8 Day Finance Reports are now online and (prepare to be shocked) Bill Welch has taken rerouted money from James Leininger, Bob "Swiftboat" Perry, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, and Speaker Tom Craddick's "Stars over Texas" fund.
Bill Welch (R)
Receipts: $677,837.90
Expenditures: $222,550.33
Cash on Hand: $ 175,153.59
The bulk of Welch's money comes from the following top 3 sources which when combined with money from HillCo and another source, makes for over half a million dollars in purely special interest money. Less than $80,000 of Welch's receipts are from individual contributors.
$235,600 - Texans for Lawsuit Reform
$185,000 - Speaker Craddick's Starts over Texas Leadership PAC
$20,000 - Bob "Swiftboat" Perry
Now who's giving to TLR and Stars Over Texas? You guessed it, none other than James "I Own Nathan Macias" Leininger. Between Sept 29th and Oct 28th, Leininger gave...
$365,000 to Texans for Lawsuit Reform
$135,000 to Craddick's Stars Over Texas PAC
Who owns Bill Welch? Not the people of HD-47, that's for sure.
