Gainesville City Commission 2005 Races:

Due to time and health constraints, there will be NO ADJUSTED amounts or GRAPHICs included in my reports for these races. Without the adjusted reports, the effect of multiple donations from a single source are not relected in the stats. Statistics reported for district 2 candidate Braddy and district 3 candidate Domenech, and At-large-2 candidate Bryant in particular, would be quite different if an adjusted report had been included because they each accepted $850 from seven business contributions which appear to be the same interest. Those contributions were received on the same day, share the same street or PO Box address, and are known to me to be interrelated corporations. The stats in my report show these as seven smaller donations rather than the single large donation that would be reported in an adjusted report. In addition, district 3 candidate Mike Belle and district 2 candidate Gabriel would also have quite different statistics in an adjusted report because of the number of contributions they funded themselves. This should be taken into consideration when interpreting any of the numbers reported in these 2005 Gainesville City Commission races.
-Susan

Individual Candidate Reports     Candidate Side-by-side Comparision 2005 Gainesville City Commission District 2 2005 Gainesville City Commission District 2 2005 Gainesville City Commission District 3 2005 Gainesville City Commission District 3 2005 Gainesville City Commission At-large-2 2005 Gainesville City Commission At-large-2   reports on races in 2004   reports on races in 2003   reports on races in 2002   reports on races in 2000-2001

Until I began the Buyers Guide I knew alot about the platforms but little about the financial backing of the candidates for whom I voted. In May 2000 I decided to try a new approach to elections: as if I were buying a used car. I should know how many miles my candidates have been driven and by whom; how well they have been taken care of and by whom; whether they have remained around town or have taken on long distance milage. A Buyers Guide would have been helpful, but one did not exist. Now one does.

The above reports contain the following information:

• the end result (cost per vote)
• amount by location
• amount by district county
• list of contributions from out-of-district
• number by size of contribution
• amount by occupation
• amount from amount from PAC & CCE special interests
• list of PAC & CCE contributions
• list of maximum ($500) contributions
• amount from in-state/out-of-state
• list of names that occur in multiple contributions (recent reports only)
• amount by type of contribution
• amount by type of donor (new report)

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These reports were derived from campaign contribution data retrieved from the Florida Division of Elections web site, Alachua County Supervisor of Elections web site, and the official governmental offices designated to collect these reports on the date I obtained it. Although much care was given to provide accurate statistics, I give no guarantee that the information reported is without error. You can always run the numbers yourself and compare them to my reports.
- Susan Wright