Pre-election reports filed with the Guilford County Board of Elections reveal the following analysis:
Mayoral
1. Yvonne Johnson
• Money raised: $37,942
• Money spent: $40,513
• Cash on hand: $198
• Major donors: Real estate developer William M. Kotis III, $1,000; Real estate developer Wade Jurney, $500; and UAW NC V. PAC, Baltimore, $500
Notable contributions:
• Benjamin O. Uwakweh, dean of the School of Technology at NC A&T University, $125
• Pauline A. Uwakweh, homemaker who shares the same address as Benjamin O. Uwakweh, $125
Background: Benjamin Uwakweh is listed as a consulting expert in a PowerPoint presentation made to the city council on Tuesday by Cico LLC. Led by former Councilman Bob Mays and Paul G. Gilmer Sr., a licensed realtor who lives in the area of the White Street Landfill, the company proposes to create a “bio-conversion” plant at the landfill that would use water and “naturally occurring bacteria and enzymes” to break down waste.
• Major expenditures: Public relations firm Ron Miller & Associates for mailings and postage, $6,750; NC Democratic Party Unity Dinner, $1,000; and Spencer Group for catering and entertainment, $800
2. Bill Knight
• Money raised: $23,036
• Money spent: $17,981
• Cash on hand: $5,155
• Major donors: DH Griffin Sr. and DH Griffin Jr., DH Griffin Wrecking Co., $1,000; developer Frank Auman, $500; Mary Garrett, $500; Phillip Lucado, American Industrial Contractor, $500; John Wrenn, Alliance Urology, $500
• Major expenditures: Van’s Advertising Items, Signs & Printing, $4,110; Compulis, company owned by Republican political consultant Bill Burckley, for consulting services, $4,000; and Edwards Printing Co. for door hangers, $2,344; and The Rhinoceros Times for advertising, $945
Notable contributions:
• Greensboro Landlords Association PAC, $350
Background: The landlords association has taken an adversarial stance against the city’s Rental Unit Certificate Ordinance, and participated in a rewrite process for the ordinance last year.
At-large
1. Nancy Vaughan
• Money raised: $22,149
• Money spent: $16,863
• Cash on hand: $5,286
• Major donors: Florence Barakat, $653; Dr. David R. Carpenter, $500; Dr. Michael P. Krusch, $500;
• Major expenditures: Compulis, company owned by Republican political consultant Bill Burckley, for mailing and consulting services, $4,415; The Rhinoceros Times for advertising, $1,620; and Arrowhead Graphics, $657
2. Robbie Perkins
• Money raised: $17,430
• Money spent: $14,734
• Cash on hand: $3,249
• Major donors: NC Realtors PAC, $1,500; Dr. James D. Branch, $1,000; Robert C. Ketner, Bank of America, $1,000; Steve Bell, Bell Partners, $750; and real estate developer Wade Jurney, $500
Notable contributions:
• Developer Roy E. Carroll II, $250; Vanessa Y. Carroll, $100; and Greensboro Landlords Association PAC, $100
• Major expenditures: Arrowhead Graphics for yard signs, stickers and stationary, $4,455; WFMY-TV for TV spot ads, $2,392; the Clinton Press for postcard mailings, $1,764; and Simkins PAC for endorsement, $750
3. Sandra Anderson Groat
• Money raised: $7,495
• Money spent: $6,629
• Cash on hand: $866
• Major donors: Frederick L. Burton, $1,500; individuals associated with Koury Corp., $600
Notable contributions: Greensboro Landlords Association PAC, $200
More than half of the Groat campaign’s revenue comes from a $4,000 loan the candidate made to herself in September. She paid Fairway Outdoor Advertising $4,000 in the same month for billboard advertising, and currently owes the company $730.
• Major expenditure: Arrowhead Graphics for yard signs, $2,424
4. Gary Nixon
• Money raised: $5,120
• Money spent: $3,672
• Cash on hand: $1,448
• Major donor: Robert Koontz, $750
Notable contributions: Donald Jud, professor emeritus of the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNCG, $100; and Susan Schwartz, director, Cemala Foundation, $100
• Major expenditures: Bush Signs, Montgomery, Ala., $1,719; and The Rhinoceros Times for advertising, $1,320
