Bonner, Jack

not to be confused with Bonner Cohen, also astroturf guy

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Bonner & Associates is a lobbying / public relations firm that specializes in "grassroots" and third party campaigns. Its website says it "locate[s], educate[s], and mobilize[s] ... [o]rganizations and constituencies that matter politically ... to support our clients' positions credibly and effectively." ^[1]

The company was formed in 1984. On its website it states that it has "expertise and success with: Internal grassroots (employees, shareholders, vendors, retires)" and "External grasstops (third party, business owners, heads of groups, political influential)." ^[2]

It also states that "organizations and constituencies that matter politically from the home states and districts of elected officials can be located, educated, and mobilized to support our clients' positions credibly and effectively. Bonner & Associates will alter the mix of organizations mobilized depending on the issue. These organizations may include: Rural groups; Business groups; Religiousorganizations; Civic organizations;Minority organizations; Veterans groups; Seniorgroups; Educational organizations; Labor unions; Patient advocacy groups"^{[3]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-2)

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Coal industry Astroturf

In July 2009, the company was caught forging letters to Representative Tom Perriello. The letters were supposedly from Virginia-based minority groups, like the Charlottesville NAACP or Creciendo Juntas -- complete with their stationery -- and urged him to oppose the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill. Bonner & Associates apologized, saying the letters were sent by "mistake."^{[4]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-3) Perriello is one of the co-sponsors of the Clean Water Protection Act, which would slow the practice of Mountaintop removal.^[5]

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), a coal industry front group, later admitted that Bonner was working on its behalf, as a subcontractor for the Hawthorn Group. ACCCE said it didn't know about the fake letters beforehand, or condone them. In total, the House of Representatives has identified 14 fake letters sent by Bonner to three Democratic Representatives -- Tom Perriello, Kathy Dahlkemper (Dem-PA) and Chris Carney (Dem-PA). Carney and Dahlkemper voted against the Waxman-Markey bill.^{[6]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-NYTlet-5)^[7]

Congressman Ed Markey, the co-author of the climate bill and the Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, opened an investigation into the faked letters. He wrote the firm's founder, Jack Bonner, "asking a dozen lengthy questions about the letters," reported the New York Times, including "who hired it to lobby on their behalf, how much it was paid, in which congressional districts it operates in, the extent of its activities in those districts as well as information about the employee that was responsible for the mailing of the letters." Markey gave Bonner August 12, 2009 as the deadline to respond.^{[6]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-NYTlet-5) The Sierra Club asked Attorney General Eric Holder to open a separate Justice Department investigation into the matter.^{[8]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-7)

Head of ACCCE testifies before Congress

On October 29, 2009, ACCCE president and CEO Joe Miller testified before the House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee about the forged letters sent by subcontractor Bonner & Associates. In his testimony, Miller claimed that his organization had never opposed the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill. However, an official June 2009 press release specifically stated, "ACCCE cannot support this bill, as it is written, because the legislation still does not adequately protect consumers and the domestic economy or ensure that the American people can continue to enjoy the benefits of affordable, reliable electricity, which has been so important to our nation."^{[9]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-del-8) Miller also said that ACCCE has only lobbied Congress since April 2008, despite extensive records of the group's lobbying efforts for many years prior. The comments sparked accusations that Miller lied under oath and suggestions that the Justice Department may open a criminal perjury probe.^{[10]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-9)^{[9]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-del-8)

Opposing the Kyoto agreement

In 1999 the President of Bonner & Associates, Jack Bonner, told PR Week that "not all grassroots actions are equal in effectiveness. You must choose those actions that move the issue your way." Bonner explained that when working to oppose the Kyoto Treaty he zeroed in on fuel costs. "Rather than have people e-mail their congressional representatives about the treaty, his company designed a web calculator that determined how much a person’s fuel costs would rise under the measure. Users sent the calculations in an e-mail to Capitol Hill," PR Week reported.^{[11]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-10)

In their book,Trust Us, We're Experts, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton wrote that^{[12]^}(http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_%26_Associates#cite_note-11)^...

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Bonner has been called the “pioneer” of successful grassroots efforts by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Fortune referred to him as the “guru of grassroots”. Bonner has been featured on “Nightline” and “The CBS Evening News”.

He has lectured in many academic settings ranging from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the U.S. Naval War College. For 15 years he taught at American University, where CSPAN broadcast many of his lectures.

