Yesterday was the deadline for local candidates to file their finance reports with the Montgomery County Board of Elections. An article in today’s DDN revealed that, for the first time, these reports have been posted at the BOE web-site in PDF form.
Candidates are required to file this initial finance report, only if they have raised $1000 or more in contributions. In Kettering’s City Council races, six candidates filed.
Ward One
This seems to be the hottest race, with three impressive candidates vying for the open council seat.
- David Brown: 9 contributors gave him a total of $4975. His major contributions were $1000 from John Staten, Chairman of O’Neil & Associates; $1000 from Dennis Quebe, President of Quebe Holdings; and $1000 from Harold Rieck of Rieck Services. See PDF.
- Rob Scott: 20 contributors gave him a total of $2,475. His biggest contribution was $500 from The Realtors Political Action Committee CP40. See PDF
- Nolan Thomas: 125 contributors gave him a total of $7530. His biggest contribution was $500 from The Realtors Political Action Committee. See PDF
Ward Two
Bruce Duke is the incumbent and has served on the City Council for about 25 years and has been an exemplary member of the Council. In this race he would have to be seen as the favorite. But, he has a very sharp challenger in Lisa Crosley who, at the LWV forum, I thought, was very impressive in her presentation. I wish I had video taped that event.
- Lisa Crosley: 11 contributors gave her a total of $6648. Her biggests contributions came from Joshua Crosley for a total of $4000 and from herself for $1550. See PDF
- Bruce Duke: 1 contributor for a total of $4020. Mr. Duke’s report shows that his campaign is totally self-financed. See PDF
Ward Three
The incumbent is Joseph Wanamaker.
- Mike Brandt reports contributions of $1651. His biggest contributors: $400 from himself, $250 from Ashley Webb and $250 from Doug Arnold. See PDF
- Joseph Wanamaker, the incumbent, did not file a finance report.
Kettering Board of Education
There are four candidates competing for two positions on the the Kettering Board of Education. The two incumbents, Lori Simms and Jim Trent, both are seeking reelection and are being challenged by Jim Ambrose and Frank Spolrich.
Jim Ambrose is the only Kettering Board candidate who filed a finance report — showing nine contributors and total contributions of $2175. His largest contribution was for $1000 from the Kettering Education Association. See PDF
Isn’t this daytonos.com?
FWIW, from the DDN on the Dayton school board race:
“Schooler is running for the board seat he was appointed to last winter. Others vying for the three seats in the Nov. 8 election are incumbents Nancy Nerny, Sheila Taylor and challenger Robert Walker.”
So check out those filings–union Dems versus Black Dems.
Sometimes it does seem that this blog is actually Kettering Schools OS. However it is a reminder that there are few places where an urban area is divided the way Kettering and Dayton are, socially and economically. How would things be different if they were one City? As to the Dayton Schools race, the description is something of an oversimplification, since there are lots of black people in unions. A bigger question is that you always have decent people who care about kids running for the Dayton school Board job. The question is what will they be able to accomplish with the limited resources that are available. You hear that 60% of jobs in the future will require education beyond high school while about 60% of DPS kids graduate. This is mostly a function of race and class and poverty segregation and its attendant problems, which the whole community needs to deal with rather than run from or use to their advantage. The social consequences of this for the whole community are enormous, since employers are seeking skilled workforces as much as anything else when they choose locations. The situation calls for a community Marshall plan providing not just wealth, but talent and personal interest and involvement.
Stan,
The filings speak for themselves. Did you look at them before pooh-poohing the observation?
Eric
The filings didn’t tell me that much. Taylor had a couple of unions and a number of known Democrat political figures, black and white. Nerny just had the Democratic party. Walker/Schooler had a list of individuals. I recognized a few names for them white and black. Don’t know if any are in unions. Looks more like insiders versus outsiders.