March 22, 2007
(Updated March 28, 2007)

Were ProKanDo's award winning political phone calls, "In the Dog House,"
paid for by a PAC or a Nonprofit? 

The American Association of Political Consultants announced the winners of the 2007 Pollie Award Competition on Feb 22, 2007.  

Stones’ Phone was the winner for the Best Use of Negative/Contrast in the “Phone Calls” category.  

Who was Stones' Phones' client with their "In the Dog House" phone calls?  While not mentioned as the client in the award announcement,  ProKanDo took credit for this award on their blog in this entry from two days ago (March 20):

ProKanDo received a Pollie Campaign Award for its efforts in the 2006 election cycle. The phone call "In the Dog House" won for best use of Negative/Contrast call. Congrats to Stones' Phones for developing such a creative call. Job well done!

UPDATE (March 28, 2007):  ProKanDo now hides this information and must not want it known publicly.  The link to the ProKanDo blog above now only shows this:

This blog is set to private. This user must add
you as a friend to see his/her blog.

Why is ProKanDo no longer bragging about winning this award?

Stones’ Phone lists ProKanDo as a client on their web page.  Stones' Phones lists their "Silver" Pollie Award with ProKanDo as the client.  

One can only speculate that this “In the Dog House” telephone call was against Phill Kline and was part of the coordinated effort and common them of the “Snoop Dog” mailings (see “The Snoop Dog Page”), made by a “nonprofit,” Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection.  

The Oct 30 entry on the Snoop Dog Page said this:

Oct 30:  Snoop Dog apparently makes phone calls too!    THREE voters report "Snoop Dog" phone calls.  

·         A Pottawatomie County voter reports receiving two phone calls, with a different female voice each time. "Last week's voice was a rather angry young woman, and today's was a smooth, professional female voice."   

·         A call was received in Shawnee County:  "It’s a woman’s voice referring to 'Snoop Dog Kline.'  There was no 'paid for' in the recording."   

·         A Sedgwick County resident reports:  "The first part of the message is cut off as if the recording began to play immediately and did not wait for the tone. It was a woman's voice that referenced Kline's 'prying' into medical records. I checked my caller ID and it said '"Out of Area.'" 

Was  the non-profit sending out “Snoop Dog” mailings coordinating their effort with the ProKanDo PAC making phone calls?  Why can a non-profit act like a PAC, coordinate political efforts with a PAC at the same address,  and hide their political money from the public?

Are the following entries from the Jan 20, 2007 ProKanDo Report of Receipts and Expenditures just a coincidence?  

Why are the coordinated efforts of  the ProKanDo PAC and the Kansans for Consumer Privacy Protection non-profit exempt from Kansas Law?

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