Flowers's committee spent the most on printing service in the quarter, with all those payments ($30,012) going to Breaker Press in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Flowers's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Printing service
$30,012
21.8%
Phone bank expenses
$26,843
19.5%
Consulting
$25,800
18.7%
Polling and strategic consulting
$24,000
17.4%
Services
$4,678
3.4%
Telephone polling
$4,561
3.3%
Signs
$4,500
3.3%
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$3,339
2.4%
Insurance
$1,730
1.3%
Car lease payment
$1,663
1.2%
Campaign work
$1,500
1.1%
Ctu worker
$1,300
0.9%
Window signs
$1,300
0.9%
Postage, mailing services/processing/image/sort/insert/deliveries to po
$1,180
0.9%
Staff salaries
$1,000
0.7%
Postage
$1,000
0.7%
Utilities
$961
0.7%
Reimbursement for office supplies
$500
0.4%
Mailing
$500
0.4%
Service
$484
0.4%
Car maintenance
$402
0.3%
Phones
$237
0.2%
Internet access
$139
0.1%
Prepaid phone
$61
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Breaker Press
2018-03-13
$27,300
Printing service
Winning Conncections
2018-03-14
$26,843
Phone bank expenses
Tulchin Research
2018-01-30
$24,000
Polling and strategic consulting
Tulchin Research
2018-02-26
$13,000
Consulting
Elite Consulting
2018-03-01
$4,600
Consulting
Elite Consulting
2018-03-09
$4,600
Consulting
Winning Conncections
2018-03-28
$4,561
Telephone polling
Iris Schweier
2018-01-25
$4,500
Signs
Winning Conncections
2018-03-27
$3,339
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Breaker Press
2018-03-05
$2,712
Printing service
Elite Consulting
2018-03-20
$2,300
Consulting
breaker press co., inc.
2018-02-15
$2,248
Services
17th Ward Democratic Organization
2018-03-12
$1,500
Campaign work
Elite Consulting
2018-02-20
$1,300
Consulting
Johnnie Kearney Jr.
2018-01-30
$1,300
Ctu worker
Union Signs & Printing
2018-01-30
$1,300
Window signs
Breaker Press
2018-02-22
$1,180
Postage, mailing services/processing/image/sort/insert/deliveries to po
Breaker Press
2018-02-22
$1,180
Services
Aja Kearney
2018-02-16
$1,000
Staff salaries
U S Postal Service
2018-01-30
$1,000
Postage
Allstate
2018-03-07
$865
Insurance
Allstate
2018-03-30
$865
Insurance
Kimberly Casper
2018-03-28
$750
Services
People Gas Light And Coke Co
2018-03-16
$711
Utilities
Citizens One
2018-03-27
$554
Car lease payment
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