Monday, March 19, 2012

Davies the big spender during Vernon's civic election

The three contenders for Vernon mayor spent a lot of cash in November.  Now public documents reveal third-place finisher Patrick Davies spent $31,208 on his campaign while there was $19,689 in expenses for Rob Sawatzky who topped the polls and $10,900 for incumbent Wayne Lippert, who placed second. Both Davies and Sawatzky self-financed much of their campaigns, while the bulk of Lippert's funding came from individual and business donors. Of the councillor candidates, incumbent Patrick Nicol had the highest expenses - $13,233. Nicol funded his own campaign. The deadline for filing civic election financial records was Monday. Look for more details in Wednesday's Morning Star.

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