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Pioneer Profiles: George W. Bush's $100,000 Club
 
Name: Sig Rogich
Occupation: President, Rogich Communications Group
Industry: Lawyers & Lobbyists
Home: Las Vegas, NV

Political Contributions:
Bush Gubernatorial Races: 
$1,000
Republican Hard Money: 
$53,000
Republican Soft Money: 
$0
Democratic Hard Money: 
$2,000
Democratic Soft Money: 
$0
Federal PAC Hard Money:
$4,000
Total Contributions:
 $60,000
Soft Money from Employer:
$0
to Republicans:
$0
to Democrats:
$0
Rogich is a political and PR consultant who advised ex-President Reagan and President Bush. Rogich devised the Bush ads that prominently featured a ridiculous Michael Dukakis cruising in a tank. President Bush appointed Rogich as his ambassador to Iceland, but recalled him in a failed effort to save his ’92 reelection campaign. Ex-heavyweight champ Mike Tyson also hired this former state boxing commissioner to burnish his image after biting Evander Holyfield’s ear in a match. Rogich himself needed a little image polish in April 2000 after the Las Vegas City Council ignored the advice of its own lawyer and voted to approve a controversial liquor permit for a property Rogich owned. With the liquor license, Rogich’s property was worth $3.5 million because it could be used as a topless bar; without the license it was worth perhaps $2 million. Rogich is a consultant to several of the council members who tossed the topless-bar premium his way. Critics said his political influence induced the council to override zoning restrictions that prohibit bars from being within 1,500 feet of a school or another bar.


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