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rngrmed
MUSA Citizen Joined: May 06 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 309 |
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noticed that the candidates that haven't spent all their funds, still some time to go. What happens to the unused funds?
Vivian and tootie, I think you 2 are arguing 2 different points. Buying the seat versus getting advertisements and face time so the people can hear your opinions
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Ms Moon
So are saying you think you have to spend your way to get on council?? So once again money or your name is more important. Why should anyone, whether they are well known or not, have to spend thousands of dollars to get elected? That's the problem now. I don't care who the candidate is as long as they are honest, for the citizens, and are progressive. We don't need more of the same. That is my whole point.
Tootie No I'm telling you that it takes money be beat a current council member. Are you telling me that you don't believe that Mr Marconi and Mr Armbruster do no have an advantage in the race because they are on council? You and I may be well informed voters however that is not true for others...They vote for the name they know. |
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Ice Box
MUSA Immigrant Joined: Oct 20 2009 Status: Offline Points: 17 |
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Wow, Smith is a heck of a fundraiser. No doubt he's outworking is opposition. This should be an interesting race.
Anybody know why Nagy, Soppanish and Barge decided not to file? |
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tootie
MUSA Immigrant Joined: Sep 16 2009 Status: Offline Points: 32 |
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Mr Presta
You are exactly right. And even though I don't believe in these highly financed campaigns I also don't think it is anyone else's business how much each candidate spent even though it is public record.
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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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Just for the information of anyone who may not follow politics as closely as others:
Just because Mr. Nagy, Mr. Barge, and Mr. Soppanish did not file a report at this time, does NOT mean that they necessarily are hiding anything or breaking any laws. According to Ohio election law (and I am just going from memory here, so cut me a little slack on the details), candidates who do NOT either raise or spend more than a certain amount (I seem to recall that amount to be $1,000.00), are NOT required to file Campaign Finance Reports by this first deadline.
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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tootie
MUSA Immigrant Joined: Sep 16 2009 Status: Offline Points: 32 |
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Ms Moon
So are saying you think you have to spend your way to get on council?? So once again money or your name is more important. Why should anyone, whether they are well known or not, have to spend thousands of dollars to get elected? That's the problem now. I don't care who the candidate is as long as they are honest, for the citizens, and are progressive. We don't need more of the same. That is my whole point.
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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tootie
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I also read this and I still say if you have to buy your way into a council seat then once again it is a pathetic turn of events. Except for signs and maybe flyers there is no reason to spend that kind of money to get a council seat for Middletown. If the candidates are honest, working for the citizens and are not influenced by others then that should be enough.
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randy
MUSA Official Joined: Jan 13 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1586 |
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I do my best not use information from the Journal, which is kinda easy because I dont read it. But someone pointed this out to today and I thought it was very interesting so I wanted to post here.
Article from the journal By Ed Richter, Staff Writer Updated 8:20 AM Friday, October 23, 2009 MIDDLETOWN — So far, the city’s youngest candidate for Middletown City Council is also the leading fundraiser and spender in the 2009 ward races. According to campaign finance reports that were due by 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, 2nd Ward candidate A.J. Smith has raised $4,597 and has spent $4,029 in his race against fellow candidate John Soppanish for the open council seat. State law requires a campaign finance report to be filed with the Butler County Board of Elections if $1,000 was raised or spent prior to Thursday’s deadline. Top contributors include Roger Steven Dillman, $500; Steven Hightower, $300; Michael Scorti, $200; Tyrone Thomas, $100; Adriane Scherrer, $350; Avalon Consulting Group, $240; Ruth Ann Tracy, $100; Dan Tracy, $100; Joe Wittman, $250; Change Butler County PAC, $333; Butler County Progressive PAC, $500; Todd Jermaine Martin, $100; Anthony Klimek, $100. He also had three unnamed donors who contributed a total of $268. Smith also used his Web site to solicit campaign donations from out of state, with the largest, $467, from an Indianapolis dental firm. Other online donations totalled nearly $113. His largest in-kind donations was from the 2005 Group/Richard Isroff for $900 in office rental; ACF Mortgage Co. of Cincinnati for $336 for mailers; Haines Consulting of Canton for $1,000 for political consulting; Creative Designs for $700 in campaign literature design; and $480 to the 2005 Group/Richard Isroff. Smith’s expenses include $480 to the 2005 Group/Richard Isroff for office utilities; $1,078 in advertising; $292 to Shelly’s Signs & Graphics of Fairfield for office window signage; $224 to Signrocket of Minnesota for advertising; $250 to Bob Goughenour for advertising design; and $361 to Digital Visuals for signs. Incumbent 1st Ward Councilman Jim Armbruster was the next highest on the campaign money list. Armbruster is seeking re-election to his second term on council. Armbruster reported receiving $3,920 in contributions and spending only $852. Top contributors to Armbruster’s campaign were Kenneth Cohen, $500; T.A. Dobrozsi, $100; Harry A. Finkelman Inc., $250; Rachel Lewitt, $250; Thomas Hazelbaker, $100; Alan McCoy, $500; Robinson Realtors, $100; John Sawyer, $100; Michael Scorti, $200; Richard Slagle, $100; Robert Breitenbach, $100; David Horn of Cincinnati, $250; Heath Valentine, $100; James Wainscott, $500; and a loan from Armbruster for $100. His largest expense is ABS Publishing for $810 for printed letters, postage, and envelopes. Incumbent 3rd Ward Councilman Tony Marconi, also seeking a second term on council, reported raising $3,525 in contributions and spending $2,506 in his campaign. Marconi also reported a $2,209 loaned to his committee for signs. Many of Marconi’s top contributors mirrored Armbruster’s top contributors. Among those were Michael Scorti, $200; John Sawyer, $100; Richard Slagle, $100; Alan McCoy, an AK Steel Corp. vice president, $500; Thomas Hazelbaker, $100; T.A. Dobrozsi, $100; Kenneth Cohen, $500; James Wainscott, AK Steel Corp.’s president, chairman and CEO, $500; David Horn of Cincinnati, $250; and James Akers, CEO of Akers Packaging Services, $750. In addition to the signs, Marconi’s largest expense was to Strategic Advantage Consulting of Hamilton for $2,500. Daniel Picard, a 4th Ward candidate, reported raising $2,645 and spending $1,289 on his campaign. His largest contributor was Douglas W. McNeill, president of Atrium Medical Center, who gave $1,200. Other top contributors were Alan McCoy, $500; Andrew Singer, $150; Stephen O’Neil, $100; Robinson Inc. Realtors, $100; and Picard himself, $300. Picard’s largest expense was $1,137 to ABS Publishing for signs, envelopes, labels and accessories. Joshua Laubach, who is challenging Marconi for the 3rd Ward seat, reported raising $1,410 and spending $1,275 on his campaign. Laubach, who was 22 minutes late filing his report Thursday with the elections board, also reported in-kind contributions of $95 and a $847 loan from his committee. His top contributors included Chris Langhorne, $100; Keith and Debbie Clements, $100; Lois Laubach, $100; Kevin Puckett, $100; Larry Wood, $200; and Lois Wood, $200. Laubach’s largest expense was for signs to Digital Visuals for at total of $740. Candidates Paul Nagy, Gary Barge and John Soppanish did not file campaign finance reports. |
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