The campaign treasurers for each of the two candidates have now filed financial statements for their receipts and expenses through May 20. The following amounts are from those statements.
M. J. Caldwell has reported receipts of $7,360, including $2,000 of his own funds, and a bank account balance of $1,778.53. His largest single contribution, $500, was made by Dr. John Bartkovich.
By contrast, Spyros Sarbanes has received total contributions of $35,761, which includes a number of large donations, the sum of $12,800 being donated by four persons having the same last name – “Pappas” – with addresses in Philadelphia, the two largest ($4,000 each) being from Clement Pappas and Aleni Pappas.
We understand that the Pappas clan has also contributed to the congressional campaign of John Sarbanes, a liberal colleague of Nancy Pelosi in the House of Representatives. Interestingly, that Sarbanes is outspoken about getting big money from campaign donors out of politics!
Other 4-figure donors to Spyros Sarbanes’ campaign are: Dean Pappas ($2,400), Zoe Pappas ($2,400), Robert Rickards of Laurel, DE ($1,000), A. Gillis Allen, II of Salisbury ($1,000), JRT Rentals of Pocomoke City ($1,000) and Paul Sarbanes of Baltimore ($2,000). The $500 club includes Stella Adamopoulos, Jeffrey Badger, Laura Jenkins, Victor Laws, John Long, Eunice McKinley, Peter Richardson, Jeffrey Turner, Frances Urban and Peter Wimbrow III. The smaller donations include one by “Pagano, Ronald”.
Sarbanes’ campaign had a bank balance of $22,136.28 0n May 20 – over 12 times that of M. J. Caldwell.
Based bucks in the bank, we can expect the Sarbanes campaign to send multiple mailings and use media ads to a much greater extent than Caldwell. The Sarbanes campaign has already paid more than $1,000 for "consulting fees – media". Folks at the Daily Times must be smiling.
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87 comments:
Yikes - Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
Just goes to show you there are reasonable people on both sides here. Interesting to see lawyers donating to Sarbanes. I think they are in a good position to judge whether or not he is qualified, which has been a big issue on this blog. And if you think $4000 is a "big money" donation, you haven't been around politics very much at all.
How many criminal trials has the appointee done?
How many child custody cases has the appointee been at a trial table for?
How many jury trials has the appointee been lead counsel on?
(answer hint- zero)
Those numbers mean much more to the citizens of Wicomico County...... Do not let out of state money buy this election.
It just goes to show they'll stop at nothing to keep their political dynasty going....to the detriment of the common people.....
Please send MJ money.. it's the only way he can get elected!!!
2:07 said- ". And if you think $4000 is a "big money" donation, you haven't been around politics"
FYI-$4000 IS a "big money" donation" especially for a candidate who is elected solely by a single county's voters. It would benefit you greatly to research on the MD Campaign Finance Database before posting what is inaccurate false information.
Wicomico County will not be fooled into believing out of state money shows us the best way to vote.
2:57 - 'we' were fooled in to Pollitt....twice!
Experience cannot be bought.
2:51, "FYI" Big money is obviously an opinion of that person. NO need to get all hoity toity on us. I would agree that it's larger than many, but not by any means large in comparison to what candidates in other counties get.
Pete Richardson just lost my business!
2:05 and all --
"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" is a Latin phrase from Aeneid (II, 49), written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC. It has been paraphrased in English as the proverb "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts". The literal meaning is "I fear the Danaans [Greeks], even those bearing gifts" or "even when they bear gifts".
True then and now???
If you don't get out your checkbook and donate to MJ, please don't com[plain when Sarbanes wins the election due to being able to buy media time and direct mailings to campaign.
Mr./Ms. 2:07,
In a county judge contest, $12,800 donated by 4 persons from elsewhere, even if close relatives, is a huge amount. And it's scary, too.
Looks like some local lawyers are buying business insurance!
Donations notwithstanding, Sarbanes will make the best judge.
Pete Richardson just got mine!
