Campaign Finance Reports

[Piiilot]

A quick review of the campaign finance reports provide an interesting picture of our City Council Candidates. The only incumbent running has raised the most money - obviously. 2 things concern me about his finance report. First, his largest donation comes from a large real estate developer. (Why does this disturb me - Think water restrictions) The other thing that disturbs me even more is the financial support from the PAC - Frisco Family First. This is the PAC that is fighting the evils of alcohol and trying to impose their will and beliefs upon all of us. So he was for the Arts Center, and he is being supported by the Anti-Alcohol PAC folks who double as the cast of Footloose. He has by far the largest number of campaign contributors. His average contribution is about $140.00 from Frisco Residents. He did raise some money from outside of Frisco - not a lot, but his average contribution from outside of Frisco is about $350.00.

His opponent - poor guy. I am wondering if he is running because he was playing a drinking game and lost a bet, and the consequence was having to run ? He raised more money from people outside the City of Frisco than from Frisco Residents. His average contribution from a Frisco Resident was around $77.00. His average contribution from non-residents is around $220.00. He has also loaned his campaign the majority of the money he has. I am thinking if 56% of the money he has raised has come from outside the city, he does not have a chance.

The next 2 candidates are very interesting. Sowell has loaned his campaign a lot of money too - at 5% interest. 48% of his money has come from outside the City of Frisco, with the average donation from outsiders at around $337.00. His donations from Frisco Residents are pretty strong, they average about $180.00 per donation - but again he has raised less than $3,000.00

Bollner appears to be a strong candidate financially. While he raised over $4500.00 only 15% of his money has come from outside the city. With 85% of his money coming from Frisco Residents, they appear to be willing invest in him as a candidate. His average contribution from a Frisco Resident is over $250.00 Bollner has also loaned his campaign some money.

I have always believed that you have to follow the money to see where a candidates priorities lie.

[Eagle_rc]

Originally Posted by Piiilot

A quick review of the campaign finance reports provide an interesting picture of our City Council Candidates. The only incumbent running has raised the most money - obviously. 2 things concern me about his finance report. First, his largest donation comes from a large real estate developer. (Why does this disturb me - Think water restrictions) The other thing that disturbs me even more is the financial support from the PAC - Frisco Family First. This is the PAC that is fighting the evils of alcohol and trying to impose their will and beliefs upon all of us. So he was for the Arts Center, and he is being supported by the Anti-Alcohol PAC folks who double as the cast of Footloose. He has by far the largest number of campaign contributors. His average contribution is about $140.00 from Frisco Residents. He did raise some money from outside of Frisco - not a lot, but his average contribution from outside of Frisco is about $350.00.

His opponent - poor guy. I am wondering if he is running because he was playing a drinking game and lost a bet, and the consequence was having to run ? He raised more money from people outside the City of Frisco than from Frisco Residents. His average contribution from a Frisco Resident was around $77.00. His average contribution from non-residents is around $220.00. He has also loaned his campaign the majority of the money he has. I am thinking if 56% of the money he has raised has come from outside the city, he does not have a chance.

The next 2 candidates are very interesting. Sowell has loaned his campaign a lot of money too - at 5% interest. 48% of his money has come from outside the City of Frisco, with the average donation from outsiders at around $337.00. His donations from Frisco Residents are pretty strong, they average about $180.00 per donation - but again he has raised less than $3,000.00

Bollner appears to be a strong candidate financially. While he raised over $4500.00 only 15% of his money has come from outside the city. With 85% of his money coming from Frisco Residents, they appear to be willing invest in him as a candidate. His average contribution from a Frisco Resident is over $250.00 Bollner has also loaned his campaign some money.

I have always believed that you have to follow the money to see where a candidates priorities lie.

I think with the small amount of money raised locally, that the number of campaign contributor's is the key metric to look at. I would give money to the incumbent, and he does not support 100% of my belief's, but has my trust. I can understand why he has the most contributors.

I dont know the other candidates that well, and just learning about the other race..

[lucas mccain]

Originally Posted by Piiilot

I have always believed that you have to follow the money to see where a candidates priorities lie.

