With $61,287 in contributions and Carson Park Design being paid $10,769 which DA candidate has the advantage?

We can see which DA candidate has the financial advantage. While some volunteers also get paid in campaign, there is a difference between getting $500 or less or upto  maybe $1,000 for an entire campaign and someone getting $10, 000 in one filing period and this someone is also your brother in law and someone who has a working relationship and does cartoons for local media.

 I urge everyone to see the 460s for themselves. This is for the filing period 1/1/14 to 3/17/14.

I know there may be comments but not on my blog, so disclosure about others who got paid. I was paid $150 by the Firpo campaign so did Mitch Trachtenberg, he got $403 for this last filing period. I have volunteered a lot of time since 2010 on campaigns.  I have a right to contract for services just as Mitch or Allison Edrington who is supporting Arnie. Unlike Joel, I have not and will not be making $10, 000.

I do not gain anything but attorneys, law enforcement, unions,  realtors, advertisers and City Councilmembers do . I do not have  job opportunity possibilities like present or retired county employees by supporting a candidate. And it is really pathetic that I have to explain this because of unnamed mudslingers who have never worked on campaigns or causes for free.

Arnie Klein: Monetary contribution $1,300, Loans $2,500 Total Contributions $3, 800. Expenditures $4, 805. Beginning Cash $2,062.77. Ending cash balance $1,057.

 Arnie's girlfriend Dr. Poterack is his campaign manager and also listed as treasurer.

His last 460s had basically himself and his girlfriend as the major contributors, once again out of town contributors, last time 2 local, this time 1. Ken Bareiiles who gave $500. Number of contributors down from approximately 7 last time to 3. Loan to campaign of $2,100 from Arnie himself.

Arnie's spin that this is a grassroots campaign sounds good. Reality is that even with being the first candidate to announce and a headstart of months before the other 3 started, this campaign lacks the confidence from supporters, endorsers, and funders  and the last two filing periods have shown dismal results. Arnie Klein campaign has not disclosed whether he will be paid to represent the victim's family in the Ferrer case.

Allan Dollison: Monetary contributions $2,489. Loans $20, 351 from Dollison to the campaign. Non-moneatry $750. Beginning cash 0. Cash receipts $22, 840. Expenditures $16, 440. Ending cash balance $12,004.

Elan Firpo: Monetary contributions $6,314; Loans 7,500; Non-monetary contributions $6, 644. Beginning cash balance $ 3, 390.18; Total contribution $20, 458. Expenditures $9, 104.81. Ending cash balance $8,099.37.

Elan Firpo loaned the campaign $2,500 and Fred Sundquist, $5,000.

Maggie Fleming: Monetary contributions $54,823; no Loans; Non-monetary $6,464; Total contributions $61,287. Expenditures $34,021. Beginning Cash balance 0. Cash receipts $54,823; Misc. Increase to Cash $2,965; Ending Cash balance $23, 767.

Compared to Arnie and Elan, Maggie has a lot of $200-300 as minimum contributors, lot of $500 contributors which include Greg Anderson, Coldwell Banker Broker; the Medical Director Of Northern California Community Blood Bank, Melinda Ciarabellini, Eureka Police Officers Association, Victim Witness Advocate. Medium range is attorney Linda Hervey with $800; attorney Kathleen Bryson would be in the $1,500 range with $1,025 in contributions and non-monetary $480. Other $1,500 contributors worth noting is Wes Keat. Ruth Harvey with $4,105 and oddly enough instead of listing it as a loan like other candidates; Maggie is listed as herself as a contributor for $15,000.

Bit hard for me to believe that Rex Bohn and Mike Losey only contributed $100 or a bit over; Bonnie Neely only $300. Law enforcement, attorneys, lots of retired individuals (which may or may not be former county employees), baliffs and HSU police chief are some of the many groups that are funding Maggie. Many spouses splitting amounts. From endorsements and testimonials, we know individuals from County Counsel and the District Attorney's office are supporting Maggie. So are the unions and sheriff's office endorsements in kind with walkers and phone bankers.