When you look at the list of donors to Sarbanes - it isn't a bunch of rabid liberals. It is people from both sides of the aisle - many professional, thoughtful people. Sarbanes may not have the amount of experience that some would like, but the word on Caldwell is that he doesn't have the right temperament to be a judge. Apparently some of his fellow lawyers think he doesn't too. I have had more people tell me that Caldwell is an arrogant jerk, than that Sarbanes doesn't have enough experience. I hope this gets posted as this blog seems pro Caldwell.
It would be a sad day in this great County if votes were swayed for this very important, perhaps critical, position because of out of state money.
And it is, sadly, interesting where that money is coming from. Let the decision be on qualifications, not expenditures.
To 3:16, since $4,000 is the maximum individual contribution allowed by Maryland law, it seems that this is, indeed, Big Money. In fact, it's the most that anyone can contribute. So don't try to say that people in other areas get more. This is a huge amount of money by out-of-state individuals trying to influence our local judge's election.
Bought and paid for with outta state money....Maryland is a joke!
I thought lawyers could not donate to a judge's campaign -- will they be able to appear before him if he is elected?
If those two and other local candidates are smart they won't waste money on ads in the Daily Times.
Anyone remember Roy Dyson who ran for the first congressional district when Bob Bauman was discovered to be involved with a gay page. Anyone remember the name of his campaign coordinator? Tony Pappas was his name. It was reported that after Roy Dyson was elected to the first congressional district that Tony jumped from a balcony to his death in NYC. That was exactly the same time I lost interest in political dealings. If you think that an election cannot be bought .....you are very stupid. For the record.... I don't think it was a suicide either.
I am very disappointed in Pete Richardson who claims to be a Republican. That idiot is in it for him and him only. He must have some cases and some business from the Sarbanes and other Democrats.
I am sure Spyros isn't the only Democrat he has donated to.
I will never associate with Pete Richardson again.
3:18, you are what's wrong with politics today. We can agree to disagree on a candidate without having such a drastic reaction. If you want to boycott someone, why not do it because they murdered someone or cheated you, etc. Is it really necessary to boycott someone over who they donate to? Find something serious to worry about.
Why didn't the Greek boy ever leave home?
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He didn't want to leave his brothers behind.
Speaking of Judge Jimmy I was just coming back from Ocean City and I saw 2 of his signs on Rt. 50 next to a stop sign at an intersection in Parsonsburg. How pompous and brazen can this idiot be to place his signs on state owned property. Why hasn't the State, County or Municipalities taken down his signs. I bet the would take down MJ Caldwell signs in a heartbeat.
What the Jimmy Sarbanes campaign is doing is totally illegal and he is getting away with it. That is how the Democrats roll!
This race for the bench will be the big one in this year's Wicomico County election, with the race for County Exec. a distant second. Both could be very close though due to the O'Malley factor.
But it's OK for corporations to buy elections, right?
I hope M J is campaigning other than on here. He needs a lot of help if Sarbaines is raking in biog bucks.
What was the budget outcome at last night's meeting?
Zoe Pappas is Jimmy's aunt.
I think this article shows good reason to treat the Greek like a hot potato! Lets decline his offer on election day. Money only buys one thing; corruption and deceit. Well, that's two, actually...
I'm for the candidate that gets his money from local supporters because of his values, not his out of state cronies.
We've had too much of that BS.
Pete Richerson is a Rino supports Jim and Norm
"Anonymous Anonymous said...
Zoe Pappas is Jimmy's aunt.
May 28, 2014 at 5:21 PM"
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And that explains why the "Pappas Clan" finances a liberal loony like John Sarbanes == Paul's son and her other nephew(?).
Since you're in the know, did they bail pout the wannabe Judge Jimmie when he was facing those lawsuits and foreclosure a few years ago?
6:20 -
Pete also supported Rick Pollitt. That's why I use Marshall for sales.
MJ -- I hope you are reading this. You need to get the facts about Sarbanes before the public ASAP -- you have a chance to beat him in both primaries -- if so, it's "game over", so go for it.
"The smaller donations include one by “Pagano, Ronald”."
So did Judge Jimmy or the "Pappas clan" also donate to Pagano?
