Dark money lost. Thank you, District 6.
Elected to SRP Council, District 6
Neighbors who beat the dark money.
Clean Energy Team swept all 4 D6 seats. Allison Gullick on D6 Council. Ken Clark on D6 Board. At-large landslides: Krista O'Brien (Seat 12) and Kathy Mohr-Almeida (Seat 14).
Neighbors beat money. Every time.
Corporate donors. No individual customers on the list. Data center builders, construction firms, and utility contractors have spent $219,000+ through a PAC to pick your SRP board and council - and Turning Point USA has spent millions more.
"Paid for by Arizonans for Responsible Growth. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's agent."
The Salt River Project delivers water and power to over 1 million customers in the Phoenix metro area. Unlike a city utility, SRP is governed by an elected board and council - but most customers don't know they can vote. Unlike APS and other utilities, SRP is not regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The board you elect is the only oversight.
Voting power is tied to land ownership, not population. One acre = one vote. Landowners with hundreds of acres can outvote entire neighborhoods. Turnout is typically 1-2%, which means a handful of large landowners can decide who runs your utility.
azforrg.com/supporters lists every company funding the PAC behind srpelectionalert.com - in tiered donation levels. Here's who they are and what interests they have tied to SRP's territory and decisions.
Every major AZFRG donor fits into the data center supply chain. Here's how they connect.
The board voted 10-5 to approve the rate hike. Residential customers pay more than double the percentage increase that data centers pay. The companies funding this PAC got the better deal.
"Does not involve itself in or advise how property owners hold title to their property."
While SRP refuses to address the Vanderwey land shuffle, the Phoenix New Times independently confirmed the full timeline: the trust transfer, the decisive 217-acre vote, the $247M sale to QTS/Blackstone, and now two Vanderwey brothers running for District 6. SRP says nothing. The public record says everything.
Google gave $25,000 to AZFRG - then pulled its funding and demanded its name be removed from the PAC's donor page. When a trillion-dollar company decides your PAC is too toxic to be associated with, that tells you something.
Former state senator Kate Brophy McGee sent a mass email endorsing the incumbent slate with fabricated claims about solar and rate hikes. We fact-checked every claim - and none of them hold up.
Separate from AZFRG's $219K, Turning Point USA has spent millions on SRP election mailers and field operations. Their involvement dwarfs the PAC money - and raises the question of why a national political organization is this invested in a local utility election.
No PAC money. No corporate donors. Just neighbors who want accountability.
SRP elections get 1-2% turnout. Your vote decides who controls your water and power: corporations or your neighbors.