15K after 2014 council election
Innes coun.Jody mitic receivednearly $15, 000 from donors after the oct.27 election far more than anyone else http://www.irmina.co.uk/ on Ottawa city council.
That means roughly one third of all the money the new councillorcollected in his bid for a council seat arrivedafter he had been declared the winner.
"We had bills left over, including fundraising costs, that were high, and the more we can fundraise, the less the candidate has to settle debt with,"Said brenden johnstone, who managed mitic's campaign and now works for the east end councillor.
Aretired canadian forces sniper who lost both legs in an ied blast in afghanistan, mitic defeated eight other candidates to succeed longtime councillor rainer bloess.
The relentless pace of the campaign caused some issues for hislegs, which are still healing, so the campaign hired a driver at a cost of $3, 000.
But it also spent almost $2, 500 on campaign apparel jackets, t shirts, polo shirts that didn't sell as well as was anticipated, paid a consultant for fundraising support, planning and development work, and held a pasta and comedy night that didn't break even.
In an election year, candidates are allowed under provincial law to accept donations and incur campaign expenses from the day they file their nomination papers untildec.
The citizen asked eachmember of council, including mayor jim watson, how much money he or she collected after election day and whether they held any specialfundraising events to help cover campaign debts still hanging over their hands.
Few councillors held formal events, but moneycontinued toflow in.
Mitic held a small fundraiser in the byward market on dec.3, the same day as his first council meeting.The event helped him raise a total of $14, 810 more than one third of the $41, 018 he collected between his nomination date(April 28)And the end of the year.
But he still finished the campaign with a deficit of more than $3, 500, which he's had to ralph lauren sale assume.
Watson raised $2, 725 after the election, followed by orlans coun.Bob ralph lauren uk stores monette with $2, 525.Rounding out the top five were river coun.Riley brockington, who collected about $2, 200 and gloucester southgate coun.Diane deans, who brought in$1, 950.
Mitic also outspent his council colleagues on fundraising activities and events during the campaign, spending nearly $6, 900.
Rideau rockcliffe coun.Tobi nussbaum spent $5, 106 on a pair of fundraising parties, while alta vista coun.Jean cloutier spent $5, 100 on refreshments, contribution forms and postage for a fundraiser.
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