Robert Fettig

Robert (Bob) Fettig

Industry: Manufacturing
Primary Company: Tankcraft Corporation
Age: Unconfirmed
Location: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Estimated Worth: Unconfirmed

Background

Robert (Bob) P. Fettig is the CEO ofย Tankcraft Corporation, a metal fabrication firm inย Darien, Wisconsin. The Fettig family includes Bobย Fettig, Daniel Fettig,ย David Fettig, Steven Fettig,1โ€œCollege of Engineering Recipients,โ€ Marquette.edu. Accessed July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/DFslQ Christopher Fettig (listed inย FECย dataย as an employee of Tankcraft, presumably a relation), andย Maryellen Fettig.2Lisa Graves. โ€œAย CMDย Special Report: Who Are the Headliners at Koch-Fundedย AFPย Conventions?โ€ย PRย Watch, March 29, 2011.ย Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/QPYxz

Numerous members of the Fettig family have attended Koch network events in the past.3Lisa Graves. โ€œAย CMDย Special Report: Who Are the Headliners at Koch-Fundedย AFPย Conventions?โ€ย PRย Watch, March 29, 2011.ย Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/QPYxz

Bob Fettig also founded Plasticraft, a plastic roto and blow molder company, in 1990.4โ€œCollege of Engineering Recipients,โ€ Marquette.edu. Accessed July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/DFslQ

Storing Hazardous Materials Without a License

According to the description of the case in a 1992 appeal, a jury found Tankcraft Corp. and Robert P. Fettig guilty of willfully storing and disposing of hazardous wastes without a license. โ€œTankcraft was charged in a four-count criminal complaint with willfully storing spent toluene (Count One), willfully treating toluene still bottoms (Count Two), willfully treating paint filters containing chromium (Count Three), and willfully disposing of spent methylene chloride (Count Four), all without a required license.โ€5โ€œState v. Fettig 172 Wis. 2d 428 (1992),โ€ Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, decided November 18, 1992. Case summary via Justia. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/dxn8j

Toluene is a โ€œhighly flammable liquid solvent used, among other things, as a paint thinner and to clean paint sprayers.โ€ After use, it can become contaminated by paint or soil residue. โ€œTankcraft was not licensed to store dirty toluene,โ€ the Court of Appeals noted.ย Methylene chloride is a degreaser used to prepare tanks for painting.6โ€œState v. Fettig 172 Wis. 2d 428 (1992),โ€ Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, decided November 18, 1992. Case summary viaย Justia. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/dxn8j

โ€œTankcraft hired a consultant to investigate a customer complaint that the paint on its tank was not adhering properly. The consultant opined that the degreaser unit was contaminated with oil. Fettig ordered the unit dismantled and the approximately 300 gallons of methylene chloride remaining in the holding tank pumped onto the frozen ground, having been advised the chemical generally evaporates rapidly. Instead, the methylene chloride soaked into the ground, leaving behind an oily stain. Neither Fettig nor Tankcraft possessed a license to dispose of methylene chloride.โ€7โ€œState v. Fettig 172 Wis. 2d 428 (1992),โ€ Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, decided November 18, 1992. Case summary via Justia. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/dxn8j

The court’s description goes on: โ€œThe jury found Tankcraft guilty on Counts One and Three, storage of spent toluene and disposal of spent methylene chloride. It found Fettig guilty on Count Three. Both defendants were found not guilty on Count Two, treatment of toluene still bottoms.8โ€œState v. Fettig 172 Wis. 2d 428 (1992),โ€ Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, decided November 18, 1992. Case summary viaย Justia. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/dxn8j

โ€œThe trial court fined Tankcraft $24,377.60, including costs. It withheld sentence for Fettig, but placed him on probation, ordered eighty hours of community service and fined him $12,227.60, including costs, to be paid from his personal assets and earnings.โ€ Tankcraft and Fettig unsuccessfully appealed. 9โ€œState v. Fettig 172 Wis. 2d 428 (1992),โ€ Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, decided November 18, 1992. Case summary viaย Justia. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/dxn8j

Funding

Political Contributions

The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watchย reported in 2011 that in the two years prior to 2011, the Fettig family collectively contributed almost $20,000 to Scott Walker, out of over $40,000 contributed to state campaigns in the previous two decades as well as over $40,000 to federal candidates and parties.10Lisa Graves. โ€œAย CMDย Special Report: Who Are the Headliners at Koch-Fundedย AFPย Conventions?โ€ย PRย Watch, March 29, 2011.ย Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.foย URL:ย https://archive.fo/QPYxz

Below is a summary of the Fettig family’s political spending, via campaign finance data exported from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Note that while efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of this data, errors may be introduced in the original finance records.

