Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:56:45 -0400
From: Gene Galin
Subject: IW – Campaign financial info for the BOC candidates
Chatham: Incumbents vs. coalition of challengers
Read the entire story at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257148
Scroll to the bottom of the web page to see pdfs of the actual financial documents
As of the April 28 reporting deadline, Patrick Barnes had raised $4,017, primarily from individual donations of $250 or less. His opponent in District 1, Sally Kost, had raised $4,147.
In District 2, Mike Cross raised $6,014 in individual donations and one loan from himself for $600. His opponent, Jeffrey Starkweather, had raised $5,236 in donations and also reported $1,400 cash on hand at the beginning of the election cycle, for a total of $6,636.
Both Kost and Starkweather turned over a significant percentage of their donations to the Chatham Coalition PAC for joint signs, mailings and stickers. The PAC reported $12,849 in total donations, including $6,746 from their candidates’ campaign chests: $3,361 from Kost and $3,385 from Starkweather. The other $6,103 in income came from individual contributions to the PAC, whose donors included current District 4 Commissioner Tom Vanderbeck ($100) and his wife, Laura Wimbish Vanderbeck ($250), Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy ($75), and Lesley Landis, a member of the Coalition’s steering committee and the wife of Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller, who gave $500.
In the District 2 race, an incomplete report for a third candidate, Armentha Lee Davis, shows she has raised $5,611 from individuals, including her largest donor, New Hill resident Paul McCoy, who gave $1,200 this cycle. Davis’ report lacks full addresses and occupation/employer for most donors; Elections Director Dawn Stumpf said she would ask Davis’ treasurer, former Pittsboro Town Board member Max Cotten, to correct the report.
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