Restore Our Future – Our bought and sold political system

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“Restore Our Future”

Illegal goings on with the

Mitt Romney Presidential campaign

The time has come for some type of reform to stop these ‘corporate’ entities from buying elections.  The Supreme Court decision has to be corrected some way or more of this will follow.

Did someone create a company for the sole purpose of giving to a political action committee trying to boost Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign?

That’s what it looks like. As The Ticket reported earlier this week, three firms gave $1 million apiece to Restore Our Future, a conservative “super PAC” planning to spend millions to help Romney’s White House bid.

One of those companies was W. Spann LLC, a mysterious New York-based company that apparently closed up shop last month shortly after its contribution to the pro-Romney PAC. As NBC News’s Michael Isikoff reports, the company was formed in March by Boston estate tax lawyer Cameron Casey and listed a midtown Manhattan address where the landlord says there’s no record of the firm being a tenant.

The company gave $1 million to Restore Our Future on April 28, and according to records obtained by Isikoff, dissolved on July 12th, just two weeks before the pro-Romney PAC disclosed its donors to the Federal Election Commission. There’s no indication in the records of what the company did or who its owners or principals were.

As Isikoff notes, Rope & Gray, the law firm where Casey works, has previously done work for Bain Capital—where Romney used to work—but the company denies any involvement with W. Spann. The now-defunct LLC listed its address as 590 Madison, the same address where Ropes & Gray bases its New York offices.

But W. Spann isn’t the only mystery about big contributions to Restore Our Future.  As The Ticket previously reported, two other $1 million donations came from two equally mysterious companies:  Eli Publishing and F8 LLC. The two entities list the same Provo, Utah, address, according to FEC records, but there’s no indication of what the companies do.

Still, there are hints at who the companies are affiliate with. Steven Lund, head of the anti-aging company Nu Skin and a prominent Mormon, is listed as the registered agent for Eli Publishing, according to Utah corporate records. Lund has been a major financial supporter of Romney’s previous campaigns.

Restore Our Future did not respond to request for comment from The Ticket, but Charles Spies, a former Romney aide who is one of the PAC’s founders, told Isikoff the committee has no information on W. Spann LLC or any of its corporate donors–insisting they aren’t required to ask for information beyond basic FEC disclosure requirements.

I can’t be investigated, I’m a Mormon, we’re immune to such things

Thanks to The Ticket @ YahooNews for contributing to this story about Restore Our Future.

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Bradley scott
12 years ago

Not surprisd at all. Just another example of the Republican ‘whatever it takes to win,’ attitude. Feels like Nixon’s back, and chortling.

12 years ago

Surprised? Corporate elite have been doing things like this for decades. This is the tip of a giant ice berg. Ever since Rockefeller and Standard Oil, corporate America has run this country any way they’ve wanted. . . probably more like ever since W. W. Harriman and his Railroad.
Yes, there needs to be fundamental change. Is that change possible after having the corpo-fascists in charge for over 100 yrs making laws and twisting the Constitution of the United States? Probably not. We’ll see what emerges when this mess crumbles. . . well, I wont.

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