Dull finance reports filed
Published 8:23 pm Saturday, August 23, 2014
Candidates for City Council have gotten off to a slow start in fundraising and spending, according to financial reports posted on the Suffolk Voter Registrar’s website.
However, four months stand between the last report that was due and the election.
Nine candidates are vying for four seats, with only one incumbent — Mike Duman in the Chuckatuck borough — running unopposed.
Judging by his financial reports, Duman is understandably unconcerned about losing to the ghost candidate. He has reported no contributions or expenditures.
But in a three-way race in the Cypress borough, a similar level of activity has taken place. The only expense in the filed reports is by incumbent Charles Brown, the vice mayor, who paid for a $250 advertisement to Harambee Communications, a publishing company owned by fellow Councilman Lue Ward.
Brown also has given himself an $800 loan.
But challenger Leroy Bennett has reported no contributions or expenditures and has about $1,800 on hand. Challenger Clinton Jenkins has even less money on hand, as the only contribution he has received is a $5 unitemized donation.
The three-way race in the Suffolk borough is similarly unexciting, with only one candidate — Donald Goldberg, a challenger to incumbent Charles Parr — reporting a contribution, of $100.
Parr reported more than $6,700 cash on hand but no recent activity.
Kerry Holmes also is in the race but filed a statement saying he had no contributions, no expenditures and no cash on hand.
The most activity is in the Holy Neck borough, where incumbent Jeffrey Gardy has had no contributions or expenditures. He has more than $2,500 on hand.
But his challenger, Tim Johnson, has reported $350 in itemized contributions from four people and spent money for bank checks and service.
The candidates’ next report is due Sept. 15.
The reports below cover through the finance report due July 15, which covers through June 30. All amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar.
Chuckatuck
Mike Duman
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $3,108
Cypress
Leroy Bennett
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $1,792
Charles Brown
No reported contributions
Expenditures
Harambee Communication Inc. – newspaper advertisement – $250
Loan from self — $800
Cash on hand — $2,095
Clinton Jenkins
Unitemized cash contribution — $5
Unitemized in-kind contribution — $8
No reported expenditures (less in-kind contribution)
Cash on hand — $5
Holy Neck
Jeffrey Gardy
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $2,557
Timothy Johnson
Itemized contributions
Carol Frohman — $50
Gregory Feisal — $100
Myrtle Ann Mountcastle — $100
Jack Nurney — $100
Unitemized cash contributions — $350
Expenditures
BB&T – bank checks and service – $91
Cash on hand — $659
Suffolk
Donald Goldberg
Unitemized cash contributions — $100
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $100
Kerry Holmes
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
No cash on hand
Charles Parr
No reported contributions
No reported expenditures
Cash on hand — $6,749