June 23, 2004
Bush | NYT: 865 South Figueroa vs. 146 Central Park West
Glen Justice of the New York Times has pinpointed the exact location of the fundraising battle between Bush and Kerry:
The office building at 865 South Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles is a fairly typical high-rise, but inside the plain reddish-brown tower is the headquarters of an investment management firm that handles roughly $90 billion in assets.By contrast, the San Remo, at 146 Central Park West in New York, is a dazzling two-tower building with captivating views of the park that has been home — or at least one home — to people like Steve Martin, Steven Spielberg, Demi Moore and Steve Jobs.
These two disparate buildings across the country from each other may not seem to have much in common. But more donations to President Bush and Senator John Kerry and their parties, respectively, have come from the two buildings than from any others in the United States through April, according to an examination of Federal Election Commission records by The New York Times.
In these days of sophisticated databases it is possible to crunch numbers and find out not only who gives how much, but where they live, in what ZIP codes — even in what buildings. And after scouring the nation for the two most generous addresses for presidential donations, what turn up are 865 South Figueroa and 146 Central Park West.
Posted by Martin at June 23, 2004 11:13 AM
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Even the description of the buildings are biased. The republicans live in a “plain reddish-brown tower” while the Dems live in a “dazzling two-tower building with captivating views of the park”. Is there no end to the maddness??
Posted by: chris at June 23, 2004 06:33 PM
Chris, you complain about the NYTimes! How could you? The view in downtown L.A. is often so bad one can’t see the tops of the buildings for the smog. As a description, the writer’s words may not be too far off the mark. Or does the ‘dazzling’ abode of exterme fat cats who fund the Left trouble you?
Posted by: TomTom at June 23, 2004 10:48 PM
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