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<blockquote data-quote="michaeld" data-source="post: 2852578" data-attributes="member: 30319"><p>About 25 percent of Tulsa County sheriff candidate Vic Regalado’s well-funded campaign can be linked to a Rogers County business that is involved in manufacturing and assembling equipment for the oil and gas industry.</p><p></p><p>Monetary contributions totaling $42,050 of Regalado’s $155,000 war chest in mid-February come from employees of ISTI Plant Services and their spouses or housemates, as first reported on local website batesline.com.</p><p> </p><p>All but one of those donors have given a maximum contribution - or nearly so - to Regalado’s campaign. And based on the addresses provided by each donor, it appears four of the pairs and one of the individuals live outside Tulsa County.</p><p></p><p>Regalado and his campaign didn’t answer questions from the Tulsa World on Friday regarding the donations connected to ISTI Plant Services.</p><p>The Regalado campaign released a statement that said in part, “We accept and report these contributions in full compliance with the ethics rules, and we are thankful for such broad support.”</p><p></p><p>Several of the ISTI Plant Services employees listed in Regalado’s donations are in leadership positions, including three supervisors, a manager, the chief financial officer and the chief information officer. The other job titles listed by the donors are purchasing, construction and compliance.</p><p>Ten of the donors gave the maximum $2,700; six more gave $2,500; and the CFO gave $50.</p><p></p><p>The maximum contribution an individual donor can make before each election is $2,700 as long as the candidate is on the ballot.</p><p>“Our campaign is honored to have received a wide range of support from law enforcement, business leaders, and average Tulsans, from throughout the county and Tulsa region,” Aaron Brewer, Regalado’s campaign manager, said in a prepared statement.</p><p></p><p>Regalado’s campaign has raised $155,120 in donations and in-kind contributions, more than all of the other candidates combined.</p><p>ISTI Plant Services is based out of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. The company’s website states it has more than 800 employees and provides “turnkey mechanical general contractor services for oil, natural gas and petrochemical facilities.”</p><p>All of the donations tied to ISTI Plant Services came on Feb. 12, except for two people who gave $2,500 each Feb. 15, the last day covered by the latest filing period for campaign finance reporting.</p><p></p><p>Regalado failed to file campaign finance reports in January despite raising or spending more than $1,000 during the period covered by that filing report. Election officials have attributed confusion over deadlines to a new law and the impromptu nature of a special election.</p><p>PAC problems</p><p></p><p>In a separate matter, a political action committee that made the maximum contribution to Regalado doesn’t appear to be registered in state or federal databases that keep tabs on PACs.</p><p>A Tulsa World reporter and a compliance officer with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission were unable to locate ECH, which Regaldo’s campaign lists as a PAC “providing engineering and environmental guidance.”</p><p>Regalado’s finance report fails to list the PAC’s identification number as required in Oklahoma Ethics Commission rules, as well as the identification number of another PAC that gave to his campaign.</p><p>That ECH PAC gave Regalado $5,000 on Jan. 22, which is the maximum contribution a PAC can make before each election as long as the candidate is on the ballot.</p><p>“If they are a state-formed PAC and they are (doing any activity as a PAC), they definitely need to be registered with us,” said Darci McKee, a compliance officer for Ethics Commission.</p><p>The finance report lists an address for ECH at a law firm in Oklahoma City.</p><p>Regalado reported a total of $7,000 in donations from PACs. The ROI PAC - listed in Regalado’s campaign finance report as involved in oil and gas exploration - gave $2,000. ROI is registered in Oklahoma as Retain Our Incumbents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeld, post: 2852578, member: 30319"] About 25 percent of Tulsa County sheriff candidate Vic Regalado’s well-funded campaign can be linked to a Rogers County business that is involved in manufacturing and assembling equipment for the oil and gas industry. Monetary contributions totaling $42,050 of Regalado’s $155,000 war chest in mid-February come from employees of ISTI Plant Services and their spouses or housemates, as first reported on local website batesline.com. All but one of those donors have given a maximum contribution - or nearly so - to Regalado’s campaign. And based on the addresses provided by each donor, it appears four of the pairs and one of the individuals live outside Tulsa County. Regalado and his campaign didn’t answer questions from the Tulsa World on Friday regarding the donations connected to ISTI Plant Services. The Regalado campaign released a statement that said in part, “We accept and report these contributions in full compliance with the ethics rules, and we are thankful for such broad support.” Several of the ISTI Plant Services employees listed in Regalado’s donations are in leadership positions, including three supervisors, a manager, the chief financial officer and the chief information officer. The other job titles listed by the donors are purchasing, construction and compliance. Ten of the donors gave the maximum $2,700; six more gave $2,500; and the CFO gave $50. The maximum contribution an individual donor can make before each election is $2,700 as long as the candidate is on the ballot. “Our campaign is honored to have received a wide range of support from law enforcement, business leaders, and average Tulsans, from throughout the county and Tulsa region,” Aaron Brewer, Regalado’s campaign manager, said in a prepared statement. Regalado’s campaign has raised $155,120 in donations and in-kind contributions, more than all of the other candidates combined. ISTI Plant Services is based out of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. The company’s website states it has more than 800 employees and provides “turnkey mechanical general contractor services for oil, natural gas and petrochemical facilities.” All of the donations tied to ISTI Plant Services came on Feb. 12, except for two people who gave $2,500 each Feb. 15, the last day covered by the latest filing period for campaign finance reporting. Regalado failed to file campaign finance reports in January despite raising or spending more than $1,000 during the period covered by that filing report. Election officials have attributed confusion over deadlines to a new law and the impromptu nature of a special election. PAC problems In a separate matter, a political action committee that made the maximum contribution to Regalado doesn’t appear to be registered in state or federal databases that keep tabs on PACs. A Tulsa World reporter and a compliance officer with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission were unable to locate ECH, which Regaldo’s campaign lists as a PAC “providing engineering and environmental guidance.” Regalado’s finance report fails to list the PAC’s identification number as required in Oklahoma Ethics Commission rules, as well as the identification number of another PAC that gave to his campaign. That ECH PAC gave Regalado $5,000 on Jan. 22, which is the maximum contribution a PAC can make before each election as long as the candidate is on the ballot. “If they are a state-formed PAC and they are (doing any activity as a PAC), they definitely need to be registered with us,” said Darci McKee, a compliance officer for Ethics Commission. The finance report lists an address for ECH at a law firm in Oklahoma City. Regalado reported a total of $7,000 in donations from PACs. The ROI PAC - listed in Regalado’s campaign finance report as involved in oil and gas exploration - gave $2,000. ROI is registered in Oklahoma as Retain Our Incumbents. [/QUOTE]
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