Bond's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($19,475) going to American Strategies LLC in Forest Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bond's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$19,475
35%
Principal payment, bond
$17,500
31.5%
Signs
$6,516
11.7%
Consulting
$6,234
11.2%
Production media expenses
$1,200
2.2%
Palm cards
$971
1.8%
Postage
$861
1.6%
Notepad handouts
$691
1.2%
Video ad for facebook
$600
1.1%
Advertising - facebook
$325
0.6%
Email campaign messages
$300
0.5%
Field work - exhibit booth at huntley expo
$255
0.5%
Palm cards - door hangers
$208
0.4%
Facebook ads
$176
0.3%
Campaign work
$175
0.3%
Postcards
$79
0.1%
Office supplies
$26
< 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
American Strategies LLC
2018-03-07
$12,950
Mailing
Marion Bond
2018-03-23
$7,000
Principal payment, bond
American Strategies LLC
2018-03-13
$6,525
Mailing
Awesome Campaigns
2018-01-26
$6,516
Signs
American Strategies LLC
2018-01-29
$6,234
Consulting
Marion Bond
2018-02-26
$5,000
Principal payment, bond
Stanton J Bond
2018-03-24
$5,000
Principal payment, bond
Video Impressions
2018-02-26
$1,200
Production media expenses
Wally's Printing
2018-02-28
$691
Notepad handouts
Video Impressions
2018-03-23
$600
Video ad for facebook
Marion Bond
2018-03-23
$500
Principal payment, bond
USPS Sugar Grove
2018-01-29
$350
Postage
Vistaprint USA
2018-01-25
$334
Palm cards
American Strategies LLC
2018-02-25
$300
Email campaign messages
Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce
2018-02-07
$255
Field work - exhibit booth at huntley expo
Facebook
2018-03-05
$250
Advertising - facebook
USPS Geneva, IL
2018-02-12
$211
Postage
Vistaprint USA
2018-02-28
$208
Palm cards - door hangers
Facebook
2018-03-16
$176
Facebook ads
Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce
2018-02-07
$175
Campaign work
USPS - Aurora
2018-03-13
$150
Postage
USPS - Aurora
2018-02-16
$150
Postage
Vistaprint USA
2018-01-09
$138
Palm cards
Vistaprint USA
2018-02-27
$127
Palm cards
Vistaprint USA
2018-03-06
$107
Palm cards