How did Howard B Brookins Jr spend campaign funds in the fourth quarter?

By Local Labs News Service

Jan 7, 2018

Non partisan Howard B Brookins Jr's election campaign committee, Cmte to Elect Howard B Brookins, Jr, spent $40,421 in the fourth quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Brookins's committee spent the most on legal fees in the quarter, with all those payments ($15,000) going to Shiller Preyer Law Group in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brookins's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.

Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose

Purpose

Amount

Percent of total spending

Legal fees

$15,000

37.1%

Meals

$8,600

21.3%

Petitions

$4,140

10.2%

Nsf-baptist church without spot or winkle

$3,000

7.4%

Consulting

$2,150

5.3%

T-shirts

$1,920

4.8%

Christmas dinner

$1,350

3.3%

Senior christmas brunch

$1,025

2.5%

Signs

$910

2.3%

Donations

$800

Prining checks

$498

1.2%

Christmas for senior event

$350

0.9%

Entertainment for senior brunch

$250

0.6%

Dj christmas brunch

$200

0.5%

Copies

$198

0.5%

Printing checks

$30

< 0.1%

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

Shiller Preyer Law Group

2017-11-16

$15,000

Legal fees

Roland Davis

2017-12-19

$3,040

Petitions

Bank of America

2017-12-20

$3,000

Nsf-baptist church without spot or winkle

Fan Fares Catering

2017-12-15

$2,475

Meals

Fan Fares Catering

2017-12-16

$2,475

Meals

Timothy Bellamy

2017-11-07

$2,300

Meals

New Chicago Consulting, LLC

2017-10-16

$2,150

Consulting

Eli Yahh A. Ysr'Al

2017-12-24

$1,920

T-shirts

Chicago Assembly

2017-12-19

$1,350

Christmas dinner

Timothy Bellamy

2017-11-20

$1,150

Meals

Third Baptist Church of Chicago - Heritage Plaza

2017-12-05

$1,025

Senior christmas brunch

Union Sign and Printing

2017-11-02

$910

Signs

Roland Davis

2017-12-23

$680

Petitions

Great Legacy Bloodline

2017-10-14

$500

Donations

Delux Corporation

2017-11-10

$498

Prining checks

Richard Thompson

2017-12-23

$420

Petitions

Wal-Mart

2017-12-15

$350

Christmas for senior event

28th Ward Democratic Organization

2017-10-30

$300

Donations

Willie J. Perry

2017-12-15

$250

Entertainment for senior brunch

Hot off the Racks Catering

2017-12-15

$200

Meals

Edward Swanson

2017-11-11

$200

Dj christmas brunch

Office Max

2017-12-15

$198

Copies

Delux Corporation

2017-11-08

$30

Printing checks

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