{"id":23255,"date":"2016-04-26T19:43:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T23:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=23255"},"modified":"2016-04-29T10:09:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:09:28","slug":"breakdown-danville-city-council-campaign-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/26\/breakdown-danville-city-council-campaign-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"BreakDown: Danville City Council Campaign Funding (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running a political campaign can be expensive, even at the local governmental level. So where is all of the major money coming from for this year&#8217;s Danville City Council election? SouthsideCentral has the answers after a lot of research. Let&#8217;s do a detailed look at each candidate&#8217;s contributions, starting with the incumbents and moving to the challengers.<\/p>\n<p>We call this a BreakDown.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Monday was the last campaign finance report deadline before the May 3rd election. For each incumbent, we&#8217;ll look at the contributions over $100. Those are the ones that have to itemized with the donor&#8217;s name, address and work. We&#8217;ll also add any points of interest that we found on the reports. We&#8217;ve put the incumbents names into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.random.org\/lists\/?mode=advanced\" target=\"_blank\">Random.org list randomizer<\/a>, and we&#8217;ll work through them in the randomized order. Away we go!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Fred Shanks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributors over $100:<\/strong> Berkeley Bidgood &#8211; $250, Huntington Byrnes &#8211; $300, Tony Lundy &#8211; $600, Dianne McMahon &#8211; $250, John Shanks &#8211; $300, Thomas Taylor &#8211; $200, Robert Woodall &#8211; $300, William Gentry &#8211; $300, Dianne McMahon &#8211; $100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Shanks has loaned his own campaign $100. Shanks uses the Virginia State Board of Elections electronic filing method.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sherman Saunders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributors over $100:<\/strong> Fisher &amp; Watkins Funeral Home &#8211; $2000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Saunders has paid a lot for advertising in this election, including $1687.50 to the Register &amp; Bee, $1014.72 to WBTM and $1001 to WDVA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Larry Campbell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributors over $100:<\/strong> Lawrence Campbell Sr. &#8211; $200, Jane Dittmar &#8211; $500, Fisher &amp; Watkins Funeral Home &#8211; $1500, Zachary Hairston &#8211; $150, Ben Rippe &#8211; $200, United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union &#8211; $250<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lee Vogler:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Berkeley Bidgood &#8211; $250, Steve DelGiornio &#8211; $175, Disruptor Capitol &#8211; $500, Catherine McCubbins &#8211; $500, Leonid Passov &#8211; $101<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s look at the challengers. Robin Dabney is exempt from campaign finance reports because she has sworn that she will be under the $1000 reporting threshold for both contributions and expenses. We&#8217;ve randomized their names and away we go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philip Haley:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Phil &amp; Terri Hall &#8211; $300, Charlie &amp; Carol Majors &#8211; $250, William Gentry &#8211; $500, AKB Investment &#8211; $200, Philip Haley (himself) &#8211; $200<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thomas Motley:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Fisher &amp; Watkins Funeral Home &#8211; $1000, Thomas Motley (himself) &#8211; $127.68<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Trina McLaughlin:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Trina McLaughlin (herself) &#8211; $121, Toneisia Chase &#8211; $750<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> In-kind donation of $496 for signs from Denise Montgomery. McLaughlin uses the Virginia State Board of Elections electronic filing method.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Jim Lindley:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Jim Lindley (himself) &#8211; $1000, Janice Beachman &#8211; $100, Lucy Goode &#8211; $100, Richard Hines &#8211; $500<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sheila Baynes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> None.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Baynes uses the Virginia State Board of Elections electronic filing method.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Madison Whittle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contributions over $100:<\/strong> Philip &amp; Carol Daly &#8211; $200, Johnny Haymore &#8211; $200, Denise Derham &#8211; $1700, George Buchanan &#8211; $500<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notes:<\/strong> Whittle&#8217;s company &#8220;MJRW, Inc.&#8221; has loaned his campaign $8514.22 in total. Whittle also lists in-kind donations from\u00a0 Golden Leaf Bistro ($587.66) &amp; Comfort Inn &amp; Suites ($1352.76) for meet &amp; greet events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Whew. There you have it. Reminder: Contributions under $100 are not itemized on campaign finance reports.<\/p>\n<p>The election is May 3rd, and SouthsideCentral is going to be the best media source for you to find the most in-depth coverage&#8230; like this BreakDown.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/KuEywg6.jpg?resize=450%2C298\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a political campaign can be expensive, even at the local governmental level. So where is all of the major money coming from for this year&#8217;s Danville City Council election? SouthsideCentral has the answers after a lot of research. 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