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| Schuitmaker, left, Lennox, right |
By Brandon Hall
(Email Him At WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)
(Email Him At WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)
Here is my statement, as well as the article in MIRS last night.
(Also, a big league shout out to Kyle Melinn for his work on this-amazing as always!):
"After being forced to resign as Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner for sending illegal mail, being fired from his job as a newspaper columnist, and then being run out of the Virgin Islands, it's only fitting Dennis Lennox would get in bed with Desperate Tonya Schuitmaker, which must be a new experience for him I'm sure. Dennis is in complete violation of Michigan Campaign Finance Law, and I am looking forward to filing a complaint against him tomorrow with the Board of Elections.
As for Joe Wicks, who most people in Lansing have never even heard of because he is a second rate "consultant," he can go straight to hell. I have apologized and paid the price for my mistakes, which happened when I was 19 and 21. Three different courts ruled my constitutional rights were violated by Bill Schuette, but of course, Schuitmaker's team has proven they don't care about facts, the truth, the law, or common decency. Wicks has run a piss poor campaign that makes Roy Moore's consultant look like a genius, Tonya should ask for her money back. "
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Lennox Spending $10K On Anti-Leonard Site
A Dennis G. LENNOX spent $10,613 of his own money on mailing, postage and website design to oppose the candidacy of Attorney General candidate Tom LEONARD, likely putting an end to the mystery of who is behind the "Phony Tom Leonard" mailers and web site.
Lennox, presumably the known Republican operative and not his older father of the same name, filed an independent expenditure report with the Secretary of State's office Sunday showing the expenditure, which tracks the secret media campaign challenging Leonard's prosecutorial experience (See "'Phony Tom Leonard' Site Posts Favorable Old Job Reviews," 7/25/18).
Neither the fliers or the web site has a financial disclosure on them, which elicited a campaign finance complaint from West Michigan Politics editor Brandon HALL, who is not working with Strategic National, Leonard's consultant, on this complaint, according to CEO John YOB.
"If Strategic National wanted to file a complaint, we would have used an attorney like we always do," Yob said
But according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.247), a private individual is not required to disclosure, a provision created through a 1990s Supreme Court decision and Attorney General opinion to keep alive the American tradition of "anonymous leafletting," according to one source.
Asked if he's responsible for the "Phony Tom Leonard" campaign, Lennox said "I'm fully complaint with the Michigan campaign finance law."
Without answering any more questions on his involvement with the effort, Lennox took a swing at Hall, saying he found it "ironic" that a "10-time felon" would be raising questions about the legality of anyone else's activities.
The "Phony Tom Leonard" site links viewers to Leonard's employee reviews at the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office. While all of the reviews are positive, the web site makes the point that Leonard isn't mentioned as the lead attorney on any trial.
According to Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John POTBURY, only three individuals have ever requested Leonard's personnel records - Jake WAGMAN, an out-of-state political researcher; Jonathan PROUTY, a researcher hired by the Leonard campaign to do opposition research on himself; and Joe WICKS, spokesperson for Leonard's convention opponent, Tonya SCHUITMAKER. A spokesperson for Democratic candidate Dana NESSEL said they didn't hire Wagman and there's no evidence anyone at the Democratic Attorney Generals Association did, either.
Wicks declined to answer directly if he gave his information to Lennox, saying only, "I received multiple requests after a debate about proof of Tom Leonard being laid off from the prosecutor’s office and this topic is particularly interesting, because he claimed to have been promoted during a period when he was actually laid off. It's sad their apparent campaign lead that is maliciously and falsely accusing Tonya of sending the mailer is a convicted felon who spent time in jail for election fraud and was convicted of embezzling from a school’s cancer fundraiser.”
Hall swung at Lennox for resigning as Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner for "sending illegal mail" and, most recently, "being run out of the Virgin Islands."
"Dennis is in complete violation of Michigan Campaign Finance Law, and I am looking forward to filing a complaint against him tomorrow with the Board of Elections," Hall said.
He then called Wicks a second-rate consultant "who can go straight to hell."
