Ervin's committee spent the most on legal fees in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Vernon Ford & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Ervin's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Legal fees
$3,000
17.7%
Contractual expenses
$2,978
17.5%
Printing
$2,114
12.4%
Lot cleaning lunches
$1,827
10.8%
Postage
$1,300
7.7%
Transportation
$1,165
6.9%
Insurance
$842
5%
Communications/gifts
$814
4.8%
Communications
$768
4.5%
Dues
$500
2.9%
Ticket purchases
$478
2.8%
Computer purchases
$451
2.7%
Tickets
$340
2%
Meals
$195
1.2%
Taransportation
$103
0.6%
Utilities
$100
0.6%
Parking
$20
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
Vernon Ford & Associates
2016-10-13
$3,000
Legal fees
Atuakwe Kindle
2016-12-23
$2,660
Contractual expenses
Forest Printing
2016-12-27
$2,114
Printing
Bacci's Pizza
2016-11-25
$1,827
Lot cleaning lunches
Usps
2016-12-29
$1,300
Postage
Best Buy
2016-12-27
$814
Communications/gifts
Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus
2016-10-04
$500
Dues
MicroCenter
2016-12-27
$451
Computer purchases
Cubs Baseball Org
2016-11-23
$340
Tickets
American Family Insurance
2016-11-16
$282
Insurance
American Family Insurance
2016-10-18
$282
Insurance
Chicago Assembly
2016-12-19
$278
Ticket purchases
City of Chicago Dept of Revenue
2016-11-15
$203
Transportation
Home of Life MB Church
2016-10-05
$200
Ticket purchases
Grossinger City Autoplex
2016-11-23
$191
Transportation
American Family Insurance
2016-12-16
$188
Insurance
John McDowell
2016-12-09
$163
Contractual expenses
Constant Contact
2016-12-27
$128
Communications
Constant Contact
2016-11-28
$128
Communications
Constant Contact
2016-10-26
$128
Communications
Ally
2016-10-13
$125
Transportation
Ally
2016-12-06
$125
Transportation
Church's Chicken
2016-11-08
$111
Meals
Costco Wholesale
2016-12-19
$109
Transportation
IL Sect of State
2016-10-03
$103
Taransportation
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