So, what, you may ask, happens at one of these bundling events? Let’s take a look at just one of them. This one held on behalf of arguably and verifiably the most consistently corrupt member of County Council. We’re talking Bill Bell. The guy who has collected fully 79% of his $$’s from developers. We’re talking a single date. In this case, June 24, 2019. Which, not coincidentally, came about one month after Kevin Caneco filed his committee to challenge Bell in a primary. Just take a look at who came to Bell’s rescue, all drowning him in checks on that same day:
| 6/24/2019 | Apex Engineering Inc. | APEX Bundle | $600.00 | D | |
| 6/24/2019 | Dale Walley | Tucker | $100.00 | D | Relative of Shawn Tucker |
| 6/24/2019 | Jefferey M. Bross | Bross/Duffield | $500.00 | D | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-bross-3bab2813/ |
| 6/24/2019 | David Cantera | Cantera | $400.00 | D | MIDDLETOWN COMMONS MANAGEMENT, LLC |
| 6/24/2019 | R.R.M. Carpenter III | Carpenter Family | $100.00 | D | Carpenter Family Developing their Estate in the Brandywine Hundred |
| 6/24/2019 | RRM Carpenter IV | Carpenter Family | $100.00 | D | Carpenter Family Developing their Estate in the Brandywine Hundred |
| 6/24/2019 | David Carpenter | Carpenter Family | $100.00 | D | Family Developing Estate in Brandywine Hundred, Wagoners Row Development, along scenic byway |
| 6/24/2019 | Keith Carpenter | Carpenter Family | $100.00 | D | Family Developing Estate in Brandywine Hundred, Wagoners Row Development, along scenic byway |
| 6/24/2019 | Lucinda Carpenter | Carpenter Family | $100.00 | D | Family Developing Estate in Brandywine Hundred, Wagoners Row Development, along scenic byway |
| 6/24/2019 | C CDA Engineering | CDA | $600.00 | D | https://www.cdaengineering.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | DE Leager | $500.00 | D | Paving Contractor | |
| 6/24/2019 | Drake Cattermole | DC Squared | $100.00 | D | https://dcsquaredmanagement.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Drinker Briddle & Reath | $600.00 | D | https://www.faegredrinker.com/en |
| 6/24/2019 | John Papili | DSM | $500.00 | D | DSM Commercial – https://dsmre.com/who-we-are/ |
| 6/24/2019 | James Wittig | DSM | $500.00 | D | DSM Commericail |
| 6/24/2019 | Wittig, Robert | DSM | $500.00 | D | DSM Commericail |
| 6/24/2019 | Brian DiSabatino | EDIS | $600.00 | D | https://www.ediscompany.com/team-member/brian-disabatino/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Fusco Property Managment | Fusco | $300.00 | D | https://www.fuscomanagement.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Fusco Property Managment | Fusco | $300.00 | D | https://www.fuscomanagement.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Lorraine Ferrara | Greggo & Ferrara | $600.00 | D | Greggo & Ferrara Construction |
| 6/24/2019 | Nickolas Ferrara | Greggo & Ferrara | $600.00 | D | Greggo & Ferrrara |
| 6/24/2019 | Francis Julian | Julian/Eastern States | $600.00 | D | http://www.easternstatesgroup.com/about-us/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Richard Julian | Julian/Eastern States | $300.00 | D | http://www.easternstatesgroup.com/about-us/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Amelia Wyant | Julian/Eastern States | $300.00 | D | President of Eastern States Group, Residential and commercial real estate. |
| 6/24/2019 | Dev Sitaram | Karins & Assoc. | $300.00 | D | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dev-sitaram-907b2b11/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Michael Marris | Maris | $200.00 | D | Traffice & Highway Construction for Development – http://www.mma-engineers.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Gregory Pettinaro | Pettinaro | $600.00 | D | https://pettinaro.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Tracey Crowley Rev Trust | Pettinaro | $600.00 | D | Pettinaro |
| 6/24/2019 | Verino Pettinaro Trust | Pettinaro | $600.00 | D | Pettinaro Construction |
| 6/24/2019 | Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLp | Saul Ewing | $600.00 | D | https://www.saul.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Joseph Setting | Settings | $300.00 | D | Settings Properites Inc. Provides services for residentail and commericial propertetys |
| 6/24/2019 | Tarabicos & Grosso LLP | Tarabicos | $500.00 | D | https://tarabicosgrosso.com/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Geoffrey Grosso | Tarabicos | $400.00 | D | https://tarabicosgrosso.com/our-people/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Larry Tarabicos | Tarabicos | $600.00 | D | https://tarabicosgrosso.com/our-people/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Michael Hoffman | Tarabicos | $600.00 | D | https://tarabicosgrosso.com/our-people/michael-j-hoffman/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Scott Matthews | Tarabicos | $200.00 | D | https://tarabicosgrosso.com/our-people/scott-l-matthews/ |
| 6/24/2019 | Michele W. Tucker | Tucker | $500.00 | D | Asssociated with Shawn Tucker |
| 6/24/2019 | Thomas McGonigle | Tucker | $200.00 | D | https://btlaw.com/people/thomas-mcgonigle |
| 6/24/2019 | Shawn Tucker | Tucker | $500.00 | D | Land Use Development Attorney – https://btlaw.com/people/shawn-tucker |
| 6/24/2019 | Eileen Walley | Tucker | $100.00 | D | Relative of Shawn Tucker |
| 6/24/2019 | Keith Adams | $300.00 | D | Co-Owner at Cross Nailed Construction, LLC. | |
| 6/24/2019 | Richard Woodin | $300.00 | D | https://www.woodinassociates.com/# | |
| 6/24/2019 | Alexis Waltier | $150.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | David Roberts | $150.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | E Thomas Harvey | $100.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | James Boyle | $150.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | Joseph Bryant | $150.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | Karen Barlow | $100.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | Leon F. Machulski | $100.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | TM Arcaro | $200.00 | |||
| 6/24/2019 | Wm Bazzelle | $150.00 |
For those scoring at home, or, just reading the blog, at least 42 of these 51 contributions came from the development community. BTW, ‘D’=Developer
This particular Bundling Party was only one of several for various council members. Based on the number of contributions posted on the same day, here are the other dates of bundling parties:
| Date | Number of Contributions Made |
| 24-JUN-19 | 51 |
| 24-MAR-16 | 47 |
| 30-APR-18 | 47 |
| 20-FEB-20 | 39 |
| 25-MAR-12 | 38 |
| 07-APR-16 | 38 |
| 28-APR-16 | 38 |
| 15-JAN-20 | 38 |
| 06-MAY-15 | 36 |
| 25-APR-18 | 34 |
| 08-JAN-20 | 34 |
| 20-MAR-18 | 31 |
| 06-APR-22 | 31 |
| 14-APR-16 | 30 |
If you’d like, I can find out who the beneficiaries were for these bundling parties. However, my Research Assistant is making noises about going to work for a development law firm, and she’s threatening to spill the beans on all my predilections and peccadilloes. Even the, um, foot thing. Can’t have that.
So, kids, there you have it. As of now, a significant number of county council members, and the NCC Executive, have largely been bought and paid for by those who do business with the County.
Now that you know, what are you we gonna do about it?