MUR #5017

RESPONDENTS: Friends of Ronnie Shows; Adcock/Apple Apartments; Berndt, David; Brown, Cecil; Carpenter Construction Company; D&M Construction; Deviney, William C., Jr.; Diaz, Gerald J., Jr.; Dorsey & Thom's Chiropractic Clinic, P.A.; Dulin & Dulin, Ltd.; Duncan Lee Lott, P.A.; Dungan Engineering, P.A.; Employer Plus, Inc.; Fot, David; Fuches & Associates; Great Southern Tractor; Greenville Chiro. Clinic; Halbert, Richard; Harvey, John; Hill, Edwin D.; Ingram & Assoc.; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Committee on Political Education; Kelly, Bill; Kemp, Jerry W.; Kirk & Co.; L & K Investments; LaRue, William E.; Langston/Frazer Properties; Liston, William H.; Maintenance of Way Political League; McTeer, Charles V.; McWhorter, Frank, Jr.; McWhorter, Peggy; Nancy Pelosi for Congress; Natchez Steam Laundry; Nicholson, Carl L. , Jr.; Pelosi, Paul F.; Riley, Robert; Riley, Susan; Sawyer, Earline C.; Selters, B.J.; Shows, Clifford Ronald; Sims, Ray A.; Smith, Phyllis; Southern Development; Southwest Publishers; Stephens, David; Tollison Law Firm, P.A.; Topp, Debra; Topp, Richard; Warren, Andrea; Warren, Charles; Warren, Lawrence W.

COMPLAINANTS: McGahn II, Donald F.; National Republican Congressional Committee Contributions

SUBJECT: Contributions-In the name of another; Contributions-Excessive; Contributions-Corporations; Other; Reporting

DISPOSITION: Decided by vote 6-0 to: (1) Reopen this matter to rescind the signed conciliation agreement. (2) Approve a revised conciliation agreement reflecting the current Treasurer's status as a successor treasurer, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #7 dated August 8, 2002. (3) Grant the Treasurer's request to place his letters of March 19, 2002 and March 26, 2002 on the public record. (4) Grant the Candidate's request to place his letter of March 20, 2002 on the public record. (5) Determine not to place Southwest Publishers' submissions on the public record at this time. (6) Approve the appropriate letters, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #7 dated August 8, 2002. (7) Close the file.
Decided by vote 5-0 to: (1) Approve the conciliation agreement for Mr. Carl L. Nicholson, Jr. and close the file with respect to this respondent, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #5 dated December 20, 2001. (2) Approve the appropriate letter, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #5 dated December 20, 2001.
Decided by vote 4-1 to: ............... REDACTED ............... (4) Take no action with respect to David Fortenberry, Richard Halbert, John Harvey, Bill Kelly, Frank McWhorter, Jr., Peggy McWhorter, Robert Riley, Susan Riley, B.J. Selters, Richard Topp, Debra Topp, Charles Warren, and Andrea Warren, and close the file with respect to these respondents. (5) Take no action with respect to the candidate, Ronnie Shows, and close the file with respect to this respondent.
Decided by vote 5-0 to: (1) Approve the conciliation agreement for Mr. Lawrence Warren and close the file with respect to this respondent, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #3 dated August 29, 2001. (2) Approve the appropriate letter, as recommended in the General Counsel Report #3 dated August 29, 2001.
Decided by vote 4-0 to: (1) Rescind the RTB finding against Langston Frazer Properties, Inc. and take no action. (2) ............... REDACTED .............. (3) Close the file with respect to Langston Frazer Properties, Inc. (4) Approve the appropriate letter, as recommended in the General Counsel Memorandum dated June 22, 2001.
Decided by vote 6-0 to: (1) Open a MUR in Audit Referral #99-21. ............... REDACATED .............. (4) Find RTB that David Berndt, William C. Deviney, Jr., Jerry W. Kemp, William H. Liston, Charles V. McTeer, Earline C. Sawyer, Ray A. Sims, and Phyllis Smith each violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A) and take no further action, send an admonishment letter, and close the file with respect to them. (5) Find RTB that Carl L. Nicholson, Jr., violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A) and 441f. ............... REDACTED ................ (8) Find RTB that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Committee on Political Education and Edwin D. Hill, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A) and take no further action, send an admonishment letter, and close the file with respect to these respondents. (9) Find no RTB that Maintenance of Way Political League and William E. LaRue, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A) and close the file with respect to these respondents. (10) Find RTB that Nancy Pelosi for Congress and Paul F. Pelosi, as treasurer, violated 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A) and take no further action, send an admonishment letter, and close the file with respect to these respondents. (11) Find no RTB that Adcock/ Apple Apartments, L&K Investments, and Southern Development violated 2 U.S.C. 441b(a) and close the file with respect to these respondents. (12) Find RTB that Carpenter Construction Co., D&M Construction, Dorsey & Thom's Chiropractic Clinic, P.A., Dulin & Dulin, Ltd.; Duncan Lee Lott, P.A.; Dungan Engineering, P.A.; Employer Plus, Inc.; Funches & Associates; Gerald J. Diaz, Jr., P.A.; Great Southern Tractor; Greenville Chiro. Clinic; Ingram & Assoc.; Kirk & Co.; Langston/Frazer Properties; Natchez Steam Laundry; Southwest Publishers; and Tollison Law Firm, P.A., each violated 2 U.S.C. 441b(a) and take no further action, send an admonishment letter, and close the file with respect to these respondents. (13) Find RTB that David Stephens violated 2 U.S.C. 441g and take no further action, send an admonishment letter, and close the file with respect to him. .............. REDACTED ............... (16) Approve the appropriate letters.