Dani DeLay Ferro

Dani DeLay Ferro is the American daughter of former Congressional leader Tom Delay.

She has worked for her father and, gained notoriety through questions about payments she received and her ties to lobbyists.cite news
url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/020701/opi_lawhnabs.shtml
title=Editorial: Law nabs DeLay's daughter
publisher=Amarillo Globe News
date=Wednesday, February 7, 2001
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=]

In 2001 the "Washington Post" asked questions about payments she received from a Political Action Committee that supported DeLay.

In 2004 the "New York Times" questioned Ferro's management of the charity Celebrations for Children Inc..cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/politics/campaign/20delay.html?ei=5007&en=81c24c7d3e888393&ex=1400385600&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position=
title=Charity Tied to DeLay Cancels New York Convention Events Citing Cost
publisher=New York Times
author=Michael Slackman
date=May 20, 2004
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=] cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1DC1538F937A25752C1A9659C8B63
title= G.O.P. Leader Solicits Money For Charity Tied to Convention
publisher=New York Times
author=Michael Slackman
date=November 14, 2003
accessdate=2008-05-29
quote=Mr. DeLay's charity, Celebrations for Children Inc., was set up in September and has no track record of work. Mr. DeLay is not a formal official of the charity, but its managers are Mr. DeLay's daughter, Dani DeLay Ferro; Craig Richardson, a longtime adviser; and Rob Jennings, a Republican fund-raiser. Mr. Richardson said the managers would be paid by the new charity.] According to the "New York Times" a letter to the charity, from the New York State's office of the Attorney General:

The "Washington Post" reported on October 13 2004 that Ferro's phone records were subpoenaed by Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle.cite news
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101301689.html
title=DeLay's Telephone Records Subpoenaed
page=A20
publisher=Washington Post
author=Suzanne Gamboa
date=Friday, October 14, 2005
accessdate=2008-05-30
quote=] The phone records were subpoenaed to help determine whether DeLay was receiving illegal campaign contributions.

Ferro is involved in the production of a documentary profiling her, entitled: "Don't Tell Me What To Think".The documentary will describe her work as her father's campaign manager and organizer of his fund-raising events.

References

External links

#http://conservativecoalition.homestead.com/
#http://www.tomdelay.com/tom-delay/
#http://bestof.houstonpress.com/bestof/award.php?award=30623&year=2001
#http://www.facebook.com/people/Dani_DeLay_Ferro/509802565
#http://www.commoncause.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=194883&ct=228095
#http://www.spindletopfilms.com/
#http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4456350
#http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:Z0zYXq-GUVIJ:www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl%3Fid%3D2007_4456350+%22chris+baker%22+%2B+houston+chronicle&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

ee also

*Americans for a Republican Majority
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*Documentary Film
*Film Producer