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Campaign finance update
Originally posted November 2, 2013;
updated November 7, 2013
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All the
pre-general election campaign finance reports
for Lansing candidates are finally in. They are for the
period 8/27/2013-10/20/2013 (except for 2nd ward candidate Tina
Houghton, whose report - since she didn't have an opponent in the
primary - is for 1/1/2013-10/20/2013). Here are some of the highlights:
As of 10/20/2013, incumbent mayor Virg
Bernero has a balance of $70,425.03 in his campaign account.
Challenger Harold Leeman, Jr. has $1,240.60. Here are the
contribution and expenditure totals from the 3 reports Bernero has
submitted in 2013 (click the period to get the actual report):
Here are the contributions of $500 or
more received by Bernero in the 8/27/2013-10/20/2013 period:
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Name |
Occupation |
Employer |
PAC? |
Date |
Amount |
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Boji, Eliya |
Retired |
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9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Boji, Heather A |
Homemaker |
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9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Boji, Seham |
Homemaker |
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9/4/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Pappas, Richard J |
President |
Davenport College |
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9/10/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Havey, Adam |
VP |
Emergent Biosolutions |
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9/18/2013 |
1000.00 |
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McDaniel, Mark S |
President |
Great Lakes Capital Fund |
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9/5/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Jones, Gary |
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Jones Development Company |
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9/6/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Michigan Laborers Political League |
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Y |
9/11/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Singh, Balbir |
Owner |
Village Party Store |
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9/29/2013 |
1000.00 |
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Theis, Ken |
Director, Technology Manager |
Dewpoint |
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8/27/2013 |
500.00 |
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IBEW-COPE |
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Y |
9/25/2013 |
500.00 |
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Lothamer, Jesse |
Accountant |
Lothamer Accountants |
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9/12/2013 |
500.00 |
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McKinney, Kevin A |
Lobbyist |
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9/18/2013 |
500.00 |
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Farrell, Patricia A |
Administrator |
Michigan State University |
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9/12/2013 |
500.00 |
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Operating Engineers Local 324 |
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Y |
9/23/2013 |
500.00 |
Dewpoint was
in the
news just recently.
Also
in the news was a complaint filed with the Bureau of Elections
charging that money paid to Bernero campaign staffers got passed on
to city council candidates Jessica Yorko and Kathie Dunbar. A hefty
portion of Bernero's 2013 campaign expenditures has gone to contract
employees:
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Name |
Purpose |
Date |
Amount |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
4/18/2013 |
400.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
5/7/2013 |
400.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
5/16/2013 |
1,770.98 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
5/31/2013 |
1,795.15 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
6/14/2013 |
3,200.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
7/5/2013 |
1,200.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Contract Employee |
7/12/2013 |
1,200.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Consulting |
9/9/2013 |
1,200.00 |
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Chris Breznau |
Consulting |
9/20/2013 |
1,672.79 |
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Chris Breznau |
Consulting |
10/4/2013 |
1,629.36 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Contract Employee |
6/3/2013 |
300.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Contract Employee |
6/14/2013 |
2,600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Contract Employee |
7/5/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Contract Employee |
7/12/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consultation/Research/Survey/Sign |
8/5/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consultation/Research/Survey/Sign |
8/13/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consulting |
9/7/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consulting |
9/20/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consulting |
10/4/2013 |
600.00 |
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Elizabeth Hart |
Consulting |
10/18/2013 |
600.00 |
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Josh Olesczcak |
Contract Employee |
3/5/2013 |
500.00 |
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Michelle Benson |
Contract Employee |
3/13/2013 |
500.00 |
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Michelle Benson |
Contract Employee |
4/24/2013 |
400.00 |
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Michelle Benson |
Contract Employee |
4/30/2013 |
400.00 |
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Michelle Benson |
Contract Employee |
5/16/2013 |
400.00 |
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Michelle Benson |
Contract Employee |
5/23/2013 |
2,000.00 |
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Samantha Troutman |
Consulting |
8/27/2013 |
1,000.00 |
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Samantha Troutman |
Consulting |
10/4/2013 |
1,000.00 |
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Terrance Redman |
Consultation/Research/Survey/Sign |
8/5/2013 |
100.00 |
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Ye Min Tun |
Consulting |
9/20/2013 |
200.00 |
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Ye Min Tun |
Consulting |
10/18/2013 |
200.00 |
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TOTAL: |
$28,868.28 |
Here is a summary of Bernero campaign
expenses for the year:
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Contract employees |
$28,868.28 |
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Office expenses,
equipment and facility rent |
15,640.74 |
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Print advertising and
postage |
7,597.27 |
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Auto expense |
3,598.98 |
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Food |
3,413.10 |
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Other |
8,595.50 |
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TOTAL: |
$67,713.87 |
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Go
here for a lot more detail on Bernero's 2013 campaign
contributions and expenditures.
