Waguespack's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 63.9% of this total ($11,171) going to Progressive Solutions Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Waguespack's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$17,471
72.4%
Office equipment
$1,692
7%
Staff bonus
$1,500
6.2%
Election day expenses
$1,419
5.9%
Newspaper advertising
$436
1.8%
Email services
$302
1.3%
Robocall
$285
1.2%
Processing fees
$216
0.9%
Donations
$200
0.8%
Flowers
$176
0.7%
Bank charges
$162
0.7%
Gasoline
$121
0.5%
Monthly fee
$90
0.4%
Food
$45
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
Progressive Solutions Consulting
2016-03-08
$5,823
Consulting
Progressive Solutions Consulting
2016-03-28
$5,347
Consulting
Anne Emerson
2016-02-29
$2,450
Consulting
Anne Emerson
2016-03-28
$2,000
Consulting
Anne Emerson
2016-01-25
$1,500
Consulting
Costco Wholesale
2016-01-08
$1,427
Office equipment
Honey Baked Ham & Cafe
2016-03-17
$1,419
Election day expenses
Elizabeth Gomez
2016-01-07
$500
Staff bonus
Mary Slivon
2016-01-12
$500
Staff bonus
Kerri Stojack
2016-01-04
$500
Staff bonus
J2 Associates, Inc./Lakeview Newspaper
2016-01-06
$436
Newspaper advertising
Unlimited Excellence Consulting Inc.
2016-01-20
$350
Consulting
CallFire
2016-03-15
$285
Robocall
Micro Electronic
2016-01-21
$264
Office equipment
PayPal, Inc.
2016-03-08
$216
Processing fees
Niashf
2016-03-04
$200
Donations
Flower Shop Network
2016-01-13
$176
Flowers
PNC Bank
2016-01-05
$150
Bank charges
Constant Contact, Inc.
2016-01-19
$100
Email services
Constant Contact, Inc.
2016-02-19
$100
Email services
Constant Contact, Inc.
2016-03-21
$100
Email services
Costco Wholesale
2016-03-14
$49
Gasoline
Costco Wholesale
2016-03-15
$45
Food
Costco Wholesale
2016-03-14
$38
Gasoline
Costco Wholesale
2016-03-15
$34
Gasoline
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