Group donated $2500
• Lauren Farrell, “homemaker” residing in Tempe (wife of Mark Farrell, President of Progressive Roofing) donated $2500
• Travis Brewer, Operations Manager for A.C.E donated $2500

source: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/CampFinDocs/pdf/2022_48251.pdf

Read More and what other school districts are involved (likely all are)

Sincerely,

Brian Ference
http://brianference.com

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