Kansas Political Money:

Sebelius, Tiller, ProKanDo, …

January 17, 2009

Earl F. Glynn
Overland Park
KansasMeadowlark@gmail.com
www.KansasMeadowlark.com 1
 Kansas Political Money:
Sebelius, Tiller, ProKanDo, …

• “Catholic” Sebelius and her Archbishops

• Sebelius-Tiller Connection
• ProKanDo PAC 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Other 2006 Kansas Political Money
• Other 2008 Kansas Political Money
• What You Can Do

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“Catholic” Sebelius

Sebelius 1989

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http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2004/12-19a.htm
“Catholic” Sebelius

Archbishop Strecker in 1992

"Rep. Kathleen Sebelius of Topeka led the death-march of the unborn to

the abortion clinics in the House of Representatives … How could we
Kansans have elected such 'negative to life' persons to such responsible
positions in our state government?" 4
http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/Issues/ProAbort/Sebelius/ArchbishopStrecker.htm
“Catholic” Sebelius

Sebelius 2002: Letter to Catholics

Sebelius denied
any connection to
Tiller’s ProKanDo
PAC
“I am not pro-abortion …

I am a practicing Catholic …

I feel about abortion just like

you do…”

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“Catholic” Sebelius

Archbishop Keleher in 2003

Archbishop James Patrick Keleher: "I must note

that Gov.-elect Sebelius is at odds with our
Catholic faith on that most fundamental moral
issue of respect for the right to life of the
unborn." … 6
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/010403/leg_catholic.shtml
“Catholic” Sebelius

Emily’s List 2006

(“Early Money is Like Yeast”)

Gov. Sebelius at Kansans for Faithful Citizenship Conference, Sept 23, 2006:
“My Catholic faith teaches me that all life is sacred,
and personally I believe abortion is wrong.” 7
“Catholic” Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius’ 59th Birthday Party
Planned Parenthood Fundraiser

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http://kansascitycatholic.blogspot.com/2007/05/governor-sebelius-arrives-to-be-honored.html May 15, 2007
“Catholic” Sebelius

Archbishop Naumann in 2008

Governor’s Veto Prompts Pastoral Action, May 9, 2008

“… The governor’s veto message demonstrated a lack of respect to the members of
the Kansas General Assembly who had carefully crafted and resoundingly passed
the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act, as well as to the many Kansans who find it
more than an embarrassment …”

“Since becoming archbishop, I have met with Governor Sebelius several times over
many months to discuss with her the grave spiritual and moral consequences of her
public actions by which she has cooperated in the procurement of abortions
performed in Kansas …”

“I reissue my request of the faithful of the archdiocese to pray for Governor Sebelius”
http://www.theleaven.com/columnists/archbishop_naumann.htm
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http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/05/09/sebelius-veto-prompts-pastoral-action/
 Kansas Political Money:
Sebelius, Tiller, ProKanDo, …

• “Catholic” Sebelius and her Archbishops

• Sebelius-Tiller Connection
• ProKanDo PAC 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Other 2006 Kansas Political Money
• Other 2008 Kansas Political Money
• What You Can Do

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Sebelius-Tiller

Tiller’s Governor
$15,450

http://www.accesskansas.org/srv-campaignfinance/
http://www.dr-tiller.com/tillers-governor.htm
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Sebelius-Tiller

Tiller’s Governor
The Bluestem Fund Political Action Committee (PAC)

$23,000

http://www.dr-tiller.com/tillers-governor.htm 12
Sebelius-Tiller

Democratic Governor’s Association

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http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2006/10-03/2006.htm
Sebelius-Tiller

Recent News: May 2008

Operation Rescue, May 28, 2008

http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=943

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Sebelius-Tiller

Recent News: May 2008

Also see:
PeopleAreWatching.com

Topeka Capital-Journal, May 29, 2008 15

 Kansas Political Money:
Sebelius, Tiller, ProKanDo, …

• “Catholic” Sebelius and her Archbishops

• Sebelius-Tiller Connection
• ProKanDo PAC 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Other 2006 Kansas Political Money
• Other 2008 Kansas Political Money
• What You Can Do

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 ProKanDo PAC:
Dr. Tiller’s Political Action Committee

