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Alliance report on Entergy consultants' donations to New Orleans City Council candidates
February 4 - Research by the Alliance for Affordable Energy has uncovered campaign donations by consultants of Entergy New Orleans or Entergy Louisiana to candidates in every New Orleans City Council race.
After examining the campaign disclosure reports of 21 candidates for the five council districts and two at-large seats, the Alliance found 10 candidates who had received donations from one or more consultants to Entergy New Orleans (ENO) or Entergy Louisiana (ELL) in 2009, and 11 candidates who had not recorded contributions from these consultants as of the most recent filing on February 2, 2010.
The largest recipient is current City Council President Arnie Fielkow. Consultants to ENO and ELL donated a total of $6,000 to Mr. Fielkow's campaign. ENO and ELL consultants donated $5,000 to District A candidate and former Council Member Jay Batt, the second largest recipient. The other candidates who received donations from these consultants, in order of the amount received, are:
Austin Badon (district E) - $3,000
Jacquelyn Brechtel-Clarkson (at-large) - $3,000
Stacey Head (district B) - $2,000
Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (district D) - $1,500
Cynthia Willard-Lewis (at-large) - $1,500
Kristin Gisleson-Palmer (district C) - $1,000
Nolan Marshall (at-large) - $1,000
Jon Johnson (district E) - $500
The 11 candidates who did not receive any contributions by the most recent filing period from these consultants were:
Virginia Blanque (district A)
Susan Guidry (district A)
Fred Thompson (district A)
Corey Watson (district B)
Nathaniel Jones (district C)
Denise Holden (district D)
Leonard Lucas (district E)
Cyndi Nguyen (district E)
Jerrelda Drummer-Sanders (district E)
William “Poppa” Gant (at-large)
Greg Sonnier (at-large)
The Alliance found no recent campaign disclosure reports on the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program website for Tom Arnold (district C) and William “Lance” Von Uhde (at-large).
The Entergy consultant who ranked as the highest donor was Henry Braden IV, who donated a total of $6,000 to five different candidates for the New Orleans City Council. In 2009 Entergy Louisiana, LLC, paid Mr. Braden $56,500 for services.