View the attached spreadsheet for a complete list of the Fettig family’s political spending by year (.xlsx).

Committee NameFETTIG, CHRISTOPHER IFETTIG, DANIEL J.FETTIG, DAVID C.FETTIG, MARYELLENFETTIG, ROBERT MRSFETTIG, ROBERT PFETTIG, STEVENGrand Total
TRUMP VICTORY$1,000$75,000$76,000
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$67,400$67,400
ROMNEY VICTORY INC$50,000$50,000
RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE INC$1,000$25,800$26,800
RYAN FOR CONGRESS$1,000$11,775$1,000$13,775
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.$10,000$10,000
HERMANATOR PAC; THE$5,000$5,000$10,000
WIN WISCONSIN FUND$10,000$10,000
DUFFY FOR CONGRESS$3,750$4,800$8,550
LEAH FOR SENATE$2,700$4,700$7,400
NRSC$7,300$7,300
STEIL FOR WISCONSIN, INC.$5,400$5,400
THOMPSON VICTORY COMMITTEE$5,000$5,000
ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.$5,000$5,000
DUFFY FOR WISCONSIN$4,245$4,245
FRED THOMPSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000$3,000$4,000
IDAHO REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,550$3,550
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,550$3,550
OKLAHOMA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL$3,550$3,550
VERMONT REPUBLICAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE$3,550$3,550
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN$75$3,443$3,518
RYAN FOR CONGRESS, INC.$3,500$3,500
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT$3,443$3,443
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN PARTY, INC.$3,443$3,443
TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ELECTION ACCOUNT$3,443$3,443
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE$3,443$3,443
NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
REPUBLICAN FEDERAL COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA$3,443$3,443
SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA INC$3,443$3,443
WYOMING REPUBLICAN PARTY, INC.$3,443$3,443
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE-FEDERAL$3,443$3,443
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA$3,443$3,443
KANSAS REPUBLICAN PARTY$3,443$3,443
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARKANSAS$3,443$3,443
NY REPUBLICAN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$3,443$3,443
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN-FEDERAL COMMITTEE$3,000$3,000
NEUMANN FOR US SENATE$991$2,000$2,991
DUFFY VICTORY FUND$2,700$2,700
DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.$2,700$2,700
FRIENDS OF LEAH VUKMIR$2,700$2,700
BRIAN MILLER FOR CONGRESS$2,500$2,500
FRIENDS OF HERMAN CAIN INC$2,500$2,500
NEUMANN FOR CONGRESS$1,050$1,450$2,500
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE$2,500$2,500
TEAM RYAN$2,500$2,500
ADAMS FOR CONGRESS$2,000$2,000
MARCO RUBIO FOR US SENATE$2,000$2,000
NEUMANN FOR CONGRESS ’94$1,200$1,200
TOMMY THOMPSON FOR SENATE INC$250$445$500$1,195
BLACK AMERICA’S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,100$1,100
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY$1,062$1,062
MARILINDA GARCIA FOR CONGRESS$1,000$1,000
HONEYCUTT FOR CONGRESS$1,000$1,000
TERRENCE WALL FOR US SENATE INC$1,000$1,000
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE – RNC$500$500$1,000
NICHOLSON FOR SENATE$1,000$1,000
BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC$1,000$1,000
PEOPLE FOR PETAK$1,000$1,000
FRIENDS OF PAT TOOMEY$1,000$1,000
CITIZENS FOR WELCH$750$750
PAUL BROUN COMMITTEE$750$750
AMERICAN RENEWAL PAC$500$500
NRCC$240$240
CITIZENS FOR NEUMANN$200$200
MIKE GALLAGHER FOR WISCONSIN$100$100
FRIENDS OF JOHN BOEHNER$75$75
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE$1$1
Grand Total$250$835$19,292$2,700$500$411,746$4,500$439,823

Koch Events

February 2014

Bob and Steve Fettig were listed as attendees at the Koch’s February 2014 semiannual conference in Palm Springs. Their names were on a guest list provided to Mother Jones magazine. According to Mother Jones, โ€œthe meeting list illustrates the interwoven nature of the Koch brothers’ corporate, political, and philanthropic activities.โ€11โ€œThe Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Donor Conference,โ€ Mother Jones, February 5, 2014. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OnI9K

June 2010

Dave, Bob, and Steve Fettig all attended the June 2010 meeting of the Koch network in Aspen, Colorado. A list of attendees and a schedule for the Aspen summit was obtained by ThinkProgress.12โ€œMEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,โ€ ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3

Affiliations

  • Tankcraft Corporationย โ€“ CEO.

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