The "Pappas clan" is a very wealthy family -- money from a large wholesale grocery business, Clement Pappas & Co. with headquarters in the Philly area. It produces mostly fruit juices and cranberry products.
That firm has donated many thousands to the campaign of John Sarbanes, who is an acolyte of Nancy Pelosi and Obama.
Dean Pappas, who is the son of the founder, married Zoe Sarbanes, who grew up her (Paul and Anthony's sister) and left as soon as possible. Eleni (misspelled in the post and finance report, I believe), is their daughter.
If everyone of the posters up until know donated $100 to MJ's campaign he would be $3900.00 closer to winning. Put your money where your keyboard is.
...Paul Sarbanes of Baltimore ($2,000).
Is that all Paul donated?? That cheap bastard!! Is that all he came off of. He slopped off the government trough all those years and become a millionaire off of the tax payers as a senator.
Anonymous said...
Anyone remember Roy Dyson who ran for the first congressional district when Bob Bauman was discovered to be involved with a gay page. Anyone remember the name of his campaign coordinator? Tony Pappas was his name. It was reported that after Roy Dyson was elected to the first congressional district that Tony jumped from a balcony to his death in NYC. That was exactly the same time I lost interest in political dealings. If you think that an election cannot be bought .....you are very stupid. For the record.... I don't think it was a suicide either.
May 28, 2014 at 4:30 PM
I remember that very well. I didn't think it was suicide either. By the way that homo Bob Bauman had numerous gay encounters at that hotel across the street from the MSP barracks in Easton. So Paul, Tony and Spyros know something about that incident involving Tony Pappas? Interesting.
My vote is going to MJ! Was surprised to see some of the "who's who's" around Salisbury donating to the Sarbanes campaign - the good ole boys at work!
Go MJ - By the way your signs are first class all the way!
Queensgirl52 said...
But it's OK for corporations to buy elections, right?
May 28, 2014 at 4:57 PM
Which corporations are you referring to?
There is a Ms. Pappas that teaches at North Salisbury School and she is a big Obama lover and indoctrinates Magnet students. Is this Ms. Pappas connected to the Sarbanes/Pappas Klan?
She's a teacher, Tony was a teacher and Tony's daughter is a teacher?
Some observations:
Absent his last name judgejimmy would not have merited (that word again) appointment. A law license from a low tier school and his name are what he brings to the bench.
Contributions to him, basically nominal in size, from some lawyers are accurately characterized as 'business insurance' since he is a sitting judge. This is a small circuit and the same lawyers appear frequently before the same few judges. Get on the wrong side of the judge and both your pocket and your client will suffer. Fact!
The current judges are much better in that regard than many who preceded them. judgejimmy is a major step backwards; a real slap in the face to Wicomico citizens from OweMalley the erstwhile banjo busker.
I'd rather have a cranky judge who knows and has practiced the law to some well connected novice with a documented checkered personal background.
Don't know either man; but the facts regarding the better candidate are crystal clear!
I looked up Jimmy & Margo Sarbanes on Maryland Case Search and saw the delinquent bills and foreclosure proceedings (though all the cases are now closed.) I am not interested in a judge that young with so many delinquencies. The Sarbanes/Pappas connections should have helped him out then, but maybe they did!
9:48 --
You ain't seen nothin' yet -- wait til the info on his days at SU is revealed!
Anonymous said...
I looked up Jimmy & Margo Sarbanes on Maryland Case Search and saw the delinquent bills and foreclosure proceedings (though all the cases are now closed.) I am not interested in a judge that young with so many delinquencies. The Sarbanes/Pappas connections should have helped him out then, but maybe they did!
May 28, 2014 at 9:48 PM
I don't think cousins/uncles Pappas paid those bills. I think Tony and Pauls connections had the cases closed so he didn't have to pay for the foreclosures and boob jobs.
Rep. Dyson Says Smear Drove an Aide to Suicide Part I
By B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr., Special to the New York Times
Published: May 5, 1988
Representative Roy P. Dyson of Maryland said today that his top aide, Thomas M. Pappas, jumped to his death Sunday from a New York hotel because he felt reports that he had mismanaged Mr. Dyson's office and staff were a ''smear'' that could not be overcome.
