Lopez's committee spent the most on legal fees in the quarter, with all those payments ($12,167) going to Law Office of James P. Nally in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Lopez's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Legal fees
$12,167
27.9%
Thanksgiving meals
$7,768
17.8%
Consulting
$7,181
16.5%
Contractual expenses
$5,173
11.9%
Contractual - communication & design services
$3,000
6.9%
Office equipment
$2,116
4.9%
Office work
$1,324
3%
Meals
$751
1.7%
Utilities
$485
1.1%
Hedges elementary holiday party
$480
1.1%
Printing
$450
1%
Event expense - meals
$314
0.7%
Parking
$279
0.6%
Donations
$272
0.6%
Returned deposit item
$250
0.6%
Office supplies
$204
0.5%
Transportation
$202
0.5%
Streets & san holiday party
$200
0.5%
Sponsorship - fiesta de la vida
$200
0.5%
Senior bingo
$200
0.5%
Software
$159
0.4%
Meals - budget lunches
$116
0.3%
Meals - pastors dinner
$81
0.2%
Notary application fees - hugo lopez
$53
0.1%
Notary application fees - raymond lopez
$53
0.1%
Notary application fees - francisco arroyo
$53
0.1%
Notary application fees - hector briseno
$53
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
Law Office of James P. Nally
2017-12-04
$9,667
Legal fees
Walmart
2017-11-24
$7,768
Thanksgiving meals
Stacy R. Pratt
2017-10-31
$5,681
Consulting
JKV Strategies, Inc.
2017-11-10
$5,000
Contractual expenses
Law Office of James P. Nally
2017-12-04
$2,500
Legal fees
BestBuy.Com
2017-12-06
$1,815
Office equipment
Hugo Lopez
2017-10-23
$1,500
Contractual - communication & design services
Hugo Lopez
2017-12-29
$1,500
Contractual - communication & design services
Stacy R. Pratt
2017-12-11
$1,500
Consulting
Hector Briseno
2017-12-26
$708
Office work
Hector Briseno
2017-12-11
$616
Office work
Juan Morales
2017-12-19
$480
Hedges elementary holiday party
GG Media LLC
2017-12-11
$450
Printing
Tuscany on Taylor
2017-10-02
$314
Event expense - meals
Saint Ignatius College Prep
2017-12-18
$272
Donations
La Bahia De Acapulco, Inc.
2017-10-02
$250
Returned deposit item
Hot Off The Racks Catering
2017-12-21
$200
Streets & san holiday party
Kids Sports Fitness & Education
2017-11-07
$200
Sponsorship - fiesta de la vida
Comcast
2017-11-17
$161
Utilities
Comcast
2017-12-18
$161
Utilities
Comcast
2017-10-16
$161
Utilities
Other World Computing
2017-12-06
$158
Office equipment
Bobby G's
2017-11-29
$151
Meals
BestBuy.Com
2017-12-06
$142
Office equipment
Chef Petros
2017-11-14
$116
Meals - budget lunches
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