Kelda Helen Roys Breaks Promise Early in 2nd Dist Cong Race

Here you go, Kelda Helen Roys
- Don't worry, it's clean :)

Kelda Helen Roys is making a mockery of her pledge to avoid corporate money

Typically, it takes a politician some time in D.C. or in the Republican Party before she learns to obfuscate and mislead—what most of us call lying.

But Kelda Helen Roys, candidate for the second congressional district of Wisconsin, is evidently a quick study.

Roys said she has a unique approach to politics and campaigns, toting a pledge not to take corporate money.

"I made the commitment that I am not going to take any corporate money in this race," said Roys in a December 2011 interview with WISN, a promise repeated often by Roys.

But a review of Roys' contributors reveals some $9,700 in corporate money received in late 2011- early 2012, money from corporate CEOs, presidents, and board chairs with the means and history of contributing repeatedly - with an individual limit of $2,500 for 2011-12.

Nothing wrong with running a corporation in itself.

Money for nothing, assures candidate,
Kelda Helen Roys

But rank hypocrisy has a particular odor coming from democrats like Roys.

Roys is making a mockery of her pledge to avoid corporate money because of her concern that she run a "clean campaign" vis a vis her opponents. Right.

Yesterday, Roys—who was against corporate money before she was for it—put up a new piece on her website, Clean Campaigns Mean No Corporate PAC Money. Translated, this means corporate money from corporate CEOs, presidents, and Board chairs, and lobbyists are just fine with Kelda Helen Roys, just not corporate PACs.

Exactly, how insulated does Roys believe corporate CEOs and board chairs are from their PACs?

Partial Listing of Corporate Money to Kelda Helen Roys

LIEGEL, GEORGE WAUKAKEE WI 53597 9/26/2011 $250
PEPSI BOTTLING DISTRIBUTOR/CEO

DEGAND, MICHAEL GREEN BAY, WI 54311 9/30/2011 $500
HARBOR CREDIT UNION/PRESIDENT

GREEN, JOSH NEW YORK, NY 10011 11/2/2011 $500
PANJIVA, INC/CEO

BAXT, LEONARD WASHINGTON 9/30/2011 $1,000
DOW LOHNES/CHAIRMAN DC
20016

BRAIN, CHARLES M. MC LEAN 9/29/2011 $1,000
CAPITOL HILL STRATEGIES/LOBBYIST
VA 22101

JOFFE, RICHARD THOMAS NEW YORK 9/19/2011 $200
LABATON SUCHAROW LLP/ATTORNEY
NY 10280

RASIN, RUDOLPH CHICAGO 9/29/2011 $1,000
THE RASIN CORPORATION/PRESIDENT
IL 60611

WEISS, MICHAEL MCCALL 9/19/2011 $500
GENERAL CAPITAL GROUP/PRESIDENT
ID 83638

RASIN, RUDOLPH CHICAGO IL 60611 12/24/2011 $1,000
ALLIANCE BRANDS, LLC/BUSINESS EXEC

GREEN, JOSH NEW YORK, NY 10011 12/31/2011 $ 500
PANJIVA, INC/CEO

DOVERE, RICHARD NEW YORK, NY 10021 3/6/2012 $1,000
ADAMAS ENERGY INVESTMENTS/MANAGING PARTNER

RASIN, RUDOLPH CHICAGO, IL 60611 3/5/2012 $500
ALLIANCE BRANDS, LLC/BUSINESS EXECUTIVE

SALZWEDEL, JACK MIDDLETON, WI 53562 2/22/2012 $500
AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE/CEO

WEISS, MICHAEL McCALL, ID 83638 1/23/2012 $ 200
GENERAL CAPITAL GROUP/PRESIDENT

WEISS, MICHAEL McCALL, ID 83638 3/16/2012 $300
GENERAL CAPITAL GROUP/PRESIDENT

INGOLDSBY, TOM Mc LEAN, VA 22101 3/3/2012 $2,000
CORPORATE D.C. ATTORNEY SPECIALIZING IN ENERGY PROJECTS

Corporate Money from late 2011-2012:  $9,700