His successful efforts on taxes and health care have been cited in books written by senior Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporters.

Bonner started his career working the night shift in a steel factory, became head of community relations for Tucson, Arizona, where he created and hosted weekly TV and radio shows. He served as the press secretary and later as a top aide to US Senator John Heinz.

Founded B&A, the first firm in America dedicated to corporate grassroots organizing. He broadened his firm’s reach by starting A2W, Advocacy To Win, specializing in third party advocacy using social media, news media, meetings, digital advertisements and big data. Applications range from business-to business contract issues to campaigns targeting boards of directors, to product marketing, reputation, legislative and regulatory efforts.

Bonner has been featured in the following books and on CSPAN:

Showdown at Gucci Gulch, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. Murray

The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, David Broder

CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/person/?jackbonner

Bonner has worked for hundreds of major corporations, associations, and non-profits to create and implement winning public affairs strategies. Finding, educating,and mobilizing a broad range of third party groups, Helped clients achieve their goals in corporate reputation, product marketing, legislative, regulatory, and crisis management, working in all 50 states. Bonner has been called the “pioneer” of successful grassroots efforts by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.Fortune referred to him as the “guru of grassroots”. Bonner has been featured on “Nightline” and “The CBS Evening News”. He has lectured in many academic settings ranging from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the U.S. Naval War College.

For 15 years he taught at American University, where CSPAN broadcast many of his lectures. His successful efforts on taxes and health care have been cited in books written by senior Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporters. Bonner started his career working the night shift in a steel factory, became head of community relations for Tucson, Arizona, where he created and hosted weekly TV and radio shows. He served as the press secretary and later as a top aide to US Senator John Heinz. Founded B&A, the first firm in America dedicated to corporate grassroots organizing. He broadened his firm’s reach by starting A2W, Advocacy To Win, specializing in third party advocacy using social media, news media, meetings, digital advertisements and big data. Applications range from business-to business contract issues to campaigns targeting boards of directors, to product marketing, reputation, legislative and regulatory efforts. Bonner has been featured in the following books and on CSPAN: Showdown at Gucci Gulch, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. Murray The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, David Broder CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/person/?jackbonner

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The documents also describe a process in which Bonner hires temporary workers, trains them quickly and pushes them to one goal -- getting as many letters signed and returned as possible. Phone-bankers read a quick script, then send targets pre-written letters on stationary created by using the group's logo from its website. The groups are asked to sign the letters and return them in a pre-paid FedEx envelope.

In the ACCCE campaign, the script -- which you can see here -- made no mention of the coal industry or of climate change.

We laid out some of Bonner's other dubious tricks of the trade here and here.

The documents also confirm, as has previously been reported, that Bonner discovered the fake letters on June 22, before the House vote on the climate change bill, but did not notify the lawmakers who received the letters until July 1 or later -- after the vote. Two of those lawmakers, Rep. Chris Carney and Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, voted against the bill, which narrowly passed.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/coal_lobby_paid_7_million_to_pr_firm_that_hired_bo.php

A coal industry group paid over $7 million last fiscal year to the company that hired Bonner & Associates, the astroturf lobbying firm behind those forged letters to Congress. That’s according to internal documents obtained by congressional investigators and examined by TPMmuckraker.

Jack Bonner, the founder of the firm that bears his name, will go before a Congressional committee this morning to explain how those letters — which purported to come from local community groups, and urged lawmakers to oppose climate change legislation — got sent.

Bonner has blamed the letters on a temporary employee, since fired, andclaimed that it was a “victim of fraud” itself.

Bonner’s company had been hired by the Hawthorn Group, a public relations firm that in turn was working for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a coal-industry lobbying group. The massive sum paid last year by ACCCE to Hawthorn— a PR firm which it has worked with since 2000, and to which it has close ties — raises questions about the nature of the other work done on behalf of the coal industry, which has been a staunch opponent of efforts to address global warming.

The letters were sent on the letterhead of a local NAACP group, as well as Hispanic, seniors, women, and veterans groups.

The internal documents — obtained by the House Select Committee for Eneregy Independence and Global Warming — also confirm the ways in which Bonner routinely cuts corners in its campaigns to create the impression of grassroots support for its clients positions. They show that it’s Bonner’s standard practice, especially on campaigns with tight schedules like the coal-lobby effort — to pull logos from the websites of community groups that have nominally agreed to end letters, then create “letterhead” for the pre-written letters.