Focus
• 2002 Phill Kline
• 2004 Kansas Senate
• 2006 Phill Kline
• 2008 Kansas Senate, ZLW Store
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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002
Summary
•Tried to defeat Phill Kline for A.G. in
August Primary
• Raised money to elect Kathleen Sebelius
Governor … or “bait and switch”?
• “Backdoor Cash” to defeat Phill Kline in
November General Election
• Tiller or clinic gave $255,000 to ProKanDo,
$25,000 to Kansas Democratic Party,
$13,000 to Sebelius’ PAC, $6,000 to KDL PAC18
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002
August Primary

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002
$41,000?

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Bait and switch? ProKanDo mostly spent money on AG race aginst Kline.
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002

KDL spent $93,000 on polling.

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http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2006/10-03/2002.htm
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002
Media blitz from ads bought
by Kansans for Democratic Leadership
$153K $153K $150K
Tiller ProKanDo KDL Compass Media
11/1 11/4 prepaid

Election Day was

Nov 5, 2002

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http://www.dr-tiller.com/backdoorcash.htm
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2002

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jul/31/backdoor_cash_boosted/

First reported by press: July 31, 2003

Election Day: Nov 5, 2002

Posted to Kansas Conservative Network mailing list on March 11, 2003:

“George Tiller Spent Quarter Million in 2002 Elections”
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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2004
Summary
•Tiller/Clinic gave $228,000 to ProKanDo;
$35,000 to Kansas Democrats
• Money funneled to Kansas Democrats used
mostly for State Senate races
• Used “sister” Committees for stealth help in
Senate races
• Payoff in 2008 when veto override failed by
two votes!
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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2004

PAC Party
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2004 focus was on Kansas Senate races
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2004

“support the Governor’s veto

of anti-choice bills”

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2004 focus was on Kansas Senate races
ProKanDo PAC
ProKanDo 2004 “Sister” Committee:
“SDC PAC”
Letter to Editor
SDC PAC is from Wamego!
Party Committee
not a “PAC”

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http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2004/11-27b.htm
ProKanDo PAC
ProKanDo 2004 “Sister” PAC:
Kansans for a Moderate Government

http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2004/08-11.htm
http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2004/10-30.htm 28
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2006

Summary
• ProKanDo PAC raised and spent more money than
any other Kansas PAC, but wasn’t listed in the
“Top 20 PACs” in Kansas in 2006
• Related non-profit “Kansans for Consumer Privacy
Protection” sent “Snoop Dog” fliers in AG contest
• “Errors and Omissions” in PAC reports ignored
by Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission
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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2006

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2006

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http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2007/08-20a.htm
 ProKanDo PAC

What’s Misleading?
KS Gov’t Ethics Commission’s “Top 20 PAC” List
“The ProKanDo PAC raised and
spent more political money than
any other Kansas PAC, but wasn't
listed in the top 20 PACs in
Kansas in 2006? “
Kansas Meadowlark, Aug 20, 2007

2005-2006
ProKanDo PAC

EXPENDITURES
$651,200 monetary
$163,260 in-kind
$814,460 TOTAL
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#?? $2,700 to candidates
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2006
According to the Kansas Governmental Ethics
“Top 20” PAC List, ProKanDo dropped out
of the Top 20 in 2006. Did that really happen?

Oct 16, 2006 fundraising letter from ProKanDo

PAC Executive Director, Julie Burkhart:
“… there are 22 days until Election Day … We will
be communicating with hundreds of thousands of
voters across the state of Kansas … to help us
re-elect Gov. Sebelius and defeat Attorney
General Phill Kline”
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Non-Profit

Non-Profit “Kansans for Consumer Privacy

Protection” and “Snoop Dogs” in
Attorney General Contest

http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2006/SnoopDogs/index.htm
Original article published Oct 29, 2006

How can the Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection "non-profit" legally give
$34,000 to the ProKanDo PAC?
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2007/08-20b.htm

IRS stonewalls investigation of Kansas non-profits active in politics in 2006

http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/08/02/
irs-stonewalls-investigation-of-kansas-non-profits-active-in-politics-in-2006/34
Non-Profit
Non-Profit “Kansans for Consumer Privacy
Protection” and “Snoop Dogs” in AG Contest
www.theaapc.org/content/pollieawards/2007/2007_Winners.pdf

