LaVia's committee spent the most on principal payment, linda for aurora in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,000) going to Linda for Aurora in Aurora. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how LaVia's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Principal payment, linda for aurora
$10,000
54%
Legal fees
$2,500
13.5%
Cell phones
$1,105
6%
Contributions
$1,000
5.4%
Donations
$969
5.2%
Utilities
$928
5%
Supplies
$567
3.1%
Lease payments
$360
1.9%
Meetings
$307
1.7%
Interest payment
$287
1.6%
Campaign work
$200
1.1%
Funeral flowers
$170
0.9%
Flowers
$90
0.5%
Lunch meeting
$26
0.1%
Meals
$8
< 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
Linda for Aurora
2017-01-31
$10,000
Principal payment, linda for aurora
Ross Secler & Associates
2017-01-26
$1,500
Legal fees
Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus
2017-01-19
$1,000
Contributions
Ross Secler & Associates
2017-02-28
$1,000
Legal fees
African American Health Coalition
2017-03-16
$500
Donations
At&t
2017-03-21
$459
Utilities
T-Mobile
2017-02-27
$412
Cell phones
T-Mobile
2017-03-27
$361
Cell phones
Aurora Civic Center Authority
2017-02-28
$360
Lease payments
T-Mobile
2017-01-26
$331
Cell phones
At&t
2017-03-17
$302
Utilities
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry
2017-03-21
$250
Donations
Aurora East High School
2017-01-18
$219
Donations
Barbara Hernandez
2017-01-04
$200
Campaign work
Flower Basket
2017-03-27
$170
Funeral flowers
At&t
2017-02-27
$166
Utilities
Amazon.com
2017-01-30
$140
Supplies
Two Brothers Roundhouse
2017-01-05
$133
Meetings
American Express
2017-01-26
$99
Interest payment
American Express
2017-03-27
$96
Interest payment
American Express
2017-02-23
$92
Interest payment
Flower Basket
2017-03-27
$90
Flowers
Amazon.com
2017-02-15
$88
Supplies
Amazon.com
2017-02-16
$74
Supplies
Mother's Pancake House
2017-02-21
$53
Meetings