Mr. Dyson, a four-term Democrat, added at a news conference here that his preliminary investigation of the reports indicated that most had been ''out of context.''
''I wish we had had a chance to tell both sides,'' he said.
According to the reports, which first appeared in The Washington Post last Sunday, Mr. Pappas made unusual demands on men working in Mr. Dyson's office, ordering one not to date for a year, repeatedly demanding that another accompany him to social events, and telling still another that he would have to perform a stiptease at an office retreat.
Rep. Dyson Says Smear Drove an Aide to Suicide Part II
Mr. Dyson said that shortly before Mr. Pappas plunged to his death, in what the police said was an apparent suicide, he had denied any mishandling of the Dyson staff. The Congressman related that he had spoken briefly with Mr. Pappas, his chief of staff, and that Mr. Pappas had said of The Post article, ''It's not true.''
Benjamin C. Bradlee, executive editor of The Washington Post, said tonight, ''You know we tried desperately to get a hold of both of them'' for comment before the article was printed. He added that Mr. Dyson had also said today that the writer and The Post had been fair. Dyson Sees Commitment
Mr. Dyson said that in his own view, any allegations against Mr. Pappas should be put in the context that he was a man who wanted people under him to be as singleminded and totally committed to their jobs as he was. He added that in the eight years Mr. Pappas had served as his chief of staff, he had come to know him ''like a brother'' and that never in that period had he received any reports of staff abuse or mishandling.
''Anybody who says they told me is lying,'' Mr. Dyson said.
The Post article was based mainly on interviews with former Dyson staff members, some of whom said they had been dismissed because they would not acquiese to Mr. Pappas's orders and demands. Subsequently, the former staffers repeated their allegations in articles that appeared in other newspapers.
At the time of Mr. Pappas's death, he, Mr. Dyson and another aide were in New York for the weekend to see a show and to meet with some military contractors who do business in Maryland's First Congressional District, which Mr. Dyson represents and which includes the state's Eastern Shore and part of its Western Shore. The three men were staying at the Helmsley Palace Hotel.
Rep. Dyson Says Smear Drove an Aide to Suicide Part III
The Congressman said that in the conversation he had with Mr. Pappas shortly before he died, he gave no indication of being so distraught that he might take his own life. ''He seemed to me to be holding up very well, was optimistic about how to handle things, like in a campaign,'' Mr. Dyson added. ''He was was talking on the phone to a lot of people, including his fiancee.''
Why then, once alone, did Mr. Pappas commit suicide? the Congressman was asked. 'He Was Losing All That'
Rep. Dyson Says Smear Drove an Aide to Suicide Part IV
''No, he was not,'' the Congressman replied. Are you? he was asked. ''No,'' he replied.
In an earlier telephone interview, Val Ellicott, a former press secretary to Mr. Dyson, said, ''I never saw any evidence that Tony was homosexual.''
But Mr. Ellicott, now a newspaper editor in West Palm Beach, Fla., supported other staff members' assertions that Mr. Pappas had made unusual demands on employees. ''You had to spend your free hours with Tony,'' he said. ''You had to go out drinking with him. He had control over your free time. He was capricious, requiring staffers to do things just to show his power. He would insist that I show up at a bar; he refused to allow me to play in a softball game. He had been denying staffers permission to do things on weekends.''
The softball game involved reporters from The Easton (Md.) Star-Democrat, Mr. Ellicott said. ''Tony said I shouldn't be hanging around with reporters,'' Mr. Ellicott related. ''I said it was part of my job. He threatened to fire me, but I went down there although the game was rained out. The Congressman overruled his attempt to fire me.''
Mr. Ellicott said that the overruled dismissal was the exception to the way in which the Congressional office was run. ''He had almost as much power over Dyson as he had over the rest of the staff,'' Mr. Ellicott said of Mr. Pappas.
At his news conference, Mr. Dyson was asked how he viewed his re-election chances this year in the aftermath of Mr. Pappas's death. Mr. Dyson replied that he had a feeling that the campaign would go very well.
