Last week in our post, Backer backer blames Rep. Wagenius for buffer legislation she voted against 2 years running, we looked closely a metro fundraiser that Jeff Backer held at the Downtowner Woodfire Grill in St. Paul.
The HRCC footed the room rental, and Trisha Hamm, a metro-based political fundraiser from North St. Paul who was paid $95,697.84 for her services in 2015 (page 60 of amended report), collected the RSVPs and took calls about the event (see invite above).
While Bennett Smith is a bit off about the sponsors of the fundraiser in his recent letter in the Morris Sun Tribune, “Metro” is Backer’s favorite boogeyman, he's dead on the money on everything else:
Jeff Backer is now attacking Jay McNamar for having a fundraiser in the “big bad” Twin Cities. The “metro” is Jeff Backer’s favorite boogeyman, and he uses it to distract people from the fact that he didn’t get anything done this year. Unlike former Rep. McNamar, Rep. Backer didn’t pass a bonding bill, a tax bill, or a transportation bill. . . .
As for that Jay McNamar fundraiser held in a living room at a private home in June, I was there. I was pleased to see many old friends from MAHS, and West Central Area, who had Jay McNamar as a teacher over his long career. We support Jay because we want someone in St. Paul who is actually going to get work done for our parents and grandparents in District 12A.
Points well taken, but we doubt we've seen the last of Backer backers' placebaiting.
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