Thompson Defends Fox River Polluters Against Responsible Cleanup, cont.
Paper Money
Contributions for Gov. Thompson's and Lt. Gov. McCallum's
Re-election Campaigns, 1990 thru 1997, from executives,
leaders and Political Action Committees in the pulp,
paper, paper coating, and converting industry
 

Donors' Corporations                Dollars

Appleton Papers                             $100
AT&T (NCR Corp.)                           4,349
Beck Carton Corp.                            250
Bemis Corp.                                6,650
Consolidated Paper                         7,401
C&H Packaging                                500
Dunsim Industries                            500
Fiberesin Industries                         500
Fort Howard Corp. (Ft. James)             32,335
Fox River                                    100
Fox River Paper Co.                          100
Fox Valley Corp.                             200
Georgia-Pacific                            1,000
Great Northern Container                     200
Green Bay Packaging                        8,550
Hayes Manufacturing                          975
International Paper                        1,000
Jefferson Smurfit                            100
Kell Container Corp.                       3,500
Kimberly Clark Corp.                         700
Little Rapids Corp.                        4,600
Menasha Corp.                              6,750
Midland Container                            625
Milwaukee Envelope                           500
Mosinee Paper Corp.                       13,450
Nekoosa Corp.                              8,108
Nichols Paper Products                     8,200
Packaging Corp. of America                 3,350
Pacon                                        490
Paper Converting Machine Co.               3,000
Phoenix Products Co.                       1,000
Ponderosa Fibres-America                   1,000
Pope & Talbot Inc.                           100
PPC Industries                               150
Proctor & Gamble                             125
Quincy Container Corp.                       100
Repap Enterprises                          3,000
Rhinelander Paper                            500
Riverside Paper                              250
Shade Business Forms                         500
Specialty Packaging Group                    100
Stearns Packaging Corp.                      500
Tekra Corp.                                4,350
TFIC Corp.                                   500
US Paper Mills Corp.                       3,000
Wausau Coated Products                     1,000
Wausau Paper                               8,250
Wisconsin Converting Co.                     100
Wisconsin Paperboard Corp.                 3,850
Wisconsin Tissue Mills                     4,995
Wright Brothers Paper Box                  4,100
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Total                           $155,553

Source: the Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database, a joint
project of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Wisconsin Citizen Action,
funded by the Joyce Foundation. (7)

Fox River Polluters
and Governor Thompson
Contributions for Gov. Thompson's and Lt. Gov.
McCallum's Re-election Campaigns, 1990 thru 1997,
from executives, leaders and Political Action Committees
of the seven corporations named as "potentially
responsible parties" in the federal Superfund process
 

Donors' Corporations              Dollars

Appleton Papers                             $100
AT&T (owned NCR Corp.)                     4,349
Fort Howard Corp. (Ft. James)             32,335
Riverside Paper                              250
US Paper Mills Corp.                       3,000
P.H. Glaffelter Co.                            0
Wisconsin Tissue Mills                     4,995
________________________________________________
Total                            $45,029

Source:  The Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database (7)

Money from Paper Allies
Contributions for Gov. Thompson's and Lt. Gov.
McCallum's Re-election Campaigns, 1990 thru 1997,
from executives and leaders in these industries
 
Donor Category                   Dollars

Banking & Finance                        $970,342
Lawyers, Law Firms, & Lobbyists           644,704
Insurance Companies                       324,520
Tourism Industry                          432,923
Realtors                                  406,339
_________________________________________________
Total                          $2,778,828

Source: The Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database (7)

Landfills and the Governor
Contributions for Gov. Thompson's and Lt. Gov. McCallum's
 Re-election Campaigns, 1990 thru 1997,  from leaders in solid waste
landfill businesses and landfill engineering firms
 

Donors' Corporations             Dollars

Ayres Associates                         $11,555
Browning Ferris Industries (BFI)           4,620
Cedar Corporation                            100
Central Wisconsin Engineers                2,000
CH2M Hill                                  4,000
Delta Environmental                          180
Donohue Engineers & Architects             2,200
Foth & Van Dyke                            3,350
Montgomery Watson                            600
Rust Environmental & Infrastructure       20,190
STS Consultants                            1,750
Superior Services                            100
Terra Engineering & Construction           3,300
Vijay Environmental                        2,740
Waste Management Inc. (also WMX)          80,000
Wheeling Disposal Service                  1,000
Woodward-Clyde                               700
Zenith Kremer Waste System                   100
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Total                           $138,485


The following sections discuss in detail other key aspects of this report:

Inside Governor Thompson's DNR
Twelve Years of Delay - A Fox River Clean-up Timeline
  Deals, Consultants, Paper Industry Allies, and Tourism
  The Health Risks of PCBs and Landfilling Contaminated Sludge
  Legislative Connections, Paper Company Economics, and Industry Control of the Process
  The Fed's Step In
  Conclusions and Recommendations
  DNR Report Study Methods
  References
 

 
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