How did Michael J Zalewski spend campaign funds in the third quarter?

By West Cook News

Oct 7, 2017

Democratic Michael J Zalewski's election campaign committee, Zalewski for State Representative, spent $57,756 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Zalewski's committee spent the most on golf outings in the quarter, with all those payments ($19,559) going to Lost Dunes Golf Club in Bridgman. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Zalewski's committee spent its money in the third quarter.

Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Golf outings

$19,559

33.9%

Rent

$10,000

17.3%

Gifts for golf outing

$4,208

7.3%

Salaries

$3,980

6.9%

Food for meeting

$3,282

5.7%

Fundraising

$2,730

4.7%

Donations

$2,350

4.1%

Pr consulting

$2,250

3.9%

Car payment

$2,014

3.5%

Hand sanitizers

$1,580

2.7%

Food

$1,142

Advertisements

$913

1.6%

Campaign supplies

$890

1.5%

Bts ad

$584

Website consulting

$550

Advertising

$480

0.8%

Taxes

$386

0.7%

Beverages for golf outing

$341

0.6%

$174

0.3%

Efax billing

$169

0.3%

Utilities

$115

0.2%

Utililties

$52

< 0.1%

Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.

Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Lost Dunes Golf Club

2017-08-14

$9,900

Golf outings

Lost Dunes Golf Club

2017-08-14

$9,659

Golf outings

Joe Zappani

2017-07-20

$4,500

Rent

Joe Zappani

2017-09-21

$4,500

Rent

Preferred Stock Inc.

2017-09-07

$4,208

Gifts for golf outing

KJD Strategies

2017-08-14

$2,730

Fundraising

Drive Like Your Kids Live Here

2017-09-04

$2,000

Donations

Breaker Press

2017-09-07

$1,580

Hand sanitizers

Chew Chew

2017-08-27

$1,494

Food for meeting

Maldef Property Management

2017-07-05

$1,000

Rent

Irish Times

2017-09-04

$942

Food

Carts of Chicago Catering

2017-07-25

$893

Food for meeting

Carts of Chicago Catering

2017-09-04

$893

Food for meeting

Costco

2017-08-27

$890

Campaign supplies

RKPR Solutions

2017-07-05

$750

Pr consulting

RKPR Solutions

2017-08-14

$750

Pr consulting

RKPR Solutions

2017-09-07

$750

Pr consulting

Jamie Volmut

2017-07-05

$750

Salaries

Jamie Volmut

2017-07-20

$750

Salaries

Jamie Volmut

2017-08-14

$750

Salaries

Ford Motor Credit

2017-09-11

$671

Car payment

Ford Motor Credit

2017-07-10

$671

Car payment

Ford Motor Credit

2017-08-10

$671

Car payment

Wednesday Journal Inc.

2017-09-05

$584

Bts ad

Jamie Volmut

2017-09-15

$576

Salaries

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