City council candidate reports
The pre-general reports were due
October 25. Fourth ward candidate
Jessica Yorko and second ward candidate
Tina Houghton were late with their reports. Fines are
being assessed by the Ingham County clerk. Here's what the Michigan
Campaign Finance Act says about late fees:
If the committee has raised
$10,000.00 or less during the previous 2 years, the late filing
fee shall be $25.00 for each business day the statement remains
unfiled, but not to exceed $500.00. If the committee has raised
more than $10,000.00 during the previous 2 years, the late
filing fee shall not exceed $1,000.00, determined as follows:
(a) Twenty-five dollars for
each business day the report remains unfiled.
(b) An additional $25.00 for
each business day after the first 3 business days the report
remains unfiled.
(c) An additional $50.00 for
each business day after the first 10 business days the
report remains unfiled.
It does not say, however, that a
candidate who fails to report must forfeit the election.
Yorko's report was
posted to the Clerk's website November 4, along with amendments to
her pre- and post-primary reports. That is amendment #2 for the
post-primary report.
Tina Houghton didn't
get her campaign report to the Ingham County Clerk until November 5,
and maybe the delay was intentional, since she also received
substantial contributions from Bernero campaign staffers. On June
19, she received $500 each from Chris Breznau and Elizabeth Hart.
Breznau and Hart each contributed a total of $2000 to Bernero's
favored candidates between June 17 and June 19:
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Jessica
Yorko |
Kathie
Dunbar |
Tina
Houghton |
TOTAL |
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Chris
Breznau |
$500 |
$1000 |
$500 |
$2000 |
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Elizabeth
Hart |
$500 |
$1000 |
$500 |
$2000 |
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The
contributions could violate Section 44 of the
Michigan Campaign Finance Act:
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Sec. 44. (1) A
contribution shall not be made by a person to another person
with the agreement or arrangement that the person receiving
the contribution will then transfer that contribution to a
particular candidate committee.
(2) A candidate committee shall not make a contribution to
or an independent expenditure in behalf of another candidate
committee. This subsection does not prohibit the purchase of
tickets to another candidate committee's fund-raising event
that does not exceed $100.00 per candidate committee in any
calendar year.
(3) An individual, other than a committee treasurer or the
individual designated as responsible for the record keeping,
report preparation, or report filing for a committee, who
obtains possession of a committee's contribution for the
purpose of delivering the contribution to another committee
shall deliver the contribution to that committee, that
committee's treasurer, or that committee's agent, or return
the contribution to the payor, not later than 10 business
days after obtaining possession of the contribution.
(4) Two or more persons, other than individuals, may hold a
joint fund-raiser if the receipts and expenses of the
fund-raiser are shared proportionately.
(5) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or
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Here are the totals from the council candidates' reports:
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8/27/2013-10/20/2013
contribution total |
10/20/2013
account balance |
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Judi Brown Clarke (at large) |
9,903.70 |
15,973.44 |
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Kathie Dunbar (at large) |
13,190.00 |
21,928.19 |
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Brian Jeffries (at large) |
10,600.00 |
9,654.03 |
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Ted O'Dell (at large) |
0 |
2,445.41 |
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Chong Anna Canfora (4th ward) |
9,015.00 |
13,985.67 |
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Jessica Yorko (4th ward) |
8,938.33 |
12,981.67 |
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Tina Houghton (2nd ward) |
15,263.33 |
12,492.55 |
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