The documents also describe a process in which Bonner hires temporary workers, trains them quickly and pushes them to one goal — getting as many letters signed and returned as possible. Phone-bankers read a quick script, then send targets pre-written letters on stationary created by using the group’s logo from its website. The groups are asked to sign the letters and return them in a pre-paid FedEx envelope.

In the ACCCE campaign, the script — which you can see here — made no mention of the coal industry or of climate change.

We laid out some of Bonner’s other dubious tricks of the trade here and here.

The documents also confirm, as has previously been reported, that Bonner discovered the fake letters on June 22, before the House vote on the climate change bill, but did not notify the lawmakers who received the letters until July 1 or later — after the vote. Two of those lawmakers, Rep. Chris Carney and Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, voted against the bill, which narrowly passed.

In addition, the documents reveal that, according to Bonner, the temporary employee blamed for the forged letters created the first ones “within hours” of his arrival. And that he had been hired and fired by Bonner back in 2003, but according to an internal company probe, he changed his first name when he applying to work on the ACCCE campaign on June 3, after seeing an ad in Roll Call.

Also testifying this morning before the committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Markey, will be Rep. Tom Perriello, who along with Dahlkemper and Carney received the forged letters, and officials with the community groups on whose letterhead the letters were sent.

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It also states that "organizations and constituencies that matter politically from the home states and districts of elected officials can be located, educated, and mobilized to support our clients' positions credibly and effectively. Bonner & Associates will alter the mix of organizations mobilized depending on the issue. These organizations may include: Rural groups; Business groups; Religious organizations; Civic organizations; Minority organizations; Veterans groups; Senior groups; Educational organizations; Labor unions; Patient advocacy groups"^[3]

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Coal industry Astroturf

In July 2009, the company was caughtforging letters to Representative Tom Perriello. The letters were supposedly from Virginia-based minority groups, like the Charlottesville NAACP or Creciendo Juntas -- complete with their stationery -- and urged him to oppose the Waxman-MarkeyClimate Bill. Bonner & Associates apologized, saying the letters were sent by "mistake."^[4] Perriello is one of the co-sponsors of the Clean Water Protection Act, which would slow the practice of Mountaintop removal.^[5]

Congressman Ed Markey, the co-author of the climate bill and the Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, opened an investigation into the faked letters. He wrote the firm's founder, Jack Bonner, "asking a dozen lengthy questions about the letters," reported the New York Times, including "who hired it to lobby on their behalf, how much it was paid, in which congressional districts it operates in, the extent of its activities in those districts as well as information about the employee that was responsible for the mailing of the letters." Markey gave Bonner August 12, 2009 as the deadline to respond.^[6] The Sierra Club asked Attorney General Eric Holder to open a separate Justice Department investigation into the matter.^[8]

Head of ACCCE testifies before Congress

On October 29, 2009, ACCCE president and CEO Joe Miller testified before the House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee about the forged letters sent by subcontractor Bonner & Associates. In his testimony, Miller claimed that his organization had never opposed the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill. However, an official June 2009 press release specifically stated, "ACCCE cannot support this bill, as it is written, because the legislation still does not adequately protect consumers and the domestic economy or ensure that the American people can continue to enjoy the benefits of affordable, reliable electricity, which has been so important to our nation."^[9] Miller also said that ACCCE has only lobbied Congress since April 2008, despite extensive records of the group's lobbying efforts for many years prior. The comments sparked accusations that Miller lied under oath and suggestions that the Justice Department may open a criminal perjury probe.^[10][9]

Opposing the Kyoto agreement

In 1999 the President ofBonner & Associates, Jack Bonner, told PR Week that "not all grassroots actions are equal in effectiveness. You must choose those actions that move the issue your way." Bonner explained that when working to oppose the Kyoto Treaty he zeroed in on fuel costs. "Rather than have people e-mail their congressional representatives about the treaty, his company designed a web calculator that determined how much a person’s fuel costs would rise under the measure. Users sent the calculations in an e-mail to Capitol Hill," PR Week reported.^[11]

In their book, Trust Us, We're Experts, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton wrote that^[12]