"I have apologized and paid the price for my mistakes, which happened when I was 19 and 21. Three different courts ruled my constitutional rights were violated by Bill Schuette, but of course, Schuitmaker's team has proven they don't care about facts, the truth, the law, or common decency. Wicks has run a piss poor campaign that makes Roy MOORE's consultant look like a genius, Tonya should ask for her money back. "
"After being forced to resign as Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner for sending illegal mail, being fired from his job as a newspaper columnist, and then being run out of the Virgin Islands, it's only fitting Dennis Lennox would get in bed with Desperate Tonya Schuitmaker, which must be a new experience for him I'm sure. Dennis is in complete violation of Michigan Campaign Finance Law, and I am looking forward to filing a complaint against him tomorrow with the Board of Elections.
As for Joe Wicks, who most people in Lansing have never even heard of because he is a second rate "consultant," he can go straight to hell. I have apologized and paid the price for my mistakes, which happened when I was 19 and 21. Three different courts ruled my constitutional rights were violated by Bill Schuette, but of course, Schuitmaker's team has proven they don't care about facts, the truth, the law, or common decency. Wicks has run a piss poor campaign that makes Roy Moore's consultant look like a genius, Tonya should ask for her money back. "
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Lennox Spending $10K On Anti-Leonard Site
A Dennis G. LENNOX spent $10,613 of his own money on mailing, postage and website design to oppose the candidacy of Attorney General candidate Tom LEONARD, likely putting an end to the mystery of who is behind the "Phony Tom Leonard" mailers and web site.
Lennox, presumably the known Republican operative and not his older father of the same name, filed an independent expenditure report with the Secretary of State's office Sunday showing the expenditure, which tracks the secret media campaign challenging Leonard's prosecutorial experience (See "'Phony Tom Leonard' Site Posts Favorable Old Job Reviews," 7/25/18).
Neither the fliers or the web site has a financial disclosure on them, which elicited a campaign finance complaint from West Michigan Politics editor Brandon HALL, who is not working with Strategic National, Leonard's consultant, on this complaint, according to CEO John YOB.
"If Strategic National wanted to file a complaint, we would have used an attorney like we always do," Yob said
But according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Act (169.247), a private individual is not required to disclosure, a provision created through a 1990s Supreme Court decision and Attorney General opinion to keep alive the American tradition of "anonymous leafletting," according to one source.
Asked if he's responsible for the "Phony Tom Leonard" campaign, Lennox said "I'm fully complaint with the Michigan campaign finance law."
Without answering any more questions on his involvement with the effort, Lennox took a swing at Hall, saying he found it "ironic" that a "10-time felon" would be raising questions about the legality of anyone else's activities.
The "Phony Tom Leonard" site links viewers to Leonard's employee reviews at the Genesee County Prosecutor's Office. While all of the reviews are positive, the web site makes the point that Leonard isn't mentioned as the lead attorney on any trial.
According to Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John POTBURY, only three individuals have ever requested Leonard's personnel records - Jake WAGMAN, an out-of-state political researcher; Jonathan PROUTY, a researcher hired by the Leonard campaign to do opposition research on himself; and Joe WICKS, spokesperson for Leonard's convention opponent, Tonya SCHUITMAKER. A spokesperson for Democratic candidate Dana NESSEL said they didn't hire Wagman and there's no evidence anyone at the Democratic Attorney Generals Association did, either.
Wicks declined to answer directly if he gave his information to Lennox, saying only, "I received multiple requests after a debate about proof of Tom Leonard being laid off from the prosecutor’s office and this topic is particularly interesting, because he claimed to have been promoted during a period when he was actually laid off. It's sad their apparent campaign lead that is maliciously and falsely accusing Tonya of sending the mailer is a convicted felon who spent time in jail for election fraud and was convicted of embezzling from a school’s cancer fundraiser.”
Hall swung at Lennox for resigning as Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner for "sending illegal mail" and, most recently, "being run out of the Virgin Islands."
"Dennis is in complete violation of Michigan Campaign Finance Law, and I am looking forward to filing a complaint against him tomorrow with the Board of Elections," Hall said.
He then called Wicks a second-rate consultant "who can go straight to hell."
"I have apologized and paid the price for my mistakes, which happened when I was 19 and 21. Three different courts ruled my constitutional rights were violated by Bill Schuette, but of course, Schuitmaker's team has proven they don't care about facts, the truth, the law, or common decency. Wicks has run a piss poor campaign that makes Roy MOORE's consultant look like a genius, Tonya should ask for her money back. "
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