5. Danny Thompson
• Money raised: $4,494
• Money spent: $2,469
• Cash on hand: $2,025
• Major donors: Danny Thompson, $2,000
• Major expenditures: WFMY-TV for advertising spots, $500
6. Marikay Abuzuaiter
• Money raised: $3,645
• Money spent: $4,794
• Cash on hand: $614
• Major donors: Admon Assaf, $500
Notable contribution: Greensboro Landlords Association PAC, $250
District 1
1. Dianne Bellamy-Small
• Money raised: Less than $3,000
• Money spent: Less than $3,000
2. Luther T. Falls Jr.
• Money raised: Less than $3,000
• Money spent: Less than $3,000
District 2
1. Jim Kee
• Money raised: $7,365
• Money spent: $3,704
• Cash on hand: $3,662
• Major donor: NC Realtors PAC, $500
Notable contribution: Greensboro Landlords Association PAC, $100
2. Nettie Coad
• Money raised: $6,599
• Money spent: $6,487
• Cash on hand: $112
District 3
1. Zack Matheny
• Money raised: $21,835
• Money spent: $11,909
• Cash on hand: $10,416
• Major donors: Lenwood Dennis, Roberts & Dennis Insurance, $500 and Randall Dixon, Dixon Properties, $500
Notable contributions:
• Robert Long Jr., Granville Capital, $1,000
Apparent reporting error: The field for "election sum to date" under Long's entry states $5,000, indicating that Long has contributed $5,000 to the Matheny campaign during this election cycle. State campaign finance law limits candidates to accepting no more than $4,000 from any individual per election. In fact, the contributions appear to be perfectly legal. The Matheny campaign accepted $1,000 from Long in Oct. 7, 2009, and $4,000 on Oct. 9, 2007. The first contribution was made during the candidate's 2007 campaign.
"The state needs to upgrade or change their electronic methods or forms to make them appear to be correct, because the way that it shows is not correct," Matheny told me in a phone conversation today.
• Seth Marshall, Lindbrook Development Services, $500
Background: Matheny voted in favor of a $100,000 economic development incentives grant to Lindbrook Development Services in February to build a new mixed-use building on the 300 block of South Elm Street. Matheny helped assuage company president Jim Marshall when he threatened to walk away from the table, and organized a meeting of neighboring business owners who were opposed to the project to address their concerns about parking.
• Major expenditure: The Rhinoceros Times for advertising, $3,475
ADDENDUM: I should note that the Guilford County Board of Election has not had an opportunity to vet Matheny's campaign finance report yet.
2. George Hartzman
• Money raised: $5,345
• Money spent: $3,561
• Cash on hand: $1,784
• Major expenditures: Bill Money, West Palm Beach, Fla. for “voice broadcast”, $873; Van’s Advertising Items, Signs & Printing for signs, $727; and The Rhinoceros Times for advertising, $510
District 4
1. Joel Landau
• Money raised: $6,973
• Money spent: $4,959
• Cash on hand: $4,114
Notable contributions: Marnie Thompson, Fund for Democratic Communities, $50; and Wayne Abraham, Greensboro Human Relations Commission, $50
2. Mary Rakestraw
• Money raised: $5,255
• Money spent: $7,466
• Cash on hand: $4,120
• Major donors: Individuals associated with Koury Corp., $600; developer Frank Auman, $500; and Marylene F. Griffin, Jamestown, $500
Notable contributions: Guilford County Commissioner Paul H. Gibson, $100; and Charles H. Winfree, NC State Board of Elections, $100
• Major expenditures: Husband Frank Rakestraw, reimbursement for advertising expenditures, $1,370; the Mailing Service, $1,613; and Kayrod Printing for postcards, $1,468
District 5
1. Trudy Wade
• Money raised: $17,220
• Money spent: $17,323
• Cash on hand: $6,161
2. Art Boyett
• Money raised: $1,576
• Money spent: $1,531
• Cash on hand: $46
I’m still waiting for a pre-election report for Zack Matheny and for Danny Thompson, assuming he has raised or spent at least $3,000. The two District 1 candidates, Dianne Bellamy-Small and Luther T. Falls Jr., might not have raised and spent more than $3,000 and thus avoided the reporting requirement. I’ll fill in the blanks in this post as I receive the reports.
UPDATE: Roch Smith Jr. reports through Google research that William Money's "voice broadcast" service is actually campaign phone calls.
Endorsements
The Rhinoceros Times published a large photo of the eight candidates it’s endorsing for city council on its front page today: Bill Knight for mayor, Nancy Vaughan and Danny Thompson for at-large, Luther T. Falls Jr. for District 1, Jim Kee for District 2, Zack Matheny for District 3, Mary Rakestraw for District 4 and Trudy Wade for District 5.
Five out of eight of those candidates — Vaughan, Falls, Kee, Matheny and Wade — overlap with the Simkins PAC’s endorsements, as previously reported in The Rhino. (For the record, YES! Weekly’s endorsements overlapped with the Simkins PAC on eight out of nine candidates; The Rhino only endorsed two at-large candidates, reducing its full count by one.)
Rhino Editor John Hammer writes, “This year it looks like the PAC will be controlling another election.”
I’ve been arguing on Guarino’s blog that the power of the Simkins PAC is exaggerated and that black voters exercise more independent judgment than they’re given credit for. John Hammer would appear to disagree.
“The PAC has an enormous influence on city council elections for two reasons. One is that black voters vote overwhelmingly for the candidates endorsed by the PAC, and the other is that voter turnout is notoriously low in the municipal elections. This is a case where the minority rules because the minority is better organized and votes together.”
UPDATE: Charlie Collicut with the Guilford County Board of Elections confirms that Dianne Bellamy-Small and Luther T. Falls Jr. raised and spent less than $3,000, with the result that neither were required to file campaign finance reports. Information for Zack Matheny and Danny Thompson on the way.
UPDATE 2: I'm retroactively revising the donor and expenditure figures to reflect only payments in the latest reporting period considering that the "election sum to date" figures may or may not reflect totals for the current election period. Sorry for the confusion. And thanks to Zack Matheny for working with me on this.
Triad Elections '09
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