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The Çanadiarl Champion, Friday, May il, 2007 - A3 Lee top spender among municipal election candidates By Melanie Hennessey WaX rd 2 incumbeni Mîke Bougbî n, $4,687.50 in made by hîm; John Daly $1,27263 in expenses and conti- 1f ,,t(îjîj_ ri w I and brb-buiosfrn Iihn if and iamlv cadiae r rcefr uicp u huclacod8nd li mnddlr ndiisliad nexe hus usn ndh oni rl n ),(kMn n -'idouet,\ ilar qurdfin el8 ntnn n hrn nindY pans ndr heMuicialHctinsAc, sowd ai- Vad 3- ncnin Cn d h u,$,8990 n epcnsc NckiWar dn'tfl asaene Lee tld the (Champion diat tbis îevel uf spenclîng vas i en se i hor le;R k Mathe,$3,12.5 h htsa usines nd herefad$5,87204n epne;PuTt quite abnormal for Ihtmi. l traditiunally didn't accept funds - uwn munney tu cuver expenses; Lieven Gevaert (drupped out didnt [ile a statement. bce saîd, nuning that hes heien acclaimed a few urnes. "In the utf race), nu contributions and $150 spent. Haltun Catbulic District Scbool Buard trustee, tncum- pasi wbcn 1 was appruaclied and o[fered funds, 1 directed the Ward 4 - incumbent Wendy Schau, $ 3,142.39 in bent David Wilbelm, was acclaimed, $0 in expenses and coun- contributions tu a cuinmunity pariy' cexpenses anc1 contributions mustiy made by bier; incumbent tributtuns. But ibis trne arounid, Lee had twu cuntenders and bad to Paul Sch rerr $4,862.97 of bis uwn muney in expenses; Juhn Melanie Hennessey can be reached ai mhennesseyC iltion campaign tbruughuut the largest geographical ward i Challînor, $6,172.09 in expenses and contrnbutions largely canadianciîampion.com. Halton, wbicb bie said required "extensive matertals." Local resîdent Tony Lambert, wbo rant agaînsi Lec, spent $2,970 and received $800 in donations from indivîduals, while fellow Wards 1 and 3 candidate Frank Massara didn't file a financial staternent witb the Town. "lt jusi means hie can't run in the next regular elecion," said Town Election Admînistrator Selena Campbell. ' ~ The deadine to file was Apnil 2, and those wbo hadn't subrniited ibeir staternents by iben were sent notices of defauli and given until April 16 to do s0 without penalty explaîned Campbell. If a current member of counicil dîdn't file by then, they would be rernoved frorn office. But that t il s * 'o wasn't the case for anyone on town council. Wile Lee's fnancial statement is daîed Apnil 10, he told hCapo the Town clerk actually had bis pre-signed documentation on tîme. But sînce tbe statement bas to be signed in front of the clerk and Lee was away in England, it£ didn't becorne official untîl lbe returned. j In the race for tbe mayors seat, incumbent Mayur Gord Krantz receîved $9250 in contributions lrom indivduals, businesses and developers and spent $8801.12. "always keep îî under $ 10,000," bie rernarked. -Thaïs ap goal I set a long urne ago . I think tbaïs enough." À Meanwbile, those wbu ran againsi Krantz - AI Volpe and Gerry Marsb - spent $10.000 and $3265.77 respectively. Volpes staternent indicates bie received a $200 donation while Marsb fînanced bis carnpaîgn witb bis own rnoney Oîber candidates' figures were as follows: . Ward 1 - încumbent Brian Penman, $4200 in dona-TR PC L O OU tions frurn busînesses and developers and $412787 in expenses; incumbent Rick Day $5000 conîributed by birn- 0O h ai u self and $4101.17 in expenses: Mike Clueti, $3068 in con- sm e tributions tbat were largely made by bîrn and $2,963.95 in expenses; Greg Nelson, $1.550 in donations frorn local resi- aIsd vrwne dents and $2342.12 in expenses; Kevin Brackley (dropped out of race), $427 in contributions and $127 in expenses; Eugene Cummins, nu listed contnibutions or expenses. AUTO BODY ~ilILYk ~ (ROYAL ATLANTIC) INC. to Stay mARI @vàý