"The 'Global Warming Cost' website focuses on generating e-mail to elected officials. Between September 1997 and July 1998, WFA claims the site generated 20,000 e-mail messages to Congress opposing the Kyoto treaty. The way it works is simple. Visitors to the home page of the website are invited to click on an icon indicating whether they represent “business,” “seniors,” “farmers,” “families,” or “workers.” This takes them to another Web page that requests their address and asks a handful of questions about the amount they spend on home heating, transportation, and other fuel costs. Based on this information, the website automatically generates a “customized” e-mail, directed to each senator and member of Congress in the visitor’s voting area, asking them to “reject any effort to stiffen the United Nations Global Climate Change Treaty.” It’s all computerized, and the website makes no effort to verify that the resulting letter is accurate or even plausible."Using the assumed name “George Jetson,” for example, we plugged in an estimate that he currently spends $24,166,666 per year on gasoline, electricity, heating oil, and natural gas. (After all, it takes a lot of energy to propel those flying cars.) The computer promptly generated messages to our elected officials. "I am proud to be a worker which you represent," Mr. Jetson stated. "Estimates suggest I will personally see my cost for electricity, for natural gas, and for gasoline go up by $24,239,987.52 a year!""It’s nice to know that the democratic system works. Thanks to the miracles of modern computer technology and sophisticated PR, even cartoon characters can do their part to save America from the eco-wackos and their newfangled scientific theories."

Drug industry Astroturf

In 2003, Pfizer hired the company to pose as the "60 Plus Association" and call seniors urging them to oppose prescription drug legislation. "The firm's paid callers, reading from scripts that identified them as representatives of 60 Plus, urged residents to ask their governors to veto the legislation," reported the AARP bulletin. "Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. later said it had paid Bonner & Associates to make the calls." ^[13]

Promoting a Nuclear India

In mid-2006 Bonner & Associates worked for the Indian American Security Leadership Council (IASLC), a newly founded group which PR Week reported was "founded and paid for by a group of Indian-American businesspeople" which was "backing the campaign to push US lawmakers to approve legislation that would permit the sale to India of nuclear fuel and technology." As part of the campaign Jack Bonner said "his agency contacted and persuaded a total of eight veterans' groups, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, to use their individual chapters to foster public and Congressional support for new US-India nuclear trade legislation, as well as other ties between India and the US."^[14]

History: A "boiler room" manufacturing "democracy"

In the book Who Will Tell the People, William Greider described Bonner & Associates as a "boiler room" which featured "300 phone lines and a sophisticated computer system, resembling the phone banks employed in election campaigns. Articulate young people sit in little booths every day, dialing around America on a variety of public issues, searching for 'white hat' citizens who can be persuaded to endorse the political objectives of Mobil Oil, Dow Chemical,Citicorp, Ohio Bell, Miller Brewing, US Tobacco, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association and dozens of other clients. This kind of political recruiting is expensive but not difficult. . . . Imagine Bonner's technique multiplied and elaborated in different ways across hundreds of public and you may begin to envision the girth of this industry. ... This is democracy and it costs a fortune."^[15]

In 1993, New York Times reporter observed that Bonner's services "do not come cheap. A campaign aimed at a handful of lawmakers on a subcommittee could cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, but one trade association in an uphill fight on the Senate floor paid $3 million for a single month's work."^[16]

Bonner though defends his firm's work."I see it as the triumph of democracy," Bonner told a writer for the Washington Post. "In a democracy, the more groups taking their message to the people outside the Beltway, and the more people taking their message to Congress, the better off the system is."^[17]

John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton noted in their book Toxic Sludge is Good for You that "what puts the lie to Bonner's claim is that his clients are not 'people,' but corporations and business trade associations buying the appearance of public support and citizen advocacy. Democracy is based on the principle of 'one person, one vote.' Bonner relies instead on the principle of 'one dollar, one vote,' mobilizing resources that would break the budget of even the best-funded environmental or consumer organization."^[18]

Clients

In 2002 O'Dwyers PR Daily reported that Bonner & Associates "has done work for Boeing, Ford Motor, Merck, Procter & Gamble and Northrop Grumman, among others."^[19]

Contact information

Bonner & Associates

1101 17th St NW

Washington DC 20036

Phone: 202-463-8880

Email: info AT bonnerandassociates.com

Web: bonnerandassociates.com

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↑ ^Jump ^up ^to:9.0 ^9.1 Arthur Delaney, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/pro-coal-lobby-boss-claim_n_338794.html "Pro-Coal Lobby Boss Claims Never To Have Opposed Climate Bill," Huffington Post, October 29, 2009.
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Phil Rabin, "Veterans enlist Bonner to heighten political profile", PR Week, September 27, 1999.
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