Tokar's committee spent the most on consulting, printing, postage in the quarter, with 94.7% of this total ($55,000) going to Win Marketing in Addison. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Tokar's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting, printing, postage
$58,103
76.1%
Consulting, website maintenance
$5,000
6.6%
Consulting, website design & maintenance
$5,000
6.6%
Signs
$3,192
4.2%
Newspaper advertising
$2,039
2.7%
Fundraiser tickets
$350
0.5%
Promotional items
$313
0.4%
Meet & greet expense
$300
0.4%
Raffle item for olor men's club
$219
0.3%
Annual banquet
$200
0.3%
Entertainment for meet & greet
$200
0.3%
Office supplies, printer ink
$198
0.3%
Office equipment
$184
0.2%
Welcome signs
$172
0.2%
Raffle tickets
$172
0.2%
Annual dues
$150
0.2%
Boxing show ad
$125
0.2%
Cubs raffle tickets
$100
0.1%
Food for meet & greet
$96
0.1%
Pancake breakfast placemat ad
$90
0.1%
Meeting with campaign volunteers
$81
0.1%
Supplies
$73
0.1%
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
Win Marketing
2017-03-23
$20,000
Consulting, printing, postage
Win Marketing
2017-03-30
$20,000
Consulting, printing, postage
Win Marketing
2017-03-11
$15,000
Consulting, printing, postage
Fanning Communications
2017-02-13
$5,000
Consulting, website maintenance
Fanning Communications
2017-01-18
$5,000
Consulting, website design & maintenance
Fanning Communications
2017-02-21
$3,103
Consulting, printing, postage
UNION Signs & Printing
2017-01-13
$1,912
Signs
Village View Publications
2017-03-17
$990
Newspaper advertising
UNION Signs & Printing
2017-02-03
$545
Signs
UNION Signs & Printing
2017-03-20
$420
Signs
Southwest Messenger Press
2017-03-28
$400
Newspaper advertising
Southwest Messenger Press
2017-03-22
$400
Newspaper advertising
Our Lady of the Ridge School
2017-02-05
$350
Fundraiser tickets
UNION Signs & Printing
2017-03-22
$315
Signs
On Q Promotions
2017-02-20
$313
Promotional items
American Legion Glenn Maker Post #1160
2017-03-05
$300
Meet & greet expense
Reporter Newspaper
2017-03-28
$249
Newspaper advertising
Best Buy
2017-01-14
$219
Raffle item for olor men's club
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
2017-01-13
$200
Annual banquet
Richard Zarnowski
2017-03-05
$200
Entertainment for meet & greet
Office Max
2017-03-03
$198
Office supplies, printer ink
Best Buy
2017-03-22
$184
Office equipment
Chicago Ridge Lions Club
2017-02-16
$172
Welcome signs
OLOR Men's Club
2017-01-18
$125
Boxing show ad
OLOR Men's Club
2017-02-06
$100
Raffle tickets
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