Sunday, July 22, 2007

Discrepancies in Ilitch contributions to President Bush's 2004 re-election committee

TVT has discovered discrepancies in federal campaign contributions made to President Bush's 2004 re-election committee by the Ilitch Family and an associate.

These contributions were made for the 2004 election cycle to President George W. Bush's re-election committee on June 30 & 31, 2003 by Ilitch Family members and their associate Michael J. Malik, Sr.

All five of them provided the address for Ilitch Holdings, Inc. as required under federal election disclosure laws but none of them lists "Ilitch Holdings, Inc." as their "employer."

Name, Occupation, Employer Contribution Address
MR. JIM SCALICI
CONTRACTOR
AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS
George W. Bush
$2,000
2211 WOODWARD Ave
DETROIT, MI 48201
MR. MICHAEL J MALIK, SR.
OWNER
SELF-EMPLOYED
George W. Bush
$2,000
2211 WOODWARD Ave
DETROIT, MI 48201
MR. MICHAEL ILITCH
EXECUTIVE
LITTLE CAESERS ENTERPRISE, INC.
George W. Bush
$2,000
2211 WOODWARD Ave
DETROIT, MI 48201
MRS. MARIAN ILITCH
HOMEMAKER
George W. Bush
$2,000
2211 WOODWARD Ave
DETROIT, MI 48201
MS. DENISE ILITCH
BUSINESSWOMAN
SELF-EMPLOYED
George W. Bush
$2,000
2211 WOODWARD Ave
DETROIT, MI 48201

Scalici is Denise Ilitch's husband. While not an Ilitch Holdings, Inc. executive the address he provides is the Ilitch Holdings, Inc. headquarters not the offices of American Construction Engineers, LLC; raising questions about who really wrote or authorized the $2,000 check on his behalf.

During the same 2004 election cycle, Michael Malik reported to 18 other campaign committees that he was an executive at Ilitch Holdings, Inc. but not to the President's re-election committee.

Mike Ilitch is chairman of Ilitch Holdings, Inc.

Marian Ilitch plays games by listing her occupation as "homemaker" although she's vice chairwoman of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. and holds other corporate titles for various Ilitch Holdings subsidiaries. At the time Marian owned 25% of MotorCity Casino and was on the management committee. Rather than list the homemaker's "home address," she provides the President Bush's fundraising committee with the corporate address for Ilitch Holdings, Inc.

Denise Ilitch at the time was co-president of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. sharing the title with her brother Christopher Ilitch, also a donor along with his wife Kelle Ilitch to President Bush's committee on the same day(s) but listing his home address in Birmingham, MI 48009 rather than the Ilitch Holdings, Inc. corporate headquarters in the Fox Theater Office Building as the other five had. Christopher Ilitch indicates he's an "Ilitch Holdings/Executive." One week earlier (6.23.03) FEC records indicate Denise Ilitch gave $1,000 to Kilpatrick for United States Congress, listed her employer/occupation as "Ilitch Holdings, Inc./President." She disclosed she was an executive at Ilitch Holdings when she made a $1,000 contribution to Candice Miller for Congress on 4.18.03 as well.

Sources: these records were first reviewed at http://www.googlerace.com/ and confirmed using FEC records and Web resources available at www.politcalmoneyline.com and www.opensecrets.org.

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