Golden's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($23,450) going to Breaker Press Co. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Golden's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$23,450
30.7%
Mailers
$13,815
18.1%
Mailers & walkcards
$7,310
9.6%
Signs
$6,688
8.8%
Consulting
$6,000
7.9%
Billboard expenses
$4,550
6%
Banners
$2,750
3.6%
Fundraisers
$2,400
3.2%
Advertising
$1,450
1.9%
Newspaper advertising
$1,200
1.6%
Uncategorized expenses
$1,142
1.5%
T-shirts
$1,083
1.4%
Friend to friend
$912
1.2%
Election day expenses
$765
1%
Door hangers
$520
0.7%
Filing of nominating petitions
$500
0.7%
Buttons
$378
0.5%
Flyers
$269
0.4%
Parade
$250
0.3%
Magazine advertising
$250
0.3%
Working on campaign
$250
0.3%
Stamps and copies
$186
0.2%
Brochures
$163
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-21
$8,460
Mailers
Breaker Press Co.
2018-02-12
$7,380
Mailing
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-07
$7,310
Mailers & walkcards
Breaker Press Co.
2018-02-22
$5,860
Mailing
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-12
$5,355
Mailers
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-05
$5,110
Mailing
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-05
$5,100
Mailing
Billboard Media
2018-02-12
$4,550
Billboard expenses
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, INC
2018-03-07
$3,388
Signs
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, INC
2018-02-12
$3,300
Signs
Patrick Doherty
2018-01-31
$3,000
Consulting
Patrick Doherty
2018-03-01
$3,000
Consulting
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, INC
2018-01-29
$2,750
Banners
Kenny's Irish Pub
2018-02-24
$2,400
Fundraisers
The Regional News
2018-03-21
$1,200
Newspaper advertising
The Regional News
2018-03-18
$1,200
Advertising
Staples
2018-03-15
$1,142
Uncategorized expenses
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, INC
2018-02-12
$1,083
T-shirts
Staples
2018-02-25
$912
Friend to friend
Rafferty's Irish Pub
2018-03-20
$765
Election day expenses
Breaker Press Co.
2018-02-12
$520
Door hangers
Michael J. Kasper
2018-02-19
$500
Filing of nominating petitions
Stars & Stripes Silk Screening, INC
2018-02-12
$378
Buttons
Creative Media Products, LLC
2018-01-29
$269
Flyers
City of Countryside
2018-01-31
$250
Parade
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