A look at funding for the 2008 council elections
A total $212,740 was spent on behalf of nine candidates seeking three Yorba Linda City Council seats in the Nov. 4 election—$70,913 per seat won and $6.06 per ballot cast, according to state-required finance statements filed by a Feb. 2 deadline.
Biggest overall spender was second-place winner Nancy Rikel, who reported $35,611 in expenses or $2.76 per vote received. Next was seventh-place finisher Mark Abramowitz, who spent $33,538 or $6.33 per vote.
Sixth-place finisher Hank Wedaa spent $27,925 or $4.23 per vote, and fourth-place finisher Ed Rakochy spent $26,499, including a $9,000 recount fee, or $2.22 per vote.
Fifth-place finisher Doug Dickerson spent $22,650 or $2.65 per vote; first-place winner Mark Schwing $18,288 or $1.37 per vote; eighth-place finisher Richard Wolfinger $15,739 or $3.85 per vote; and third-place winner Jim Winder $13,780 or $1.15 per vote.
Michael Marien, who placed last, didn’t file, indicating he spent less than $1,000.
Contributions and bills received after Dec. 31 don’t have to be reported until July 31. A total 35,092 Yorba Lindans cast ballots in the Presidential election, but some didn’t vote in the council race and others marked fewer than the three votes allowed.
Most of the money spent came from loans candidates made to their own campaigns, a method that allows them to repay themselves from future contributions, if any.
Loan totals: $41,900 for Abramowitz; $19,500 for Rikel; $16,160 for Winder, with $5,000 repaid to his daughter, Brea police officer Teri Hill; $14,600 for Dickerson; $14,000 for Schwing; $13,000 for Rakochy, $12,772 for Wolfinger; $10,000 for Wedaa.
Cash contributions from others included $16,077 to Wedaa; $11,658 to Winder; $11,197 to Rikel; $8,481 to Dickerson; $8,983 to Rakochy; $3,966 to Abramowitz; and $2,756 to Schwing.
Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation, which supported Rikel, Rakochy and Schwing, listed $2,875 in cash donations; $2,496 in loans; $9,342 in non-cash contributions, mostly items for fund-raising yard sales; and $18,706 expenses.
Past council members Wedaa, Allen Castellano and Keri Wilson closed their committees. Wedaa repaid $4,302 of his $10,000 loan and Wilson $4,067 of a $9,200 loan from cash contributions, with the respective $5,698 and $5,133 balances “forgiven.” Castellano donated his $3,453 cash balance to Messiah Lutheran Church.
Ken Ryan, who left office in 2006, has $409 in his account. In 2008, he paid $2,500 to J. Daniel McCurrie for “legal defense” and gave $250 to Dickerson.
John Anderson has a $6,633 cash balance and a $7,000 self-made loan, while Jan Horton has $3,560 cash and a $5,950 loan.
Biggest overall spender was second-place winner Nancy Rikel, who reported $35,611 in expenses or $2.76 per vote received. Next was seventh-place finisher Mark Abramowitz, who spent $33,538 or $6.33 per vote.
Sixth-place finisher Hank Wedaa spent $27,925 or $4.23 per vote, and fourth-place finisher Ed Rakochy spent $26,499, including a $9,000 recount fee, or $2.22 per vote.
Fifth-place finisher Doug Dickerson spent $22,650 or $2.65 per vote; first-place winner Mark Schwing $18,288 or $1.37 per vote; eighth-place finisher Richard Wolfinger $15,739 or $3.85 per vote; and third-place winner Jim Winder $13,780 or $1.15 per vote.
Michael Marien, who placed last, didn’t file, indicating he spent less than $1,000.
Contributions and bills received after Dec. 31 don’t have to be reported until July 31. A total 35,092 Yorba Lindans cast ballots in the Presidential election, but some didn’t vote in the council race and others marked fewer than the three votes allowed.
Most of the money spent came from loans candidates made to their own campaigns, a method that allows them to repay themselves from future contributions, if any.
Loan totals: $41,900 for Abramowitz; $19,500 for Rikel; $16,160 for Winder, with $5,000 repaid to his daughter, Brea police officer Teri Hill; $14,600 for Dickerson; $14,000 for Schwing; $13,000 for Rakochy, $12,772 for Wolfinger; $10,000 for Wedaa.
Cash contributions from others included $16,077 to Wedaa; $11,658 to Winder; $11,197 to Rikel; $8,481 to Dickerson; $8,983 to Rakochy; $3,966 to Abramowitz; and $2,756 to Schwing.
Yorba Linda Residents for Responsible Representation, which supported Rikel, Rakochy and Schwing, listed $2,875 in cash donations; $2,496 in loans; $9,342 in non-cash contributions, mostly items for fund-raising yard sales; and $18,706 expenses.
Past council members Wedaa, Allen Castellano and Keri Wilson closed their committees. Wedaa repaid $4,302 of his $10,000 loan and Wilson $4,067 of a $9,200 loan from cash contributions, with the respective $5,698 and $5,133 balances “forgiven.” Castellano donated his $3,453 cash balance to Messiah Lutheran Church.
Ken Ryan, who left office in 2006, has $409 in his account. In 2008, he paid $2,500 to J. Daniel McCurrie for “legal defense” and gave $250 to Dickerson.
John Anderson has a $6,633 cash balance and a $7,000 self-made loan, while Jan Horton has $3,560 cash and a $5,950 loan.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 AM
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