Silverstein's committee spent the most on staff salaries in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Janet (Rachel) Barron in Lincolnwood. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Silverstein's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Staff salaries
$3,000
25.7%
Party - staff
$1,644
14.1%
Utilities
$1,344
11.5%
Telephones
$1,122
9.6%
Community event
$1,034
8.9%
Rent
$958
8.2%
Election day expenses
$740
6.3%
Food
$516
4.4%
Insurance
$471
4%
Newspaper advertising
$378
3.2%
Printing
$278
2.4%
Election day pollwatcher expenses
$200
1.7%
Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Janet (Rachel) Barron
2016-11-14
$1,500
Staff salaries
Janet (Rachel) Barron
2016-11-01
$1,500
Staff salaries
Clowning Around Entertainment
2016-11-01
$1,034
Community event
Tein Li Chow
2016-12-20
$738
Party - staff
Commonwealth Edison
2016-11-07
$620
Utilities
Public Storage
2016-11-01
$620
Rent
Verizon
2016-11-01
$610
Telephones
Sandwich Club
2016-11-07
$600
Party - staff
Verizon
2016-11-30
$511
Telephones
State Farm Insurance
2016-11-07
$471
Insurance
Tel Aviv Pizza
2016-11-07
$450
Election day expenses
People's Gas
2016-12-12
$393
Utilities
Chicago Jewish Star
2016-11-07
$378
Newspaper advertising
Public Storage
2016-12-01
$338
Rent
People's Gas
2016-11-07
$330
Utilities
Kol Tuv Kosher Foods
2016-11-07
$290
Election day expenses
Evita's Steak House
2016-12-16
$288
Food
Active Office Solutions
2016-11-01
$278
Printing
McKellin's
2016-11-07
$235
Party - staff
Debra Sidock
2016-11-01
$200
Election day pollwatcher expenses
Shallots Bistro
2016-12-01
$159
Food
Tein Li Chow
2016-11-07
$71
Party - staff
Shallots Bistro
2016-12-20
$69
Food