$1 Million Bounty (Bribe) Offered by 16 (Mostly Fake*) Republican Donors if MassGOP Will Eject Conservative Leader

SPECIAL COMMENTARY – UPDATED 7/13/2021, UPDATED 7/14/2021, SEVERAL TIMES
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by Lonnie Brennan

Yes, they put it in writing: a one million dollar bribe, that’s what 16 donors offered the MassGOP if they would just eject conservative chairman Jim Lyons from his job. They pledged to raise a cool million.

And, while they tout themselves as “16 of the party’s top donors,” nope. That’s a lie. Going through the list (see below) most haven’t given anything to the party since Mass. so-called “Republican” Governor Charlie Baker put out the word to starve the MassGOP of all support and all funding, because an actual conservative Republican with an 8-year record of conservative voting as a state representative, took the chair seat. Five are not Republicans. At least one is a lobbyist who apparently plays both sides, and almost all are big Baker donors, or made donations to Political Action Committees controlled by very close Baker associates (more on that below). And, almost all gave huge donations to Democrats.

Prior to current chairman Jim Lyons, the MassGOP had decades of feckless useless liberals at the helm, who spent big money on the corner office, parties, parking, and travel, and apparently enriching themselves and their friends (we’ll post a related story), but achieving very little – the State House continues to turn blue, blue, blue.

Let’s pause to remember what Charlie Baker stands for, as depicted so well by Scott Lively when he ran against the money-mountain called Baker:

So, a quick look at the list of 16 money men and women shows McQuillan of Boylston Properties. A political figure by his high-profile connections with mega donations to a Baker-related political action committee that supports both liberal Democrats and Republicans.

Then there’s Carey of Carey LLC. Hmm, government lobbying? And now he’s signing a letter to bribe the MassGOP to do what he wants done? Eject a conservative? Is that allowable?

We’ll update this tomorrow…there are so many more anti-Trumpers at the core of Baker support – the very folks who have driven the Republican Party in mass to the brink of extinction in the Senate, and just a feckless footnote in the House.

Here’s the ‘incentive’ (bribery) letter from the CHARLIE (hates Trump) BAKER GANG, who have spent their money almost entirely on supporting Democrats, liberals, and RINOs, with very little money to any conservative Republicans, if at all:

Here’s at taste of some of the signers, and just a few notes about them.
Two trends:
1. All CHARLIE BAKER SUPPORTERS
2. Almost all gave big money to Democrats

Jonathan Bush formerly of Athena Health Care
hasn’t given a dime to the party since 2014 according to the Mass. Office of Campaign and Political Finance. He HAS, however given thousand of dollars to Baker, and let’s not forget his $500 donation to liberal Democrat Steven Grossman, and his $10,000 donation to the YES on 4 campaign to bring a pot shop to every town.

Bill Carey – he gave $50 in 2014 to the Plymouth County Republican Club Political Action Committee. Other than that, thousands of dollars to Baker. Not a dime to the MassGOP.

Kimberly L. Dacier – Let’s see, gave money to Democrat Robert DeLeo, Democrat Karen Spilka, Democrat Michael O’Keefe, and yes, six years ago, listed as a “homemaker” she also gave $5,000 to the MassGOP.. Paul Dacier – same address – made similar contributions. He’s listed as an Executive VP for EMC Corporation. Paul has given thousands of dollars to Democrats including Martha Coakley, Therese Murray, Carolyn Dykema, and so many more… here’s a sample of some of Paul’s donations:

