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

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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
2%
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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