Follow The Money...

People love to dig into campaign finance reports. There can be all kinds of interesting things. Who is donating to the candidate? What are they spending their money on? I recently saw an email being circulated around detailing the fundraising of each candidate in the Senate 10th race. kc buzz blog regularly reports on campaign finance issues in the County Exec race. I get anonymous emails asking me about anything you can imagine. The whole thing has sort of a clandestine feel to it. I feel like I should be meeting with Hal Holbrook in a parking garage late at night. "I have to do this my way" he would say in a raspy voice. "I will only confirm or deny. Follow the money..." In the interest of full (and boring) disclosure I'm providing a link to my latest fundraising report. It's pretty pathetic if you gauge a candidate's worth by dollars and cents. I've been spending more time "vote raising" than fundraising. I've got about $4K in the bank right now. Expenditures? I didn't spend a dime this past quarter. What would there be to spend money on? I do intend to come out pretty strong this quarter and start cornering some friends to get them to cough up a check. I can run a pretty decent in-district campaign on $4K but I would feel a little better with some more cash. So for all of you who know me, get ready for the full court press for contributions. I'll be seeing you soon. Unless of course you see me first...