Smiddy's committee spent the most on television media in the quarter, with all those payments ($500,000) going to Adelstein & Associates Llc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smiddy's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Television media
$500,000
75.7%
Production media expenses
$50,081
7.6%
Mailing
$20,079
3%
Staff salaries
$19,840
3%
Polling
$16,059
2.4%
Mileage expenses
$10,823
1.6%
Rent
$9,113
1.4%
Mail/postage & letters
$8,725
1.3%
Rent 3 months
$3,555
0.5%
Printing & mailing
$3,091
0.5%
Telephone expenses
$2,625
0.4%
Payroll taxes
$2,236
0.3%
750 staff salaries 1250 mileage
$2,000
0.3%
500 payroll 1400 mileage
$1,900
0.3%
Postage
$1,815
0.3%
Consulting
$1,297
0.2%
Accounting fees
$1,287
0.2%
Automobile
$1,200
0.2%
Media
$1,200
0.2%
Door hangers
$775
0.1%
Internet access
$686
0.1%
Utilities
$383
< 0.1%
Office supplies staples
$378
< 0.1%
Placing campaign signs
$350
< 0.1%
Office supplies
$314
< 0.1%
Fund raising (food)
$253
< 0.1%
Donations
$250
< 0.1%
Storage
$195
< 0.1%
Ink cartidges
$189
< 0.1%
Water bill
$179
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-04
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-11
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-19
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-10-24
$100,000
Television media
Adelstein & Associates Llc
2016-11-01
$100,000
Television media
Snyder Pickerill Media Group LLC
2016-11-10
$27,567
Production media expenses
Snyder Pickerill Media Group LLC
2016-10-07
$22,514
Production media expenses
Strategic Consulting Group
2016-11-10
$20,079
Mailing
Lake Research
2016-10-11
$14,659
Polling
Quad City Press
2016-10-27
$8,725
Mail/postage & letters
Dawn Shelton
2016-12-19
$4,500
Mileage expenses
Structure Built LLC
2016-12-05
$4,373
Rent
Sean Sanders
2016-11-10
$4,102
Staff salaries
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-10-01
$3,555
Rent 3 months
Quad City Press
2016-10-16
$3,091
Printing & mailing
Patty Rotz
2016-12-05
$2,900
Mileage expenses
Lincoln Square Apartments
2016-10-03
$2,370
Rent
Internal Revenue Service
2016-10-31
$2,236
Payroll taxes
Dawn Shelton
2016-12-05
$2,000
750 staff salaries 1250 mileage
Nick Shelton
2016-12-05
$1,900
500 payroll 1400 mileage
Verizon Wireless
2016-11-25
$1,780
Telephone expenses
Brian De Pasqua
2016-10-24
$1,707
Mileage expenses
A Richard VanTieghem
2016-10-08
$1,287
Accounting fees
Voter Activation
2016-10-31
$1,222
Polling
Brian De Pasqua
2016-11-10
$1,211
Mileage expenses
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