Another Smear Group To Watch For In Wisconsin

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Thursday’s Janesville Gazette contained two letters to the editor warning of a campaign flyer received in the mail from an organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, known as All Children Matter. Judging by their mission statement, it appears this is a politically active organization advocating to defund the public school system under the guise of school choice.

JG Letter Excerpt:
Somebody, we don’t know exactly who, is spending lots of money to send out very nasty pieces of campaign literature about Kim’s (Hixson) two years representing the 43rd District. – R.S. Whitewater

Apparently this group has different flyers for each Wisconsin district, promoting Republicans they want re-elected, and targeting incumbents they don’t, mostly Democrats, with the usual cheap shots and false information. That letter was followed by the next one, where the writer feels the special interest group owns Brett Davis, a Republican.

JG Letter Excerpt:
All Children Matter, should have residents asking the question of Brett Davis, what these people want from you if they are willing to dump thousands of dollars into your campaign.-- K.T. New Glarus

A quick surf of the net returned another letter sharing the same concerns sent to the Crescent Post in Appleton. In Appleton, All Children Matter targets Penny Bernard Schaber, a Democrat.

Post Crescent Letter Excerpt: (Oct.13)
I find this distasteful and unpatriotic. I take my right to vote seriously and resent these flyers and ads that are trying to scare people by making false, misleading and inaccurate claims. -- E.W.R.

All Children Matter was fined over $5 million by the Ohio Elections Commission back in April of this year.

Columbus Dispatch Excerpt:
A record $5.2 million fine was levied yesterday by the Ohio Elections Commission against a pro-charter-school group that helped elect Republicans across Ohio in 2006.

The whopping fine fell on All Children Matter, a Michigan-based organization that the commission said illegally funneled $870,000 in campaign contributions through its Virginia political-action committee to its PAC in Ohio in 2006.

That didn't stop them.