“Were ProKanDo's award winning political phone calls,

"In the Dog House,“ paid for by a PAC or a Nonprofit? “
Kansas Meadowlark, Mar 22, 2007

ProKanDo PAC Expenditure

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How can related PAC and non-profit legally share a campaign theme?
Non-Profit
Non-Profit “Kansans for Consumer Privacy
Protection” and “Snoop Dogs” in AG Contest

Note: Many AP articles cannot

be found later online
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ProKanDo PAC

Errors and Omissions:

ProKanDo PAC

Let’s visit an IRS web site first ….

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ProKanDo PAC

527 Political Contributions

http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/adv8871SearchCriteria.jsp

Young Democrats of America

Former
Exec Director
Kansas
Democratic
party

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IRS 8872: 527 PAC report.
ProKanDo PAC

527 Political Contributions

Young Democrats of America

6/30/2006 Report: Itemized Contribution

9/30/2006 Report: Itemized Expenditures

$25,000 - $15,625 - $15,625 = -$6,250 39

ProKanDo PAC
Errors and Omissions:
ProKanDo PAC
7/24/2006 ProKanDo PAC Report: Itemized Contribution

$15,625 + $15,625 - $25,000 = $6,250

Kansas Law requires ProKanDo to have reported all three
transactions, but …
“…the Commission would not consider this to be ‘illegal’, but would consider this a
reporting error.  If we were made aware of this scenario, the Commission would
require the political action committee, through a “Notification of Material Error or
Omission”, to correct the report to reflect each separate transaction.”
Carol Williams, Kansas Gov’t Ethics Commission, June 7, 2007
“Strange political money transfers between ProKanDo PAC and Young
Democrats of America 527”, Kansas Meadowlark, Aug 20, 2007.
Part of testimony to Senate Elections and Local Government Committee, 3/18/2008. 40
ProKanDo PAC
Errors and Omissions:
ProKanDo PAC

“How the names of political contributors of over $52,000 were hidden on the
ProKanDo PAC Reports”, Kansas Meadowlark, Aug 20, 2007. 41
ProKanDo PAC
Errors and Omissions:
ProKanDo PAC
“Contributions” by Hudson Bay Company of Illinois
(from Minnesota) to ProKanDo PAC in 2005-2006 Cycle

Report Date
1/10/06 7/24/06 10/30/06 1/10/07 TOTAL
Number 11 7 4 1 23
Amount $15,464 $19,891 $8,153 $9,000 $52,508

Update (March 2008): $71,332 in 33 payments including 2007.

Part of testimony to Senate Elections and Local Government Committee, 3/18/2008.

Why would a “Telemarketing” firm be so generous to ProKanDo?

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ProKanDo PAC
Errors and Omissions:
ProKanDo PAC

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ProKanDo PAC
Errors and Omissions:
ProKanDo PAC

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ProKanDo PAC

November 2008
KS Gov’t Ethics Commission Civil Fine Hearing

Julie Burkhart, ProKanDo Chair, Takes Oath

[former ProKanDo treasurer, Linda Joslin (left),
and current treasurer, Andrea Hamel (right)]

Count 1: Failed to report occupations for >100

Count 2: Failed to report contributions made
through Hudson Bay
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/11/19/ 45
ethics-commission-fines-candidate-and-pac/
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2006

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Wichita Business Journal, “2007 Book of Lists,” Nov 16, 2007
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2007
“since … 2002, we have made a
significant impact on the political
landscape of Kansas …

“We have become one of the top

political players in the state”

“In 2006 … with the defeat of …

Phill Kline, the re-election of Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius, and victories
throughout the state House, we
were overjoyed with the results
of our work”

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2007
“In 2008, we will be
focusing our energies on
state-level candidates.
It is a proven fact … that
when we drive up voter
turnout for progressive
candidates at the state
level, we push up the
number of voters that
will go to the pro-choice
candidate for president
and congress.”
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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008

$146,000

PAC

Party

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Like in 2004, ProKanDo focuses on Senate Races
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008
Jan 2009 Report

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008
Jan 2009 Report

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008
Jan 2009 Report

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ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008
Zoller Lutz Weinberger
JUST THE FACTS
Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - Thursday, May 29, 2008
Zoller Lutz Weinbarger LLC, Julie Burkhart, 555 N. Woodlawn, #215, Wichita, KS 67208.