2/27/2015	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Exec Vp and Gen’lcounsel	EMC	$1,000.00	Spilka, Karen2015 Mid-Year Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
1/30/2015	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA			$100.00	O’Keefe, Michael1/30/15 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
1/14/2015	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Executive Vice President	EMC Corporation	$5,000.00	Republican State Committee1/14/15 Deposit Report
12/30/2014	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Exec Vp and Gen’lCounsel	EMC	$500.00	Spilka, Karen2014 Year-end Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
10/14/2014	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Executive Vice President	EMC Corporation	$5,000.00	Republican State Committee10/14/14 Deposit Report
6/11/2014	Dacier, Paul T92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC	$250.00	Fernandes, John V.2014 Pre-primary Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
2/28/2014	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Ryan, Marian Teresa2/28/14 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
1/29/2014	Dacier , Paul T92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	General Counsel	EMC	$500.00	Healey, Maura T.1/29/14 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
1/27/2014	Dacier , Paul T92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha1/27/14 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
1/26/2014	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Evp-General Counsel	Emc Corp	$500.00	Valanzola, Michael J.2014 Pre-primary Report (ND) REPUBLICAN
12/18/2013	Dacier, Paul92 Wodland St.	Sherborn	MA	General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Healey, Maura T.12/18/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
12/13/2013	Dacier, Paul	Weston	MA	refund of contribution		($480.23)	Healey, Maura T.12/13/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
11/15/2013	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Ryan, Marian Teresa11/15/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
11/9/2013	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney/General Counsel	EMC	$500.00	Healey, Maura T.11/9/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
5/9/2013	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	Emc Corporation	$200.00	O’Flaherty, Eugene L.2013 Mid-Year Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
3/4/2013	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha3/4/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
10/5/2012	DACIER, PAUL T92 WOODLAND ST	SHERBORN	MA	ATTORNEY	EMC	$500.00	Murray, Therese2012 Pre-election Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
6/5/2012	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha6/5/12 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
5/30/2012	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corp	$250.00	Dykema, Carolyn Coyne2012 Pre-primary Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
5/7/2012	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	Emc Corporation	$200.00	O’Flaherty, Eugene L.2012 Pre-primary Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
8/15/2011	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Atty	Emc	$250.00	Spilka, Karen2011 Year-end Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
6/13/2011	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	Emc Corporation	$200.00	O’Flaherty, Eugene L.2011 Mid-Year Report (ND) DEMOCRAT
5/23/2011	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha5/23/11 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
4/21/2011	Dacier, Paul T92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA			$100.00	Evangelidis, Lewis G.4/21/11 Deposit Report REPUBLICAN
6/30/2010	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Executive VP	EMC Corp.	$5,000.00	Republican State Committee, MA6/30/10 Deposit Report
5/29/2010	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St	Sherborn	MA	Atty	Emc	$250.00	Spilka, Karen2010 Pre-primary Report (ND)
5/28/2010	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha5/28/10 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
2/12/2010	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Executive Vice President & General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Tisei, Richard R.2/12/10 Deposit Report Republican
12/31/2009	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Executive Vice President & General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Tisei, Richard R.12/31/09 Deposit Report Republican
11/25/2009	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	EVP and General Counsel	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Baker, Charles D.11/25/09 Deposit Report RINO
2/9/2009	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha2/9/09 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
3/28/2008	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha3/28/08 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
10/26/2007	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland St.	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Coakley, Martha10/26/07 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
5/20/2002	Dacier, Paul92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Attorney	EMC Corporation	$500.00	Romney, Mitt5/20/02 Deposit Report RINO
3/6/2002	Dacier, Paul T.92 Woodland Street	Sherborn	MA	Sent Letter 5/22/02		$500.00	Finneran, Thomas M.2002 Pre-primary Report (ND) DEMOCRAT

Christopher Egan – Lots of money to Republican Brad Jones (feckless House Minority Leader), as well as a $25,000 donation to the Mass. Majority Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee (the liberal group that supports liberal Democrats an Republicans, also known as the ‘BAKER PAC’), then there’s money to Democrat candidates: Stefanini of Framingham, Jim Grossman, Joe Earley for District Attorney (a Democrat), Jon Santiago, $1,000 for the Democrat rep to run for Mayor, and so many more donations, and some to Republicans too! A total of $382,275 has been put out by Egan of Carruth Capital LLC. Oh, let’s not forget money for a Barnstable County Commission – Democrat. He made HUGE contributions – $190,000 in 2014 to the Jobs First Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, then another $58,000 in 2015. STRANGE NOTE: Since its inception, the JFIE-PAC has taken in $613,024, but shows more than that in expenditures, including returning $8,254.26 to Chris Egan. Apparently the bulk of the money spent by the fund went to Arena Communications of Salt Lake City, Utah, for “Mailing and Web Design, and digital consulting.” Arena took in $398,568.

