Patlak's committee spent the most on signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,000) going to Union signs & Printing in Joliet. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Patlak's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Signs
$9,000
17%
Advertising
$7,515
14.2%
Signs and stickers
$5,007
9.5%
Legal fees
$4,675
8.8%
Printing and design
$3,942
7.4%
Food and beverage expenses
$3,312
6.3%
Food & beverage
$2,965
5.6%
Fundraising fee
$2,757
5.2%
Fundraising
$2,500
4.7%
Field work
$2,250
4.3%
Stamps
$1,647
3.1%
Printing
$1,512
2.9%
Rent
$1,500
2.8%
Consulting
$1,000
1.9%
T-shirts
$766
1.5%
Consulting and internet advertising
$609
1.2%
Photography
$600
1.1%
Conduit for signs
$308
0.6%
Dinner and ad
$300
0.6%
Ad book and dinner tickets
$230
0.4%
Printing parade cards
$220
0.4%
Web site updates
$93
0.2%
Credit card fee for shaw
$72
0.1%
Credit card fee for paoletti
$29
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for hiller
$29
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for randall truckenbrodt
$29
< 0.1%
Credit card contribution fee for yuriy bukhalo
$29
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for donald rubin
$14
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for roland ley
$14
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for bob ahern
$14
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for joe vito contribution
$3
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for rich nikchevich
$3
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for daniel fitzgerals contribution
$1
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for ali elsaffar
$1
< 0.1%
Credit card fee for bruce christensen
$1
< 0.1%
Credit card contribution fee for john hackett
$1
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Union signs & Printing
2016-07-12
$9,000
Signs
Daily Herald Media Group
2016-09-29
$7,212
Advertising
Union signs & Printing
2016-08-02
$5,007
Signs and stickers
Law Offices of John Fogarty
2016-07-16
$4,675
Legal fees
McGaffer Communications
2016-09-07
$3,942
Printing and design
Randolph Tavern
2016-08-01
$3,312
Food and beverage expenses
Valley Lo Club
2016-09-27
$2,965
Food & beverage
Nyhan and Friends, INC.
2016-09-28
$2,757
Fundraising fee
Nyhan and Friends, INC.
2016-07-23
$2,500
Fundraising
Minuteman Press
2016-08-26
$945
Printing
Art-Flo
2016-07-06
$766
T-shirts
United States Postal Service
2016-08-12
$707
Stamps
United States Postal Service
2016-08-26
$611
Stamps
MJ Newsletter
2016-09-23
$609
Consulting and internet advertising
Photos By Jerry Daliege
2016-08-25
$600
Photography
LW Arlington, LLC
2016-07-14
$500
Rent
LW Arlington, LLC
2016-08-30
$500
Rent
LW Arlington, LLC
2016-09-20
$500
Rent
MJ Newsletter
2016-07-24
$500
Consulting
Minuteman Press
2016-09-14
$414
Printing
Home Depot
2016-07-30
$308
Conduit for signs
Facebook
2016-09-04
$303
Advertising
Illinois Citizens for Life
2016-08-09
$300
Dinner and ad
MJ Newsletter
2016-09-28
$250
Consulting
MJ Newsletter
2016-08-30
$250
Consulting
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