How has Karl Frisch raised $371,559 for his campaign, when . . .

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Anonymous wrote:I donated to him just because of this thread

Stupid is as stupid does.

Seriously. Like the guy needs more money or will win more votes with more money. If he loses it won't be because of money. All you did was show how elite you are to throw money away and/or how stupid you are.

Maybe it’s not such a shoe-in for Frisch. After all, his money didn’t help him in the House of Delegates primary. He got whipped. I’m a Republican who voted in that primary just to have a chance to vote against him.

The only reason he lost that caucus was because Republicans infiltrated it.

No. There were a lot of people who don't like Frisch and purposely voted against him. My family of three voters were in that group.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's very ethical to collect this much money for a school board election and don't want to set a precedent for others to feel they have to raise this much money.

1. he got a lot of the money from out of state pro-LGBTQ groups.
2. he plans to use it for his next career move to another state office... and I'm sure he thinks he should be in Congress after that. He didn't amass that amount for a school board race. He's holding on to it for later use.

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Just donated to him because of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Just donated to him because of this thread.

Sure, Karl.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just donated to him because of this thread.

Sure, Karl.

I also believe Karl himself is likely posting in this thread. It has happened before on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's very ethical to collect this much money for a school board election and don't want to set a precedent for others to feel they have to raise this much money.

1. he got a lot of the money from out of state pro-LGBTQ groups.
2. he plans to use it for his next career move to another state office... and I'm sure he thinks he should be in Congress after that. He didn't amass that amount for a school board race. He's holding on to it for later use.

That's why it's unethical.

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He has no kids in school ever. Doesn't have kids. Hasn't earned a bachelor's degree! I wish I had an alternative. I'm planning to just under-vote that race.

There is a candidate running who has kids, grandkids and adopted a teenager out of the Fairfax County foster system.

Caught him at one of the back to school nights. Didn’t see Karl there, of course.

https://sabio4fairfax.com/platform

I voted for him. Better to at least have an actual parent on the board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's very ethical to collect this much money for a school board election and don't want to set a precedent for others to feel they have to raise this much money.

1. he got a lot of the money from out of state pro-LGBTQ groups.
2. he plans to use it for his next career move to another state office... and I'm sure he thinks he should be in Congress after that. He didn't amass that amount for a school board race. He's holding on to it for later use.

That's why it's unethical.

He’s all dark money. And evidently, full of dirty, unethical tricks…. Check this out… https://patterico.com/2012/02/14/media-matters-hey-lets-investigate-the-private-lives-of-fox-news-reporters/

“ What Frisch proceeded to suggest, however, went well beyond what legitimate presidential campaigns attempt. “We should hire private investigators to look into the personal lives of Fox News anchors, hosts, reporters, prominent contributors, senior network and corporate staff,” he wrote.

After that, Frisch argued, should come the legal assault: “We should look into contracting with a major law firm to study any available legal actions that can be taken against Fox News, from a class action law suit to defamation claims for those wronged by the network. I imagine this would be difficult but the right law firm is bound to find some legal ground for us to take action against the network.”

Note well: the memo does not suggest fact-checking Fox News, or taking them on with respect to the issues. No, instead the memo discusses trying to discredit the network by digging into people’s personal lives. By a strategy of planning to file lawsuits before any specific legal grievance is identified. Media Matters planned to respond to Fox News, not by responding to the message, but by stalking the messenger.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's very ethical to collect this much money for a school board election and don't want to set a precedent for others to feel they have to raise this much money.

1. he got a lot of the money from out of state pro-LGBTQ groups.
2. he plans to use it for his next career move to another state office... and I'm sure he thinks he should be in Congress after that. He didn't amass that amount for a school board race. He's holding on to it for later use.

That's why it's unethical.

He’s all dark money. And evidently, full of dirty, unethical tricks…. Check this out… https://patterico.com/2012/02/14/media-matters-hey-lets-investigate-the-private-lives-of-fox-news-reporters/

“ What Frisch proceeded to suggest, however, went well beyond what legitimate presidential campaigns attempt. “We should hire private investigators to look into the personal lives of Fox News anchors, hosts, reporters, prominent contributors, senior network and corporate staff,” he wrote.

After that, Frisch argued, should come the legal assault: “We should look into contracting with a major law firm to study any available legal actions that can be taken against Fox News, from a class action law suit to defamation claims for those wronged by the network. I imagine this would be difficult but the right law firm is bound to find some legal ground for us to take action against the network.”

Note well: the memo does not suggest fact-checking Fox News, or taking them on with respect to the issues. No, instead the memo discusses trying to discredit the network by digging into people’s personal lives. By a strategy of planning to file lawsuits before any specific legal grievance is identified. Media Matters planned to respond to Fox News, not by responding to the message, but by stalking the messenger.”

Hi - I am the OP of this thread.

I created it when I learned (from another post on DCUM) that Frisch had amassed over $370K while nearly every other candidate could barely raise $50k.

It seemed so disproportionate. I suspected something was up.

Thanks for confirming it is dirty-money / dark money; I suspect much of it coming from out of state.

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Dark money? It's all reported according to the laws.

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Can someone please explain what "dark money" is? Or how these donations are "dirty"? I don't understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain what "dark money" is? Or how these donations are "dirty"? I don't understand.

I assume PP means a large number of the donors to a local school board election come from out of state; most of the money won’t actually be needed for or spent on Frisch’s campaign; and eventually most of the money will get recycled to other local candidates sympathetic to the agenda of the donors. He’s a crappy SB member but a useful bag man.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain what "dark money" is? Or how these donations are "dirty"? I don't understand.

I assume PP means a large number of the donors to a local school board election come from out of state; most of the money won’t actually be needed for or spent on Frisch’s campaign; and eventually most of the money will get recycled to other local candidates sympathetic to the agenda of the donors. He’s a crappy SB member but a useful bag man.

That is not dark money.

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Those are all legal contributions.

Nice bringing up a quote from 2009, where it was literally his job to strategize.

Karl is well connected from his previous political jobs and is a fantastic fundraiser. No candidate is going to turn down good money.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain what "dark money" is? Or how these donations are "dirty"? I don't understand.

I assume PP means a large number of the donors to a local school board election come from out of state; most of the money won’t actually be needed for or spent on Frisch’s campaign; and eventually most of the money will get recycled to other local candidates sympathetic to the agenda of the donors. He’s a crappy SB member but a useful bag man.

That is not dark money.

A large percentage of the donations to Frisch come from NY, California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, and Texas. That's quite unusual for a candidate running for a local School Board in Virginia.

He won't need but a small fraction of that money for a school board race. He'll keep some for his next campaign and re-route some of it to other Democratic campaigns. Then people may see the other candidate got money from Frisch, but not be aware of the source of Frisch's money. It's legal but not necessarily ethical, and in any event he is a crappy School Board member who wastes taxpayer money while neglecting the needs of his constituents.