The Toronto Media Co-op has conducted an initial investigation into some of the names appearing on Rob Ford's campaign contributions list. The donor list was released last week. It included thousands of names, but the initial research focuses upon the donors who donated the maximum amount, of $2,500. The names on the list matched those of the people listed below. Other names may be added as the investigation continues*.
Vern Gazzola
Donation: $2,500
Vice President, Gazzola Paving Limited
Company profile:
Revenue: $10 mil. - $25 mil.Employees: 50 - 100
Edward Gibbs
Donation: $2,500
President and Chief Executive Officer, Gib-San Pools Ltd,
Company profile:
Revenue: $5 mil. - $10 mil.Employees: 50 - 100Industry: Commercial & Residential Construction, Construction
Angelo Delzotto
Donation: $2,500
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Tridel Group of Companies
Company profile:
Revenue: $50 mil. - $100 mil.Employees: 100 - 250Industry: Real EstateProducts and Services: condominium, communities
Norman Reisman
Donation: $2,500
Co-founder, Great Gulf Group of Companies
Company profile:
Revenue: $10 mil. - $25 mil.Employees: 50 - 100Industry: Real Estate
Harry Rosenbaum
Donation: $2,500
Co-founder, Great Gulf Group of Companies,
Company profile:
Revenue: $10 mil. - $25 mil.Employees: 50 - 100Industry: Real Estate
Ian Delaney
Donation: $2,500
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sherritt International Corporation
Company profile:
Revenue: $1 bil. - $5 bil.Employees: 1,000 - 5,000Industry: Mining, Metals & MiningProducts and Services: oil, nickel, thermal coal...
Mario Romano
Donation: $2,500
President, Castlepoint Development Corp.
Company profile:
Industry: Real Estate
Sam Zuk
Donation: $2,500
Partner, Soberman LLP,
Company profile:
Industry: Accounting & Accounting Services, Business Services
*Note: The data in Ford's campaign donations were in a a file format that could not be imported into a database for analysis; it was therefore run through an Optical Character Recognition program. This left the text in a state that required an enormous amount of data cleaning. It was not possible to analyze all the data before the election.
