Bill Riley's Campaign Contributions - October 5, 2010

The Peralta Colleges' elder trustee is also a prolific fundraiser. Besides raising over $700,000 over the years for the district's foundation, he's raised nearly $20,000 for his reelecton campaign, according to reports filed with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office. (See Complete List of Contributors)

Top Campaign Donors 1. Tuatagaloa Contracting - $5000 2. Arcala Land Company - $2,500 3. Demetrius Newton - $2,000 4. United Administrators of OUSD - $1,200 5. Monarch Engineering & Development $500 5. Dale Scott & Co, Inc - $500 5. Michael Duong - $500 8. Merlin Edwards - $400 9. Harrison Taylor Law Group - $250 9. Franks Engineering - $250 9. The Alley Group & Associates, Inc. - $250 9. Alton Jelks, Jr. - $250 9. Stephanie Cheever - $250 9. Abel J. Guillen - $250 9. Ferguson & Company Corporation 10. Alexander Oum - $200 10. Wyman Fong - $200 10. Tillman Pugh - $200 10. Thomas J. Broome, Esq. - $200

Riley’s largest contribution was from Tuatagaloa Contracting, a Design Build Serv based out of San Rafael. The firm, owned by former NFL Defensive Lineman Natu Tuatagaloa, contributed $5,000 to Riley’s campaign.

Riley received $2,500 from Arcala Land Company. Arcala’s president, Jake Sloan, is also President of Davillier-Sloan, Inc, (DSI) a labor management consulting firm. DSI is a part of the team that negotiated and administers Peralta’s first Project Labor Agreement.

Riley also received $2,000 from Demetrius C. Newton, speaker pro-tem of the Alabama House of Representatives.

Riley received $1,200 from the United Administrators of Oakland Schools,

Riley received $500 each from Monarch Engineering and Development, Dale Scott & Co, and Oakland businessman Michael Duong.

Vallejo based Monarch Engineering was founded by Roberto Cortez and Marisela Barbosa.

Dale Scott is a financial advising firm specializing in bond financing for school districts.

“In 2002, Dale Scott & Company designed and developed the first OPEB Bond sold in the State, a $153 million bond financing for the Peralta Community College District,” according to Dale Scott’s website. The website quotes former Peralta Colleges Vice Chancellor of Finance Tom Smith saying, “They excel at innovative solutions that address their client's financing needs rather than trying to make one size fit all."

Other notable contributions: Merlin Edwards of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce ($400), The Alley Group & Associations, a construction management firm that has worked on several Peralta contracts ($250); Alton Jelks, former assistant to Chancellor Elihu Harris ($250), Peralta Board President Abel Guillen ($250), Alameda powerbroker Rich Sheratt ($250), former Peralta Human Resources Director Wyman Fong ($200), Tillman Pugh Sr., father of Major League Baseball outfielder Tillman Pug, and Michael Mills, a member of the Peralta Foundation and former president of the Peralta Federation of Teachers, PFT ($99).

NAME	CITY	STATE	OCCUPATION	AMOUNT
Tuatagaloa Contracting	San Rafael	CA	Contracting Co.	5000
Arcala Land Company	Oakland	CA	Corporation	2500
Demetrius C. Newton	Birmingham	CA	Attorney	2000
United Administrators of Oakland Schools	Oakland	CA	OUSD Administrators	1200
Monarch Engineering & Development	San Rafael	CA	Monarch Engineering	500
Dale Scott & Co., Inc.	San Francisco	CA	Self-Employed	500
Michael Duong	Oakland	CA	Businessman	500
Merlin Edwards	El Cerrito	CA	Consultant	400
Harrison Taylor Law Group	Oakland	CA	Law Firm	250
Franks Engineering	Berkeley	CA	Corporation	250
The Alley Group & Associates, Inc.	Oakland	CA	Corporation	250
Alton G. Jelks, Jr.	Oakland	CA	Retired	250
Stephanie Cheever	San Francisco	CA	Businessperson	250
Abel J. Guillen	Oakland	CA	Businessperson	250
Ferguson & Company Corporation	Alameda	CA	Owner, Rich Sheratt	250
Alexander Oum	Oakland	CA	Self-Employed	200
Wyman Fong	Alameda	CA	Educator, Chabot College	200
Tillman Pugh	Oakland	CA	Self-Employed	200
Thomas J. Broome, Esq.	Oakland	CA	Owner, Thomas Broome	200
George Herring	Oakland	CA	Retired	150
Carol Lee Tolbert	Oakland	CA	Tolbert & Associates	100
Phillip Hubbard, III	Fontana	CA	Business Person	100
Herbert Houston	Oakland	CA	Self-Employed	100
Robert Apodaca	Oakland	CA	Self-Employed	100
Paul O. Scott	Palmdale	CA	Educator	100
George R. Norman	Sausalito	CA	Educator	100
Melanie Sweeney-Griffith	Oakland	CA	Retired	100
Claudia Nash Simmons	Silver Spring	MD	Educator	100
Michael Mills	Oakland	CA	Retired	99