Norfolk Ward 7 10/20 fundraising reports

Monday was the deadline for filing campaign finance reports for the period 10/1 – 10/20.

• Earl Fraley, who was endorsed by The Virginian-Pilot Monday, raised $1,927 in cash from 44 donors, the largest of which was $204. His major expenditures are for ads. I’m still not seeing the final cost of his yard signs. He had $2,121 on hand on 10/20.
• Phillip Hawkins raised $1,607 in cash from 14 donors, the largest of which was $1,000 from the Education Association of Norfolk. His largest expenditure was for yard signs. He had $1,596 on hand.
• Angelia Williams raised $7,300 in cash from 22 donors, including $1,000 each from Peter Meredith, Jr. of Meredith Construction, attorney William F. Miller, and W. Taylor Franklin of S.L. Nusbaum Realty. Her major expenditures were for yard signs and a partial payment to a communications company. Her prior report was amended to add additional contributions and to update the prior balances; however, it still does not reflect the in-kind donation of the luncheon hosted by Fraim. The result of the amendment was that her cash on hand at 10/1 was $1,465, rather than the $126 I previously reported; however, this amendment also appears to be wrong, as it does not include (on Schedule H) the prior period’s receipts and disbursements. (Which means, of course, that the current report is wrong.) Her cash on hand was $4,478.
• Jimmie Wilson did not file electronically. According to the newspaper, he raised $931, loaned his campaign another $2,100, spent just $74 and has $3,333 on hand.

This is the last report prior to the election, although the 24-hour reporting rule has taken effect. That rule requires contributions of $500 or more to be reported to the State Board within 24 hours of receipt. As of this writing,  Fraley has reported one contribution of $1,000 and Williams has reported three contributions of $500 each. (The database to search for these can be found here on the SBE website or here on VPAP.)

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The paper’s Norfolk insert, “The Compass,” provided answers to its questionnaire by Williams and Wilson last Sunday. (The answers of Fraley and Hawkins were printed the previous Sunday.) For ease of reading, here are the questions that were posed:

1. Why should people vote for you?
2. List your top three priorities and how you would achieve them.
3. What should the city do to support the school division as it copes with less state aid, staff downsizing and student achievement gaps?
4. What is your long-term strategy for how the city should cope with lower property values, lower revenues and possible military downsizing? Give specifics.
5. Should the city take additional steps to ensure financial accountability and open, transparent decision-making? Why or why not?
6. What should the city’s capital spending priority be at a time of austerity – aging schools, planned courthouse, downtown library?