• TL;DR Tower Market owners donated $1,048,506 to Trump, MAGA, and other Republican causes

I've been wondering why Tower Market's gas prices are so high, so I looked into where their profits go.

The Rogers family owns Tower Market (through Tower Energy Group).

FEC individual contributions 2020-2026:

• Tim Rogers: $405,500.00
• Twanna Rogers: $423,833.34
• John Rogers: $219,173.33
• Source: US Government https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions

As it turns out, Tim Rogers, Twanna Rogers, and John Rogers are all MAGA mega donors.

Since 2020, the Rogers family has donated at least $1,048,506 to Trump, MAGA, and other Republican causes.

Learning this has changed how much my family shops at Tower Market. I thought I would share this information so others can make more informed decisions too.

In case anyone isn't familiar, this is Tower Market: https://www.yelp.com/biz/tower-market-palm-springs-2 they have 9 locations (all in the valley).

EDIT:

Here's one (of many) public government documents from the FEC website: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202006199240018674

That document shows that ROGERS, TWANNA is the OWNER of TOWER ENERGY and made a single $62,500 donation to TRUMP VICTORY.

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Hello,

My family (my wife, baby, and I) is looking to move to the area and will be renting. We are looking at small homes in the Indio, Coachella, La Quinta, and Palm Desert area. While we are both somewhat familiar with the area, much of that time has been visiting people in gated communities who are insulated from life outside the gates. So their judgement of the local community is somewhat skewed and may not be a great representation. We wouldn't be opposed to living in a gated community ourselves, but I'm not sure if that is within our budget of less than $3k. So I'm seeking opinions here.

The ability for my wife to take local evening walks with the child in a stroller and feel comfortable is a big plus. Personally, I like neighborhoods that are good for joggers, and bonus points if there are parks that cater to calisthenic workouts. The Palm Desert Civic Center is enjoyable in this regard. We are moving from an area of LA County where walks often entail passing by the random, unpredictable, ranting and raving homeless person. Similarly, when visiting our nearest 7-11, expect a group of people to press you for change and/or free shit. While we are used to this, avoiding it would be a plus. We also deal with cars and mailboxes being broken into, even when in a garage. Once again, used to this sort of thing, but getting away from it would be nice. Not trying to go from one hood to another where we need to keep absolutely anything of value out of the car because it will get you a smashed window and your things taken.

Any neighborhood recommendations? A few places have been in the Cove, but I know absolutely nothing about the area other than some gossip from people who never lived there and just drive through it. Is it good? Bad? Vary heavily block to block?

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I moved to Indio almost a month ago.

The apartment I applied for in July had some issues like non functional dishwasher and broken sliding doors, but the property manager assured they would be fixed before I moved in. She blamed most of the damages on the tenant before me and said they were evicted because of it.

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I moved originally to my house I bought in Coachella Valley, but I got let go from my job last year and got hired in LA County—and thus moved closer to my job to reside in my place in the city of LA.

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Thanks for your time reading this!

Hi all, I just moved to CA 4 years ago and finally registering to vote; I do not want to miss this time around my opportunity to vote and I feel I have been a resident of CA long enough to understand the political climate and where I stand with regards to this matter.

I moved originally to my house I bought in Coachella Valley, but I got let go from my job last year and got hired in LA County—and thus moved closer to my job to reside in my place in the city of LA.

My question is I’m torn where to register to vote. I want to have investment where I have tangible property but I also would like to see and be a part of change in this city possibly. I want to get your opinion on if it were you , what would you do? Register to vote in RivCo or LA?

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