Steve Ortega: Doughboy of the PDNG
55% of Steve Ortega’s Campaign Donations came from PDNG Members and their Associates
38% came from the 13 PDNG contributors
by Jerry
The Baker’s Dozen
Editors Note:
We previously analyzed Steve Ortega’s financial reports in 21% of Steve Ortega’s Campaign Donations came from 6 Paso del Norte Group/Borderplex Alliance (PDNG) Special Interests. Since Ortega later
amended his 8-day financial report and it was notoriously hard to read,
we had to reanalyze it.
Update (06/02/130): The agenda for the Tuesday, June 6 City Council meeting lists that Ortega received $5,000 from Bill Sanders (for a total of $17,000), $5,000 from Rick Francis, $5000 from Charles Jordan, $1500 from Bill Burton, Jack Chapman $1500
Update (06/02/130): The agenda for the Tuesday, June 6 City Council meeting lists that Ortega received $5,000 from Bill Sanders (for a total of $17,000), $5,000 from Rick Francis, $5000 from Charles Jordan, $1500 from Bill Burton, Jack Chapman $1500
38% or $105,659.88
of Steve Ortega’s $276,914.40** in total campaign donations came from the
following 13 PDNG Members and their associates (see chart above).
1. The owners and relatives of 500 W Overland
Coincidentally
the 500 W Overland tenants include Steve Ortega’s Campaign Headquarters, Steve Ortega’s PR group, The El Paso Times, and Beto O’Rourke’s Stanton
2. The William “Bill” Sanders and O’Rourke
Clan plus employees donated $12,500. Sanders
owns the Wells Fargo building through the Borderplex REIT. He is currently
leasing space to the City for the Tax Department and the Finance Department
because the Finance Department did not fit in the new City Hall. It does not
appear that either lease went out to competitive bid.
3. Hunt
family and Hunt employees donated $10,100.
The Stadium-MountainStar.
4. J Kirk
Robinson of Pizza Properties donated
$8,000
5. Robert Brown of Brownco Capital, Inc. and Brown Ranch donated $8,000
6. Paul Foster and a Western Refinery employee
donated $7,500. The Stadium-MountainStar.
7. Rick Francis family of WestStar Bank donated $7500
8. Robert Hoy family Hoy-Fox Automotive donated $7000
9 Dan Longoria of Mattress Firm donated $6900
10 Harold Hahn of Rocky Mountain Mortgage donated
$6,500. County records show Rocky Mountain Mortgage wrote a
mortgage for Steve Ortega for a property he purchased.
11. Ted Houghton of the TxDOT Commission and Toll Road
12. JA Cardwell of C&R Distributing donated $5,000. C&R has had contracts with the City.
13. Jonathan
Abrams of JD Abrams donated
$5,000. JD Abrams is the contractor
that built part of the Loop extension.
The pie charts
below show the break down of total campaign donations by interest group
(See pie chart above)
55% or
$152,254.90 from Paso Del Norte Group Members (PDNG) and their Associates which
includes those named above (38% or $105,659.88
of the Paso Del Norte Group Members (PDNG) and Associates contributions are
from the 13 interests above)
6% or $15,250
from PACs and Companies
1% or $3325 from
Family and Friends
7% or $19,700
from Builders and City Contractors excluding PDNG donors
7% or $18,150
from Out of Towners
Only 25% or
$63,234.50 was donated from the “Average Citizen,” less than received by other
Mayoral candidates
** Note:
Total campaign contributions are based on line item calculation of
contributions which as noted does not match reported summary totals.
