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I thought it might be nice to randomly recognize the fine people who make campaign contributions to our Ind. lawmakers. Here's a look at one: Hoosiers for Great Public Schools, which gave $50K to House Speaker Todd Huston on 10/13/20
Who are the fine people behind this PAC? Its annual campaign finance report is filed by former Indpls. mayor Bart Peterson. He's now president/CEO of Christel House International.
Christel House, the public charter schools founded by the late Christel DeHaan, is a favorite of Indiana's school choice supporters. You might remember it from stories about changing school letter grades.
Christel House received $2.24 million in PPP funds last April, by the way. That's in addition to its regular state funding, which was unaffected by COVID.
So where did the PAC's money come from? Just two contributors, per campaign finance reports -- John Arnold and Reed Hastings.
John Arnold is from Houston -- the one in TX, not Ind. He gave the PAC $200K. He is a billionaire and former hedge fund manager. He likes charter schools.
Reed Hastings gave the PAC $700K. He lives in Santa Cruz, CA, and is co-founder of Netflix. He also likes charter schools.
In addition to the House speaker, Hoosier for Great Public Schools donated to a House GOP campaign committee, the governor, lt. gov., an Indy school board PAC and candidate.
This is just one contribution made in advance of the Nov. election. I'll take a look at more as the current legislative session continues. These fine people deserve recognition.