Yeah, that and who answers a Star Trek vs Star Wars question correctly.
Good to know you base everything on the overall picture and sound judgement.

[Tracy Gamble]

There is a lot of editorializing built into the initial post that leaves little question as to the poster's personal candidate biases -- but as someone who is not an FOL regular and hasn't the first clue about the dynamics around here, I'll leave the rest of Piiilot's post to be addressed by other users.

But as someone who is working on Will Sowell's campaign, I feel the need to set the record straight on a couple of black-and-white number errors that have been made:

Originally Posted by Piiilot

Sowell has loaned his campaign a lot of money too - at 5% interest.

Will did not loan money to his campaign with a 5% interest charge. That was his opponent.

Will loaned his campaign $28,154.40 with no interest, and has spent $22,697.25 to date. Will's expenses have all been hard costs, mostly on advertising (such as web hosting, signs, t-shirts, etc) and events.

Dan loaned his campaign $20,000.48, charging 5% interest, and has spent $26,335.64 to date. According to his campaign finance report, the majority of Dan's expenses have been to consultants.

I'm all for "a quick review of the campaign finance reports", as long as the details are being relayed accurately!

[Piiilot]

Originally Posted by Tracy Gamble

There is a lot of editorializing built into the initial post that leaves little question as to the poster's personal candidate biases -- but as someone who is not an FOL regular and hasn't the first clue about the dynamics around here, I'll leave the rest of Piiilot's post to be addressed by other users.

But as someone who is working on Will Sowell's campaign, I feel the need to set the record straight on a couple of black-and-white number errors that have been made:



Will did not loan money to his campaign with a 5% interest charge. That was his opponent.

Will loaned his campaign $28,154.40 with no interest, and has spent $22,697.25 to date. Will's expenses have all been hard costs, mostly on advertising (such as web hosting, signs, t-shirts, etc) and events.

Dan loaned his campaign $20,000.48, charging 5% interest, and has spent $26,335.64 to date. According to his campaign finance report, the majority of Dan's expenses have been to consultants.

I'm all for "a quick review of the campaign finance reports", as long as the details are being relayed accurately!

Tracy, Thank you for your correction - you are correct, it was not Sowell with the 5%, he was the one that has something about being a Christian in the first sentence of his bio.
You are correct, I am biased I think they are all a bunch of boobs. :-)

[lucas mccain]

Wait... didn't you say you are Catholic? Doesn't that fall under the Christian umbrella in your eyes?
Why should he keep his personal beliefs hidden from public knowledge?
If you don't have to, why should he?

[Piiilot]

Originally Posted by lucas mccain

Wait... didn't you say you are Catholic? Doesn't that fall under the Christian umbrella in your eyes?
Why should he keep his personal beliefs hidden from public knowledge?
If you don't have to, why should he?

This is what Trolling looks like.


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[lucas mccain]

Originally Posted by Piiilot

This is what Trolling looks like.


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This is what Dodging the question looks like.

[Frisco119]

Originally Posted by Piiilot

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His opponent - poor guy. I am wondering if he is running because he was playing a drinking game and lost a bet, and the consequence was having to run ? He raised more money from people outside the City of Frisco than from Frisco Residents. His average contribution from a Frisco Resident was around $77.00. His average contribution from non-residents is around $220.00. He has also loaned his campaign the majority of the money he has. I am thinking if 56% of the money he has raised has come from outside the city, he does not have a chance.

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Sometimes one must dig a little deeper than a finance report.

Brent is running a self funded campaign and is not asking for money. He wants to be indebted to no faction or group but wants to represent the entire city.

Think votes that money can't buy

The "outside" contributions are from family members.

[Eagle_rc]

Originally Posted by Frisco119

Sometimes one must dig a little deeper than a finance report.

Brent is running a self funded campaign and is not asking for money. He wants to be indebted to no faction or group but wants to represent the entire city.

Think votes that money can't buy

The "outside" contributions are from family members.

I appreciate that.. But at the dollars were talking about, no one is going to get 'Bought'. That is a ridiculous concept..

As for getting local citizen's to contribute, it's could be a indication of community involvement and support structures.