[arrl-odv:23195] Re: CAI HR 4969 Opposition - 5 Million Dollars
At 05:24 PM 8/19/2014, W3KD wrote:
Two other arguments seem to work: (1) CAI misperceives the scope of the Bill: they claim that the Bill removes HOA jurisdiction; it clearly does NOT do that.
And maybe we should encourage them to follow their own Code of Ethics - see #3 http://www.caionline.org/career/designations/Documents/ethics_code.pdf Their latest IRS 990 form (2012) says they are an $11m/year 501c3. Their CEO gets $302k salary plus pension (in 2011). They don't have very deep pockets - not enough for a $5m lobbying campaign. Financials for 2013 - (supposedly available only to members but I got in with no problem) http://www.caionline.org/about/who/Documents/cai_financials.pdf They do have their own Political Action Committee... http://www.caionline.org/govt/pac/Pages/default.aspx They have raised just $4,125 this year through June... Spent $1,000 in a donation to Rep Jeb Hensarling R-TX https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00495481 Success in the last year - they highlight "Working to ensure homeowners in community associations are entitled to the same federal disaster relief as other American tax payers. Working with U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) to secure the introduction of H.R. 2887, which extends disaster relief to condominiums and cooperatives." https://beta.congress.gov/search?q={%22congress%22%3A%22113%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22hr2887%22} They have 17 co-sponsors,16 D and one R, mostly from NY and NJ, so it looks like it was introduced as a result of Hurricane Sandy. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444
Good analysis, Tom. 73, Brian N5ZGT
On Aug 19, 2014, at 18:56, Tom Frenaye <frenaye@pcnet.com> wrote:
At 05:24 PM 8/19/2014, W3KD wrote:
Two other arguments seem to work: (1) CAI misperceives the scope of the Bill: they claim that the Bill removes HOA jurisdiction; it clearly does NOT do that.
And maybe we should encourage them to follow their own Code of Ethics - see #3
http://www.caionline.org/career/designations/Documents/ethics_code.pdf
Their latest IRS 990 form (2012) says they are an $11m/year 501c3. Their CEO gets $302k salary plus pension (in 2011).
They don't have very deep pockets - not enough for a $5m lobbying campaign.
Financials for 2013 - (supposedly available only to members but I got in with no problem)
http://www.caionline.org/about/who/Documents/cai_financials.pdf
They do have their own Political Action Committee...
http://www.caionline.org/govt/pac/Pages/default.aspx
They have raised just $4,125 this year through June... Spent $1,000 in a donation to Rep Jeb Hensarling R-TX
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00495481
Success in the last year - they highlight "Working to ensure homeowners in community associations are entitled to the same federal disaster relief as other American tax payers. Working with U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) to secure the introduction of H.R. 2887, which extends disaster relief to condominiums and cooperatives."
They have 17 co-sponsors,16 D and one R, mostly from NY and NJ, so it looks like it was introduced as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
-- Tom
===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444
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Good opposition research, except that CAI is 501(c)(6) not 501(c)(3). That's why they can have a PAC. They have a separate and much smaller 501(c)(3), the Community Association Institute Research Foundation. They also have numerous chapters that report separately to the IRS. If we do have to counter CAI it may be useful to point out that they want to be treated like everybody else when it comes to accessing federal taxpayer money, but not when it comes to federally licensed amateur stations. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Frenaye, Tom, K1KI Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:57 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:23195] Re: CAI HR 4969 Opposition - 5 Million Dollars At 05:24 PM 8/19/2014, W3KD wrote:
Two other arguments seem to work: (1) CAI misperceives the scope of the Bill: they claim that the Bill removes HOA jurisdiction; it clearly does NOT do that.
And maybe we should encourage them to follow their own Code of Ethics - see #3 http://www.caionline.org/career/designations/Documents/ethics_code.pdf Their latest IRS 990 form (2012) says they are an $11m/year 501c3. Their CEO gets $302k salary plus pension (in 2011). They don't have very deep pockets - not enough for a $5m lobbying campaign. Financials for 2013 - (supposedly available only to members but I got in with no problem) http://www.caionline.org/about/who/Documents/cai_financials.pdf They do have their own Political Action Committee... http://www.caionline.org/govt/pac/Pages/default.aspx They have raised just $4,125 this year through June... Spent $1,000 in a donation to Rep Jeb Hensarling R-TX https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00495481 Success in the last year - they highlight "Working to ensure homeowners in community associations are entitled to the same federal disaster relief as other American tax payers. Working with U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) to secure the introduction of H.R. 2887, which extends disaster relief to condominiums and cooperatives." https://beta.congress.gov/search?q={%22congress%22%3A%22113%22%2C%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22hr2887%22} They have 17 co-sponsors,16 D and one R, mostly from NY and NJ, so it looks like it was introduced as a result of Hurricane Sandy. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
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