Harris's committee spent the most on invitation printing in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,765) going to Progress Printing, Inc. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Harris's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Invitation printing
$1,765
23.9%
Software expense
$945
12.8%
Postage
$940
12.7%
Full page ad
$750
10.2%
Fundraiser expense
$628
8.5%
Subscription renewal
$500
6.8%
Flowers for boatman, bennett, roobe, bertolino, chappa
$390
5.3%
Cellphone usage
$288
3.9%
Fall fundraiser support
$250
3.4%
Hotel/leaders meeting
$158
2.1%
Expenses for office, water and bathroom cleaner, coffee
$143
1.9%
Ink for printer and phone cord
$124
1.7%
Postage/express mail
$114
1.5%
Holiday means
$100
1.4%
Hotel/pre veto session
$85
1.2%
Stamps and other postage
$48
0.7%
Parking-dhs abuse hearing
$34
0.5%
Bottled water and office supplies
$18
0.2%
Parking-ccp meeting
$16
0.2%
Parking-lgbt history month
$16
0.2%
Parking-leader meeting
$16
0.2%
Parking-jcar
$16
0.2%
Parking-dhs hearing
$16
0.2%
Parking-leaders meeting
$16
0.2%
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
Progress Printing, Inc.
2016-11-18
$1,765
Invitation printing
U. S. Postal Service
2016-10-19
$846
Postage
Equality Illinois Institute
2016-12-29
$750
Full page ad
Sidetrack
2016-12-02
$628
Fundraiser expense
Capitol Fax
2016-12-22
$500
Subscription renewal
Ashland Addison Florist Co
2016-12-31
$390
Flowers for boatman, bennett, roobe, bertolino, chappa
Aristotle, Inc.
2016-10-18
$315
Software expense
Aristotle, Inc.
2016-12-12
$315
Software expense
Aristotle, Inc.
2016-11-09
$315
Software expense
One Northside
2016-10-21
$250
Fall fundraiser support
Crowne Plaza
2016-12-02
$158
Hotel/leaders meeting
Jewel Osco
2016-12-31
$143
Expenses for office, water and bathroom cleaner, coffee
Staples
2016-12-31
$124
Ink for printer and phone cord
U. S. Post Office
2016-12-02
$114
Postage/express mail
19th District Steering Committee
2016-11-18
$100
Holiday means
Verizon North, Inc.
2016-12-02
$96
Cellphone usage
Verizon North, Inc.
2016-12-22
$96
Cellphone usage
Verizon North, Inc.
2016-10-24
$96
Cellphone usage
U. S. Post Office
2016-10-24
$94
Postage
Crowne Plaza
2016-12-02
$85
Hotel/pre veto session
U. S. Postal Service
2016-12-31
$48
Stamps and other postage
Interpark 203
2016-12-22
$34
Parking-dhs abuse hearing
Jewel Osco
2016-12-02
$18
Bottled water and office supplies
Interpark 203
2016-10-24
$16
Parking-ccp meeting
Interpark 203
2016-10-24
$16
Parking-lgbt history month