The Massachusetts Republican Party today announced that from now until election day they will issue briefings to expose Rep. Paul Kujawskis failed tenure on Beacon Hill.
In this volume, the MassGOP pointed out that Paul Kujawski has taken nearly $5,000 from over 30 lobbyists. Kujawski also received the maximum contribution from Richard McDonough, who the Boston Globe has described as a close friend of Speaker DiMasis. (Globe, 7/30/08)
MassGOP Communications Director Barney Keller said "Paul Kujawski has a history of selling out to special interests and putting the issues of lobbyists before his constituents. Hes part of the problem up on Beacon Hill. On November 4th, the voters can put an end to his embarrassing tenure and replace him with someone new. Voters in the 8th Middlesex district deserve to have a Representative they can trust to put them first, and that person is Kevin Kuros."
The Massachusetts Republican Party also announced the creation of a new blog, www.TheKujawskiFiles.com, for voters to see Rep. Kujawskis history of selling them out for special interests and lobbyists.
Kujawskis Lobbyist Money
Kujawski has a history of bragging about receiving money from Lobbyists : When state Representative Paul Kujawski pushed an insurance-related amendment during the House budget debate last year, his allies in the new House leadership looked on nervously. Hanging in the air were worrisome reports that Kujawski, a Democrat from Webster, had just received a major infusion of campaign cash from donors tied to the state's largest auto insurer, Commerce Insurance, which is located in his hometown. Indeed, reports swept Beacon Hill that Kujawski had recently been seen in a local bar waving a well-stuffed envelope of what he described as donations from Commerce. And Kujawski's campaign finance records show that on March 26, 1996 - two days before his alleged barroom boast - he had collected more than $ 15,000 in donations from sources directly connected to Commerce. Those funds - which make up two-thirds of what he collected during the first eight months of 1996 - have put Kujawski in the middle of an ongoing federal investigation into alleged fund-raising practices by Commerce officials and the strong political influence its president, Arthur Remillard Jr., has on Beacon Hill, said sources familiar with the probe. It could not be determined if Kujawski has been questioned about the pattern of donations, but sources say federal agents are familiar with the alleged incident at The 21st Amendment, a Beacon Hill pub frequented by politicians, and are actively exploring Kujawski's relationship to Commerce. (Boston Globe, 5/28/97)
Kujawski received $4,925 from 2007 to 2008 from 34 registered Lobbyists according to the secretary of State, including the maximum $200 from Speaker DiMasis friend Richard McDonough. (Source: Lobbyist Disclosure - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/lobbyist/LobbyistSearch/PublicSearch.asp)
Lobbyist Date Contribution
Andrew J Calamare 6/23/2008 $100.00
Charles F Flaherty 4/16/2008 $100.00
Christopher S Koczela 2/19/2008 $100.00
David I Finnegan 2/19/2008 $200.00
Edward J Dever, Jr. 2/25/2008 $100.00
Edwin J Shanahan 2/20/2008 $150.00
Francis G Mara 10/30/2007 $200.00
Garrett L Trierweiler 2/19/2008 $200.00
George F Cronin 2/19/2008 $100.00
James T Harrington 2/26/2008 $150.00
Jeff Terrey 10/27/2007 $100.00
Jeff Terrey 2/19/2008 $100.00
Joseph A Giannino 2/19/2008 $200.00
Joseph A Ricca 2/19/2008 $100.00
Joseph T Baerlein 2/19/2008 $200.00
Kevin M Grant 2/19/2008 $100.00
Luke A Dillon 2/21/2008 $100.00
Mark K Molloy 2/20/2008 $100.00
Mary L Bonauto 7/15/2007 $100.00
McDonough, Richard 2/19/2008 $200.00
Michael J Muse 10/30/2007 $200.00
Michelle R McGee 12/26/2007 $200.00
P.J. O'Sullivan 3/5/2008 $100.00
Patrick F Scanlan 2/25/2008 $150.00
Patrick J Huntington 2/8/2008 $200.00
Paul M Pezzella 2/18/2008 $50.00
Richard J Underwood 2/5/2008 $200.00
Robert F White 10/30/2007 $200.00
Robert M Platt 3/2/2008 $200.00
Roger D Donoghue 2/22/2008 $200.00
Sean C King 2/25/2008 $100.00
Theodore J Aliexo, Jr. 2/25/2008 $100.00
William A Delaney 2/19/2008 $100.00
William F Kennedy 10/30/2007 $125.00
William F Malloy, Jr. 2/27/2008 $100.00
Total: $4,925.00
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