''I'm ready to go - we're hot,'' he added, his voice lifting for the first time in the hour-long session with reporters.
photo of Rep. Roy P. Dyson and Katie Tucker (NYT/Paul Souders)
Anonymous said...
When you look at the list of donors to Sarbanes - it isn't a bunch of rabid liberals. It is people from both sides of the aisle - many professional, thoughtful people. Sarbanes may not have the amount of experience that some would like, but the word on Caldwell is that he doesn't have the right temperament to be a judge. Apparently some of his fellow lawyers think he doesn't too. I have had more people tell me that Caldwell is an arrogant jerk, than that Sarbanes doesn't have enough experience. I hope this gets posted as this blog seems pro Caldwell.
May 28, 2014 at 3:50 PM
You are obviously part of the Sarbanes Klan. Who in their right mind would even consider Little Spyros as the best candidate for the job. He should never have even made the cut, much less the appointment.
Ultimately we, the citizens of Wicomico County, will vote in that which we deserve. Do we deserve experience or inexperience? Do we deserve someone that has been in hundreds of jury trials, or someone that has never been lead counsel in a jury trial? Do we deserve someone that has had to grapple with the tough questions involved in a a divorce and child custody case, or someone that has heard a Circuit Court deals in those?
It's up to the voters of Wicomico County to either affirm we want a political appointee to oversee such important matters, or to exercise intelligence and say "I don't care who the Governor appointed, I can see with my own two eyes".
The choice here will have an incredible impact on our county for the next 15 years. Just because the Governor put him there does not make him the best choice, and never means we have to just take it because the Governor said so.
It's up to us. Not to outsiders.
seriously? how many freaking morons are here on the shore? all the good ol boys will fall in line and vote for jimmy and anyone who isn't born here should have more then enough brains to know MJ is heads and tails above jimmy. Of course we didn't discuss the democrats who continually vote for graft and personal gain! which MJ will have none of. so the choice is clear do you want someone bought and paid for or someone who can't be bought?
Joe - Now that Pagano has gone AWOL, its time to turn the spotlight on things like you have in this post, and also Pollitt, Mitchell, Hastings, etc.
Keep up the good work.
A Concerned Democrat
Anonymous said...
There is a Ms. Pappas that teaches at North Salisbury School and she is a big Obama lover and indoctrinates Magnet students. Is this Ms. Pappas connected to the Sarbanes/Pappas Klan?
She's a teacher, Tony was a teacher and Tony's daughter is a teacher?
May 28, 2014 at 9:06 PM
My daughter had her and it made me sick to see her teaching about Obama all the time. It made me sick to go in the room and always see a big picture of Obama in the room. She never had a picture of Bush in her room.
I am wondering also if their is a connection to Tony Sarbanes also.
Tony can you tell us that story again about your parents being Greek immigrants.
I want nothing to do with "OLD SCHOOL" gang. It was well known by insiders what was going on inside that camp. Anyone who has any questions about the issues should just look at the current lifestyle of the parties involved. If you see something that sounds like, walks like, quacks like...well just maybe...
Why would anyone think it's a good idea to appoint someone a judge who has a past history of personal financial difficulties. This leads to a real possibility of bribery.
"It made me sick to go in the room and always see a big picture of Obama in the room"
This solves it. The relative did kill himself. Mental illness runs in the family. Only someone with severe mental problems would ever soil their own presence with such vulgarity as obama.
I personally don't know either of the 2 guys running. But, I will tell you that Mr. Caldwell was contacted to move a campaign sign that was blocking the view of oncoming traffic & 2 days later it had been moved. Thank you Mr. Caldwell for doing what right. You've got my vote.
when they mail all the crap out to you from Sarbanes - send it back to them after writing on it YOU CAN'T BUY MY VOTE!!!!!!!!
He probably owed the dough for a gambling debt. Anyone remember the bookie deal. Hmmmmmmmmmmm There is a bone yard in this mans closet. Sorry there are too many ties to Good Ole Mafia for me. M.J. you got my vote do not freak it up.
