Who are the Rotterdam GOP’s mystery donors?

It has been a rough cycle for Rotterdam Republicans, with the party not even fielding a candidate for Supervisor, but that doesn’t mean that the town’s Republican Committee has shut down and stopped accepting money.

In the 16 months since May 2018, the party has accepted $2,720 in contributions without disclosing the donor’s identity, accounting for 75% of its $3,636 cash on hand as of the July reporting period.

The contributions include a $1,110 payment with no name recorded on May 7, 2018, and a mysterious $120 installment from an unnamed corporate entity on June 6 of this year.

The Rotterdam Republican Committee is chaired by Brian McGarry, who is up for re-election to the County Legislature in November. Maybe he could solve the mystery of where 75% of his committee’s money came from....