Pay to Play, but someone has to do it!!

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Much larger utilities are more commonly used following natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last month.

The private equity firm that finances Whitefish, HBC Investments, was founded by Joe Colonnetta, who serves as its general partner.

FEC data compiled by The Daily Beast shows that Colonnetta contributed $20,000 to the “Trump Victory” PAC during the general election, $27,000 to Trump’s primary election campaign (then the maximum amount permitted), $27,000 to Trump’s general election campaign (also the maximum), and a total of $30,700 to the Republican National Committee in 2016 alone.

Colonnetta’s wife, Kimberly, is no stranger to Republican politics either; shortly after Trump’s victory she gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee, the maximum contribution permitted for party committees in 2016.

Joe Colonnetta is not the only Republican connection to the controversial Whitefish contract. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Whitefish’s CEO, Andy Techmanski, is friends with Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Moreover, Whitefish is located in Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish, Monatana.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dollar300m-puerto-rico-recovery-contract-awarded-to-tiny-utility-company-linked-to-major-trump-donor/ar-AAtYMQY?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp
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So how did a company with only 2 employees at the time of the hurricane get the contract??
 
Just who is Joe Colonnetta?

Joe Colonnetta

Mr. Colonnetta, a Dallas based investor, has 30 years of experience in the private equity industry as both an operator and investor, including substantial experience in identifying and acquiring a wide variety of businesses. From 1985 to 1996 he served in a variety of banking and finance roles. From 1997 to 2011, Mr. Colonnetta worked for Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (renamed HM Capital Partners in 2006), a nationally prominent private equity firm in the United States that specialized in leveraged acquisitions. He served as a partner with Hicks Muse beginning in 2003. While at Hicks Muse/HM Capital, Mr. Colonnetta was active in sourcing, executing, overseeing and/or exiting numerous transactions, valued in excess of $2.5 billion. Since 2011, he has been the Founding and General Partner of HBC Investments, which specializes in private equity investments in the energy and financial services sectors.

http://hbcinvestments.com/people/joseph
 
Much larger utilities are more commonly used following natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last month.

The private equity firm that finances Whitefish, HBC Investments, was founded by Joe Colonnetta, who serves as its general partner.

FEC data compiled by The Daily Beast shows that Colonnetta contributed $20,000 to the “Trump Victory” PAC during the general election, $27,000 to Trump’s primary election campaign (then the maximum amount permitted), $27,000 to Trump’s general election campaign (also the maximum), and a total of $30,700 to the Republican National Committee in 2016 alone.

Colonnetta’s wife, Kimberly, is no stranger to Republican politics either; shortly after Trump’s victory she gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee, the maximum contribution permitted for party committees in 2016.

Joe Colonnetta is not the only Republican connection to the controversial Whitefish contract. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Whitefish’s CEO, Andy Techmanski, is friends with Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Moreover, Whitefish is located in Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish, Monatana.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dollar300m-puerto-rico-recovery-contract-awarded-to-tiny-utility-company-linked-to-major-trump-donor/ar-AAtYMQY?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp
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So how did a company with only 2 employees at the time of the hurricane get the contract??
Did they use the Clinton Crime Foundation model to start their business?
 
Much larger utilities are more commonly used following natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island last month.

The private equity firm that finances Whitefish, HBC Investments, was founded by Joe Colonnetta, who serves as its general partner.

FEC data compiled by The Daily Beast shows that Colonnetta contributed $20,000 to the “Trump Victory” PAC during the general election, $27,000 to Trump’s primary election campaign (then the maximum amount permitted), $27,000 to Trump’s general election campaign (also the maximum), and a total of $30,700 to the Republican National Committee in 2016 alone.

Colonnetta’s wife, Kimberly, is no stranger to Republican politics either; shortly after Trump’s victory she gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee, the maximum contribution permitted for party committees in 2016.

Joe Colonnetta is not the only Republican connection to the controversial Whitefish contract. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Whitefish’s CEO, Andy Techmanski, is friends with Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Moreover, Whitefish is located in Zinke’s hometown of Whitefish, Monatana.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dollar300m-puerto-rico-recovery-contract-awarded-to-tiny-utility-company-linked-to-major-trump-donor/ar-AAtYMQY?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartandhp
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So how did a company with only 2 employees at the time of the hurricane get the contract??

They are large Republican donors
.not to say that it is not done by other party's its the getting caught that draws the news. we only are willing to call it a fact if the other party does it..
never willing to call out our own.
 
That swamp is getting swampier.... but who in their right mind would have thought otherwise?
 

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