If people were not afraid to come forward ..there would be many more stories to be told I can promise you that.
Apparently they are still having financial troubles. They decided not to re enroll their children in the local private school they had been attending and left the school with an outstanding bill of $60,000. I hope the school files a suit against them. They provided the service of a fine education to their children and did not get paid. I call that theft.
this topic needs to be kept at the top of the page, Joe
1:39 -
Is that the "Salisbury School" or "Worcester Country". Both are hugely overpriced and depend for survival on parents who don't want their young darlings to have to associate with the rest of us.
Could you see Sarbanes in a case against someone for illegal gambling???
Joe - please put this post on top tomorrow.
my MJ sign was stolen last night and it was on my property.
9:47....
This is not the first accusation that someone has been stealing MJ's signs.
I hope the Sarbanes campaign is not involved.
my MJ sign was stolen from my yard too but I put another right back in its place.
Sarbanes campaign puts up signs everywhere without asking permission of the property owner. I do love seeing Sarbane signs infront of STOP signs.
Simple guide for upcoming elections.
If they are in office now , vote them out. If they have a name that represents a long political dynasty, dont vote for them no matter how good they might be. The corruption will run too deep. If lawyers support the candidate, dont vote for them. And follow the money.
It's all Greek to me!
Donations are a pretty good barometer for how an election is going to go. Especially when you compare the number of people making donations, to each candidate not the total amount.
8:15 PM If everyone of the posters up until know donated $100 to MJ's campaign he would be $3900.00 closer to winning. Put your money where your keyboard is.
Never going to happen. Lot of hot air on here.
Anonymous said...
Joe - Now that Pagano has gone AWOL, its time to turn the spotlight on things like you have in this post, and also Pollitt, Mitchell, Hastings, etc.
Keep up the good work.
A Concerned Democrat
May 29, 2014 at 7:50 AM
Excellent comment. Please feel free to weed out the dirt bags like Mitchell and Hastings.
They both support same sex marriage. They both support government land grabs. They both support gun control. They both hate Tea Baggers(Republicans). They both were recruited by Chuck Cook and Jim Ireton to run for the County Council so the Democrats can take control and give more money to the City. They both worship Obama, O'Malley and Chuck Cook.
Need we post more?
Anonymous said...
The "Pappas clan" is a very wealthy family -- money from a large wholesale grocery business, Clement Pappas & Co. with headquarters in the Philly area. It produces mostly fruit juices and cranberry products.
May 28, 2014 at 7:19 PM
But, but this can't be true because you never see Chuck Cook bashing them like his does Walmart and other successful business people.
Anonymous said...
Apparently they are still having financial troubles. They decided not to re enroll their children in the local private school they had been attending and left the school with an outstanding bill of $60,000. I hope the school files a suit against them. They provided the service of a fine education to their children and did not get paid. I call that theft.
May 29, 2014 at 1:39 PM
Really!! Please give us more details.
I have seen the Sarbanes vehicles at Bennett Middle School.
Interesting to note that Grandpappy Anthony retired as a school teacher in the public school system, but encouraged or condoned his grand children to attend a private school. That my friends is a typical Democrat. Mooching off the tax payers and slopping at the government troughs, but to good to send your kids to a public school. Until you are broke of course.
Joe -- please look into Sarbanes gambling episode that occurred when he was a student at SU I believe.
Anonymous said...
Joe -- please look into Sarbanes gambling episode that occurred when he was a student at SU I believe.
June 1, 2014 at 5:06 PM
You have brought it up twice now so why don't you tell us the whole story. Is it against the law to gamble?
Why would Wicomico County want an unqualified individual JUDGING:
Whether a person went to prison for the rest of their lives?
Whether a business or individual had to pay a million dollar judgment on a procedural error?
Whether a child was to be able to see one f their parents?
Do not accept second best.
9:44 -
Check out the criminal code -- it's online.
Aren't the people of the eastern shore tired of paying the way for the Sarbanes family to live ?
We will suffer for a long time for the damage caused by this liberal lot.
WAKE UP...
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