Costello's committee spent the most on golf tournament expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,659) going to Acorns Golf Links in Waterloo. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Costello's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Golf tournament expenses
$7,659
21.5%
Campaign items
$4,102
11.5%
Prizes for golf outing
$2,794
7.8%
Ads
$2,787
7.8%
Cell phones
$1,746
4.9%
Auto expense
$1,541
4.3%
Salaries
$1,496
4.2%
Golf outing invitations
$1,293
3.6%
Payroll taxes
$981
2.8%
Donations
$907
2.5%
Mailing service
$826
2.3%
Airline expense/dnc convention
$712
2%
Golf outing ins./hole-in-one
$669
1.9%
Mailing services
$625
1.8%
Meeting expenses
$577
1.6%
Tee signs for tournament
$564
1.6%
Flight c winners at golf tournament
$500
1.4%
Flight a winners at golf tournament
$500
1.4%
Flight b winners at golf tournament
$500
1.4%
Postage
$470
1.3%
Gasoline
$466
1.3%
May-june expenses
$415
1.2%
Office supplies
$377
1.1%
Electronic filing
$360
1%
Meals
$352
1%
Meeting expenses/noble
$300
0.8%
Sponsor/youth bowling
$250
0.7%
Expenses july and august
$225
0.6%
Subscriptions
$218
0.6%
Walkers/southern il iwil
$210
0.6%
Meetng expenses/downstate caucus
$207
0.6%
Wreaths for arlilngton donation
$200
0.6%
Printing service
$194
0.5%
Office cleaning
$175
0.5%
Dinner with office staff
$165
0.5%
Hotel charges
$151
0.4%
Meal/meeting expenses
$105
0.3%
Parade expenses
$80
0.2%
Drink
$4
< 0.1%
Drinki
$1
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Acorns Golf Links
2016-09-29
$7,659
Golf tournament expenses
Golf Galaxy
2016-09-23
$1,311
Prizes for golf outing
Sign Solutions
2016-08-04
$1,298
Campaign items
Freeburg Printing & Publishing
2016-07-11
$1,293
Golf outing invitations
Veritiv
2016-07-21
$1,132
Ads
Sign Solutions
2016-09-29
$1,118
Campaign items
U.S. Treasury Dept.
2016-07-28
$967
Payroll taxes
Verizon Wireless
2016-07-15
$942
Cell phones
Wells Fargo Bank
2016-09-07
$864
Auto expense
Mailing Methods
2016-08-16
$826
Mailing service
Curt Smith's Sporting Goods
2016-09-23
$762
Prizes for golf outing
Bank of O'Fallon
2016-07-21
$677
Auto expense
Thoman Agency
2016-09-01
$669
Golf outing ins./hole-in-one
Mailing Methods
2016-07-14
$625
Mailing services
Kynsak Signs
2016-09-22
$564
Tee signs for tournament
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-07-08
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-08-03
$498
Salaries
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-09-01
$498
Salaries
US Postal Service
2016-08-19
$470
Postage
Columbia Sportswear Outlet
2016-07-08
$468
Campaign items
Gander Mountain
2016-09-26
$465
Prizes for golf outing
Anthony L. Vecera, Jr.
2016-07-08
$415
May-june expenses
Priceline.com
2016-08-15
$380
Airline expense/dnc convention
Barbara S. Mason Campaign Services, Ltd.
2016-08-16
$360
Electronic filing
Southwest Airlines
2016-07-18
$316
Airline expense/dnc convention
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