How did Michele Smith spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2017

Democratic Michele Smith's election campaign committee, Friends of Michele Smith, spent $28,808 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Smith's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to KNI Inc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smith's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Consulting

$9,000

31.2%

Fundraising

$4,500

15.6%

Tech services

$3,493

12.1%

Payroll

$2,797

9.7%

Transportation

$2,337

8.1%

Real estate taxes

$2,230

7.7%

Payroll taxes

$1,059

3.7%

Party supplies

$566

Credit card processing fees

$545

1.9%

Office services

$420

1.5%

Subscriptions

$378

1.3%

Payroll processing fees

$363

1.3%

Holiday trees - senior homes

$362

1.3%

Insurance premium

$322

1.1%

Design services

$232

0.8%

Food

$182

0.6%

Cc processing services

$18

< 0.1%

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

Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter

Recipient

Date

Amount

Purpose

Andrew Peters

2016-12-08

$4,500

Fundraising

KNI Inc

2016-10-28

$3,000

Consulting

KNI Inc

2016-11-28

$3,000

Consulting

KNI Inc

2016-12-28

$3,000

Consulting

American Consolidated Transportation

2016-10-31

$2,037

Transportation

NGP Software

2016-10-20

$960

Tech services

NGP Software

2016-11-01

$960

Tech services

Adam J. Velarde

2016-10-25

$743

Real estate taxes

Adam J. Velarde

2016-11-23

$743

Real estate taxes

Adam J. Velarde

2016-12-27

$743

Real estate taxes

Steven Spagnolo

2016-11-30

$575

Payroll

Steven Spagnolo

2016-10-31

$575

Payroll

Steven Spagnolo

2016-12-30

$575

Payroll

Sage Payment Solutions

2016-10-03

$544

Credit card processing fees

UPS Store 1053

2016-10-15

$420

Office services

Chicago Tribune

2016-12-24

$378

Subscriptions

The Main Event

2016-12-07

$362

Holiday trees - senior homes

Mary Stich-Marcus

2016-10-31

$356

Payroll

Mary Stich-Marcus

2016-11-30

$356

Payroll

Mary Stich-Marcus

2016-12-30

$356

Payroll

Erie Insurance Group

2016-11-29

$322

Insurance premium

NGP Software

2016-10-01

$300

Tech services

Spirit Tours, Inc

2016-11-08

$300

Transportation

Party City

2016-11-01

$292

Party supplies

Department of the Treasury

2016-10-31

$282

Payroll taxes

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