Jim Grossman – Well, have a fun time at this listing of Jim and James. Don’t see anything to MassGOP:

Date	Contributor	City	State	Occupation	Employer	Amount	Recipient/Source
4/9/2021	Grossman, Jim125 Carriae Lamp Way	Ponte Vedra Beavh	FL	Construction	RISE	$1,000.00	Collins, Nicholas P.4/9/21 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
12/9/2014	Grossman , Jim 14 Lowell Rd	Brookline	MA	Construction	Suffolk Construction	$500.00	Walsh, Martin J.12/9/14 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
9/4/2014	GROSSMAN, JIM14 LOWELL RD	BROOKLINE	MA	CONSTRUCTION	SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION	$250.00	Ryan, Daniel Joseph2014 Pre-election Report (ND) DEMOCRAT

7/29/2020	Grossman, James125 Carriage Lamp Way	Ponte Vedra Beach	FL	Retired	Retired	$1,000.00	Ryan, Daniel Joseph7/29/20 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
3/17/2020	Grossman, James125 Carriage Lamp Way	Ponte Verda	FL	COO	SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION	$1,000.00	Consalvo, Rob3/17/20 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
10/10/2019	Grossman, James125 Carriage Lamp Way	Ponte Verde Beach	FL	Retired	Retired	$1,000.00	Esdale Farrell, Maria E.10/10/19 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
12/31/2018	Grossman, James217 South Common Lane	St Augustine	FL	construction	Suffolk Construction	$1,000.00	Spilka, Karen2018 Year-end Report DEMOCRAT
6/29/2018	Grossman, James217 S Common Ln	Saint Augustine	FL	Retired	Retired	$1,000.00	Henning, Gregory6/29/18 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
10/23/2017	Grossman, James217 Common Ln.	St. Augustine Fl.	Fl	Retired	Retired	$500.00	Flynn, Edward Michael10/23/17 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
7/5/2017	Grossman, James217 S Common Lane	Saint Augustine	FL	Retired	Retired	$1,000.00	Passacantilli, Stephen M.7/5/17 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
10/17/2016	Grossman, JamesPO Box 133	Cataumet	MA	Exeuctive Director	Businesss Enterprise	$1,000.00	Polito, Karyn E.10/17/16 Deposit Report >REPUBLICAN<
10/7/2015	Grossman, JamesPo Box 133	Cataumet	MA	Executive Director	Business Enterprise	$250.00	Yancey, Charles10/7/15 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
8/17/2015	Grossman, James NPo Box 133	Cataumet	MA	Vice President	Suffolk Construction	$500.00	Koch, Thomas P.8/17/15 Deposit Report
2/20/2015	Grossman, JamesPo Box 133	Cataumet	MA			$500.00	Yancey, Charles2/20/15 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
11/1/2013	Grossman, JamesPO Box 133	Barnstable	MA	Manager	Suffolk Construction	$500.00	Linehan, William ‘Bill’11/1/13 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT
9/30/2011	Grossman, James1227 County Rd	Falmouth	MA	Project Manager	Suffolk Construction	$500.00	Linehan, William ‘Bill’9/30/11 Deposit Report DEMOCRAT

David Howe – listed as president/owner J Derenzo Co., follows a similar pattern. Here’s a few:
$1,000 on 6/28/2021 to DEMOCRAT Kim Janey for her run for mayor
$1,000 on 4/23/2021 to DEMOCRAT Michael F. Flaherty – Boston city councilor
$1,000 on 4/9/2021 to DEMOCRAT Nicholas P. Collins – State Rep.
and so the list continues for a total of $53,105 in donations since 2002, including $500 to Mitt Romney, $500 to the current speaker of the house, thousands to former DEMOCRAT Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, and yes, a $5,000 donation in 2010 and again in 2018 to the Republican State Committee. (70-80% to Democrats, the remainder to Republicans, a typical pattern…)

John Kingston -notorious anti-Trumper, helped Hillary by putting big money in a candidate to try to steal a state from Trump

Scott Lemay – we’ll have to look further into him. He’s either a donor to Mitt Romney ($500), and/or the donor to Democrats. But not a penny to the MassGOP. Then again, he could be funneling all his contributions through household members (we’ve seen that before). For example, a certain “homemaker” who has contributed $6,000 to the Charles Baker campaigns….

