| Rice Funds Come From Outside Loveland Ward 1 Special Election Coverage Mail-in Election To Finish on March 2, 2010 |
Loveland - February 9, 2010
Ward 1 candidate Donna Rice has repeatedly told voters her reason for running for city council was due to
information she found in campaign reports during Loveland's last municipal election . Rice has assailed
contributions to Loveland City Council candidates by people in Ft. Collins and especially councilmembers in Ft.
Collins. Rice told LovelandPolitics and the Loveland Reporter-Herald that she was motivated to run after
discovering outside money was being contributed to Loveland city council races.
According to campaign finance reports filed today by Rice's campaign treasurer, Kari Fritz, the candidate for Ward
1 motivated to run primarily out of disdain by outside contributions -- is herself the largest recipient of outside
money likely in the city's history.
Most of the funds raised for Rice's campaign were from contributors who reported addresses in cities other than
Loveland. Rice outside contributors mostly come from Windsor, Ft. Collins and Greeley and Boulder. The
majority of the outside money comes from attorneys and real estate brokers. One contributor lives in Clyde Hill,
Washington.
Rice is far ahead in fund raising over the other two candidates who submitted reports by 3:00 PM today with the
Loveland City Clerk. Rice reported raising $3899. Toby P. Terhune is listed at an address in Windsor and is
reported to have contributed $250. Loveland has a campaign contribution limit in the city's charter of $100 so the
report also shows the contribution was returned.
It is ironic Rice chose to fund her campaign by mostly non-Loveland contributions. An attorney, Rice comes across
as a personable and articulate candidate. Her inability to see the irony in taking so much money from outside the
community while saying she is running to stop out of town contributions seems odd.
Equally puzzling was Rice's decision to accept a campaign contribution from a sitting member of the Loveland City
Council. Daryle Klassen, who also represents Ward 1 on council, gave Rice $99 on January 18, 2010. The
Reporter-Herald has traditionally reported only contributions of $100 and above therefore the councilman may
have only given $99 to avoid being named in Loveland's daily newspaper as a contributor to her campaign. Chief
among Rice's complaints has been the fact elected officials also contributed to Loveland races last November thus
demonstrating a candidate may already have an agenda other than what they are telling the voters.
In total Rice raised $2,275 from sources reported to be outside Loveland and $1,624 from people or
businesses inside Loveland.
The other two candidates to report contributions today were Adam Koniecki and Robert Molloy. Bob Molloy
raised $340 mostly from sources inside Loveland and spent $337 according to his report. Adam Koniecki spent
$500 so far mostly on advertisements in the Loveland Reporter-Herald and raised the majority of the $541 from
his own resources.
John Case's campaign had not yet submitted a report to the Loveland City Clerk at the time this report was filed
late on February 9, 2010.
February 12, 2010 Story Update:
Candidate John Case listed $3,903 in contributions, which included his personal $1000 loan to the campaign.
Outside this personal contribution (the loan and another $120 personal contribution), Case had 60 donors, with
an average donation of $46.38. Of those donors, only 12 were from out of town addresses, including a couple
co-workers at IBM. Out-of town contributions were 12.5% of the total. There were no LLCs or other business
contributions among Case's donors.
Ward 1 candidate Donna Rice has repeatedly told voters her reason for running for city council was due to
information she found in campaign reports during Loveland's last municipal election . Rice has assailed
contributions to Loveland City Council candidates by people in Ft. Collins and especially councilmembers in Ft.
Collins. Rice told LovelandPolitics and the Loveland Reporter-Herald that she was motivated to run after
discovering outside money was being contributed to Loveland city council races.
According to campaign finance reports filed today by Rice's campaign treasurer, Kari Fritz, the candidate for Ward
1 motivated to run primarily out of disdain by outside contributions -- is herself the largest recipient of outside
money likely in the city's history.
Most of the funds raised for Rice's campaign were from contributors who reported addresses in cities other than
Loveland. Rice outside contributors mostly come from Windsor, Ft. Collins and Greeley and Boulder. The
majority of the outside money comes from attorneys and real estate brokers. One contributor lives in Clyde Hill,
Washington.
Rice is far ahead in fund raising over the other two candidates who submitted reports by 3:00 PM today with the
Loveland City Clerk. Rice reported raising $3899. Toby P. Terhune is listed at an address in Windsor and is
reported to have contributed $250. Loveland has a campaign contribution limit in the city's charter of $100 so the
report also shows the contribution was returned.
It is ironic Rice chose to fund her campaign by mostly non-Loveland contributions. An attorney, Rice comes across
as a personable and articulate candidate. Her inability to see the irony in taking so much money from outside the
community while saying she is running to stop out of town contributions seems odd.
Equally puzzling was Rice's decision to accept a campaign contribution from a sitting member of the Loveland City
Council. Daryle Klassen, who also represents Ward 1 on council, gave Rice $99 on January 18, 2010. The
Reporter-Herald has traditionally reported only contributions of $100 and above therefore the councilman may
have only given $99 to avoid being named in Loveland's daily newspaper as a contributor to her campaign. Chief
among Rice's complaints has been the fact elected officials also contributed to Loveland races last November thus
demonstrating a candidate may already have an agenda other than what they are telling the voters.
In total Rice raised $2,275 from sources reported to be outside Loveland and $1,624 from people or
businesses inside Loveland.
The other two candidates to report contributions today were Adam Koniecki and Robert Molloy. Bob Molloy
raised $340 mostly from sources inside Loveland and spent $337 according to his report. Adam Koniecki spent
$500 so far mostly on advertisements in the Loveland Reporter-Herald and raised the majority of the $541 from
his own resources.
John Case's campaign had not yet submitted a report to the Loveland City Clerk at the time this report was filed
late on February 9, 2010.
February 12, 2010 Story Update:
Candidate John Case listed $3,903 in contributions, which included his personal $1000 loan to the campaign.
Outside this personal contribution (the loan and another $120 personal contribution), Case had 60 donors, with
an average donation of $46.38. Of those donors, only 12 were from out of town addresses, including a couple
co-workers at IBM. Out-of town contributions were 12.5% of the total. There were no LLCs or other business
contributions among Case's donors.
LovelandPolitics.com
a non-partisan, not for profit, news website reporting on Loveland, Colorado.
a non-partisan, not for profit, news website reporting on Loveland, Colorado.
| Adam Koniecki Reported Contributions of $541 |
| Robert Molloy Reported Contributions of $340 |
| John Case Only 12.5% of campaign funds came from outside Loveland Total $3,903 |
| Donna Rice 58.5% of campaign funds came from outsed Loveland Total $3,899 |