Senate 10

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ZLW is ProKanDo’s “Campaign Store”
ProKanDo PAC

ProKanDo 2008
Zoller Lutz Weinberger

House 96: Lost by 28 votes

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Others: DeVries, Senate 16; Bishop, Senate 30; Keiter, House 93; KDP (Senate 10,
 Kansas Political Money:
Sebelius, Tiller, ProKanDo, …

• “Catholic” Sebelius and her Archbishops

• Sebelius-Tiller Connection
• ProKanDo PAC 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008
• Other 2006 Kansas Political Money
• Other 2008 Kansas Political Money
• What You Can Do

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2006
Other 2006 Kansas Political Money

• Wichita Voters for Truth

• Non-Profit “Progress Kansas” in
State Rep Races
• Common KTRM/KDP Contributors

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2006

Wichita Voters for Truth PAC

Sebelius,
ProKanDo
Contributors

Chair/Treasurer: LGBT activist Bruce Mckinney

(vice chair of Kansas Equality Coalition of Wichita and Sedgwick
County, https://www.kansasequalitycoalition.org/wichita;
Kansas Equality Chair, Thomas Witt, was paid Loganbill consultant)

Main contributors John & Cheryl Carmichael are

Sedgwick County Democrat activists
(Cheryl Carmichael is Treasurer of Sedgwick County Democrats,
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http://www.sedgwickcountydemocrats.com/contact_us.htm)
2006

Wichita Voters for Truth PAC

Wichita Voters for Truth PAC’s mailing

against Jan Beemer for Judith Loganbill in House District 86

http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2007/12-10/index.htm 58
2006 What’s Missing?
Wichita Voters for Truth PAC

Sedgwick County Democrats

Notable Contributors:

• George Tiller
• ProKanDo PAC

• Nola Tedesco Foulston (SG Co DA)

• John Carmichael
(Sebelius appointee; Senate denied)
• Cheryl Carmichael
• Coleen Kelly Johnston

• State Rep Judith Loganbill

• Dan Monnat
(Tiller Attorney; Sebelius appointee)

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http://www.sedgwickcountydemocrats.com/newsletter/Democratic%20Voice--Spring%202008.pdf
2006

Non-Profit “Kansas Progress” in State Rep Races

“Progress Kansas" a PAC-in-a-Box in Olathe? A Mysterious "Non-Profit" Postal Box Sending

Hit Pieces Against Certain State Rep Candidates, “ Kansas Meadowlark, Friday, Nov 3, 2006

“Gov. Sebelius spends $42,809 on last-minute “non express advocacy voter contact,” Kansas 60
Meadowlark, Jan 14, 2009
2006

Common KTRM / KDP Donors

• Kansas Traditional Republican Majority
• Kansas Democratic Party

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http://www.kansasmeadowlark.com/2007/09-09/index.htm
2008

Other 2008 Kansas Political Money

Kansas Democrats to spend another $22,000 to take

out Democrat incumbent Senator Gilstrap
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/08/01/kansas-democrats-to-take-out-senator-gilstrap/

D.C. LGBT group “buying” State Rep District 84

for Inga Taylor in Wichita
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2008/08/01/dc-lgbt-group-buying-
state-rep-district-84-for-ingrid-taylor/

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Notable

Kansas Supreme Court

Political Profile of Kansas Supreme Court Nominating
Commission: Gov. Sebelius stacks deck
http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2009/01/07/
political-profile-of-kansas-supreme-court-nominating-commission/

Gov. Sebelius picks Obama Donor for new Kansas Supreme

Court Judge

http://kansasmeadowlark.com/2009/01/08/
sebelius-picks-obama-donor-for-kansas-supreme-court/ 63
 Questions?

Earl F. Glynn
www.KansasMeadowlark.com
KansasMeadowlark@gmail.com

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