Gregg Lisciotti – Chairman of what is generally known as the “Baker PAC” which was apparently initially funded using the MassGOP Salesforce software – which is prohibited from coordinating with any candidate committee. However, the PAC paid Mass Political Marketing $120,000 in two payments; the agent and manager of Mass Political Marketing is Baker’s campaign manager Brian Wynne. Hmm. Interesting backdoor donation to Baker land. Then of course, there’s the big money spent through the Baker PAC to Tro Consulting formed on 2/8/2019….The manager of Tro Consulting is Timothly O’Leary, yes, Baker’s deputy finance director. A cool $215,000 directed to Tro Consulting.

Meanwhile, as President of Liscotti Development, Gregg donated $216,164.69 to candidates since 2002, including thousands to Democrat Robert Antonioni, thousands to Charlie Baker, $1,000 to former DEMOCRAT Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, $500 to DEMOCRAT attorney general candidate Warren Tolman, thousands an thousands to Mitt Romney, and yes, some money to Republicans, most notably big money to the Republican State Committee: $5,000 in 2006, $5,065 in 2010, $4,000 in 2012, $5,000 in 2013, $5,000 in 2014, and $5,000 in 2018. He”s also given REPUBLICAN Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito more than $10,000 over the years. And again, generous donations to DEMOCRATS, including Joe Petty (Worcester Mayor), DEMOCRAT Tim ‘crash’ Murray, DEMOCRAT Senator Michael Moore, and others. A real mixed bag this guy. We’ll run the stats. As a real estate developer, he’s been around… Oh, and I forgot to mention, more than $57,000 to the Baker-linked PAC that supports Democrats an Republicans… He also joined Lemay in supporting the “Jobs First Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee’ -tossing $10,000 their way (see above).

WE’LL FILL IN MORE ABOUT THESE SIGNERS TOMORROW. OMG!!!

William McQuillan – President of Boylston Properties, Incl, donated $1,500 to DEMOCRAT former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, $4,000 to DEMOCRAT Michelle Wu, $1,000 to DEMOCRAT Joshua Zakim, $1,000 to Democrat Robert Travaglini, $1,000 to DEMOCRAT Paul Toner (city councilor), and so on, and of course, big money to Baker.

Bob Pereira – President, The Middlesex Corporation – Baker, Baker, Baker-linked PAC (see above), DEMOCRAT Marty Walsh, DEMOCRAT Thomas Reilly, etc., etc. Hmm, what former MassGOP executive director/swamp creature works there? Details to follow…

Daniel J. Quirk – Quirk Motors – car dealership – thousands to DEMOCRAT Bruce Ayers, DEMOCRAT Michael Bellotti, DEMOCRAT State Rep Tackey Chan, DEMOCRAT Secretary of State Bill Galvin, and others, and of course, big money to BAKER. He’s given $16,500 to the MassGOP, so, he appears to be balance – supporting Democrats and Republicans – a balance that has led to a complete domination in the state by Democrats over Republicans..

Kevin Rollins – Retired, listed with TPG Capital and Dell Computers, big money to Baker, Baker-linked PAC, and to the Republican State Committee. He’s given the MassGOP $5,000 in 2009, $5,000 in 2010, $5,000 in 2017, and $5,000 in 2018. On first blush, he appears to the most Republican-leaning donor on the list.

Victor Romeiro – President Romeiro Landscaping – Of his slightly more than $10,000 in donations over the years, he directed money to former Democrat Mayors Tom Menino, Marty Walsh, and of course other high-profile Democrats. Also a heavy contributor to Baker. He gave $2,500 to the MassGOP in 2018.

Ray Stata – Chairman of Analog Devices, Inc., he has donated thousands to BAKER (a pattern with all of these folks), and donations to Democrats, including Robert Antonioni, Andrea Campbell, Lelandd Cheung, Tom Finneran, Linda Forry, Deborah Goldberg, Michael Moore, Michael Moran, Eugene O’Flaherty, and so many more. $306,950 in political donations. Huge contributor to Baker and Polito….

Jessica Tocco -apparently another BAKER donor, and yet, another friend of DEMOCRATS? Interesting tweet: