Silva's committee spent the most on campaign staff in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,500) going to David Skotticelli in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Silva's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign staff
$4,500
15.5%
Consulting
$4,000
13.8%
Campaign mailers
$3,847
13.2%
Printing campaign mailers
$3,324
11.4%
Internet advertising - facebook
$2,251
7.7%
Legal fees
$2,187
7.5%
Lawn signs, large bus cards, walk cards, printing
$1,322
4.5%
Graphic design & pens
$890
3.1%
Fund raising (food)
$800
2.8%
Consulting & driving campaign day
$800
2.8%
Newspaper advertising
$608
2.1%
Stamps and envelopes
$604
2.1%
March 2016 publication advertising
$590
2%
Photography - mailers
$550
1.9%
Campaign consulting
$500
1.7%
Design layout mailers
$500
1.7%
Printing letter head, envelopes and layout design
$365
1.3%
Enhanced voter data
$300
1%
Contribution to organization
$300
1%
Printing posters - campaign
$270
0.9%
Campaign posters
$270
0.9%
Large palm cards
$185
0.6%
Campaign palm cards
$120
0.4%
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
David Skotticelli
2016-03-14
$4,500
Campaign staff
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-03-03
$3,324
Printing campaign mailers
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-03-09
$2,636
Campaign mailers
Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, PC
2016-02-05
$2,187
Legal fees
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-03-03
$1,500
Consulting
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-02-02
$1,500
Consulting
CHI-TOWN Printing, Inc.
2016-03-08
$1,322
Lawn signs, large bus cards, walk cards, printing
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-03-09
$1,211
Campaign mailers
A. C. Signs & Consultant
2016-01-06
$1,000
Consulting
Graphic Image
2016-02-26
$890
Graphic design & pens
2 Knights LLC dba The Bar 10Doors
2016-02-17
$800
Fund raising (food)
Derrick Cabrera
2016-03-13
$800
Consulting & driving campaign day
Facebook
2016-03-15
$750
Internet advertising - facebook
Facebook
2016-03-13
$750
Internet advertising - facebook
Costco
2016-01-31
$604
Stamps and envelopes
Gazette Chicago
2016-02-18
$590
March 2016 publication advertising
Derrick Cabrera
2016-03-04
$500
Campaign consulting
Graphic Image
2016-03-08
$500
Design layout mailers
Gazette Chicago
2016-01-22
$423
Newspaper advertising
CHI-TOWN Printing, Inc.
2016-01-24
$365
Printing letter head, envelopes and layout design
Facebook
2016-03-10
$352
Internet advertising - facebook
Callie Lipkin Photography, Inc
2016-03-08
$350
Photography - mailers
E.L.E.C.T. Inc.
2016-01-19
$300
Enhanced voter data
Independent Voters of Illinios Independent Precinct Org IVI-IPO
2016-01-03
$300
Contribution to organization
CHI-TOWN Printing, Inc.
2016-02-18
$270
Printing posters - campaign
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