Voter Guide: Mayoral, school board candidates file campaign finance reports

Georgetown mayoral candidates file campaign financial reports

The Georgetown mayoral election takes place Saturday, May 6, with early voting running April 24-May 2. Residents have the option to vote for incumbent Josh Schroeder or opponent Jonathan Dade.

Campaign financial reports were due April 6 and are made public for city candidates Mr. Dade filed his report late with a religious exemption form included because of delays caused by the Passover holiday at the beginning of April.

Josh Schroeder

The following are the campaign finance reports for Mr. Schroeder. Information was transcribed based on the handwritten reports submitted to the City of Georgetown and may be misspelled.

Mr. Schroeder reported 101 contributions totaling $56,850, and expenditures of $20,932.52. Donors were:

• $5,000 — Ashby Signature Homes LLC; Vision 360 LLC, Austin
• $2,500 — Ed Horne, Austin
• $2,000 — Scott Felder Homes LLC, Austin
• $1,500 — Mike and Gayle Heath, (no address given)
• $1,000 — 3701 SH29 LLC; Donald and Iva McLachlan, Georgetown
• $1,000 — Blake Mager; Michael B. Elliott; CBTX Strategies LLC; Patrick Rose; Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP; James Lonridy; Cobb Fendy PAC; Riza Badiozzamani; William Snead; Halff Associates PAC, (no address given)
• $1,000 — Willis Conner; Paul and Lisa Terrill; Curtis E. Ford, Austin
• $1,000 — 11 North Main Ventures LLC, Round Rock
• $750 — Seth Mcarig, (no address given)
• $500 — Amanda Sammons Realty LLC; Gary and Lynne Newman; Milton and Judy Owen, Georgetown
• $500 — EWEAC Properties LLC, Wimberley
• $500 — Robert and Beverly Chody, Austin
• $500 — K.C. Willis; Stephen Dickey; Ercel Brashear; John Yearwood; Mark Renfro; Tim Hajnie; Intrepid Investments; Dianna Wakis; Peter Cesaro; John N. McYantive; Pam Maderc; Jim Schwertner; Metcalf, Wolf, Stuart & Williamsm LLP; Jay Pumphrey; Colin Armstrong; Wilco 100 PAC; Mark Burger; Steven Davidson; Schwertner Campaign Acct; CP&Y PAC; DEC PAC; Pape Dawson Engineers PAC, (no addresses given)
• 51 donations of less than $500

Mr. Schroeder's expenses were:

$7,851.30 to Community Impact Newspaper for advertising
$4,675.88 to Williamson County Sun for advertising
$2,380.05 to Minuteman Press for signs and rack cards
$2,000 to Melanie Conner for social media
$1,800 to Charles Carter for signs
$1,595 to Sun City Sun Rays for print advertising
$300 to Georgetown Chamber for room rental
$330.27 to Minuteman Press for rack cards
$300 to Charles Carter for campaign sign installation

Jonathan Dade

Mr. Dade's finances were filed Wednesday, April 19, with the Georgetown city secretary’s office. Reports detail political contributions and related expenses between February and April.

Mr. Dade reported receiving $18.57 in political contributions. No donor identification information was included as individual contributions did not exceed $50. Mr. Dade reported no campaign related expenses.

Georgetown ISD Place 4 board candidates file finance reports

Candidates for Georgetown ISD board of trustees have filed their first set of campaign finance reports, which outline contributions and political expenses during their campaigns.

Georgetown ISD released campaign finance reports of Stephanie Blanck and Marcos Gonzalez, who are opponents for Place 4. The reports outline contributions accepted and expenses for the campaign made up through the filing deadline, April 6.

Place 5 candidate Anthony Blankenship is running unopposed and was not required to file campaign finance reports.

Stephanie Blanck

Ms. Blanck reported 31 contributions totaling $8,225.23 and expenditures of $4,744.01 through April 6. Her donors were:

$1,000 — Stephen Benold, Georgetown
$500 — Jim Deuser; Mary Oliver; Sam Pfiester; Linda Simonson, Georgetown
$300 — Prudence Orr, Georgetown
$250 — Mike Howell, Georgetown
$242 — Tanya Easton; Charlotte Parramore; Sam Pfeister, Georgetown
$242.28 — Cass Wheeler (no address given)
$200 — Wayne Gusman; Todd Wade, Georgetown
$194 — Williams Barrow (no address given)
$100 — George and Barbara Brightwell; Walt Doering; Clara Dugan; Mard Herrick; Suzie Kovach; Mary Ellen Thomas, Georgetown
$97 — Meredith Cox; Anne Bustos, Georgetown
$96 — Heather Moeller; Karen Sheldon, Georgetown
$50 — Alma Molleur, Georgetown
$48 — Peggy Busch; Diana Underwood, Georgetown
$40 — Barbara Stoltenburg, Georgetown
$30 — Patricia Crowley, Georgetown
$29 — Lisa Carr, Georgetown
$18.93 — Randall Johnson, Georgetown

Ms. Blanck’s expenses were:

$1,646.86 to Minuteman Press for yard signs
$950 to Community Impact
$600 to Sun City Sun Rays for print advertising
$560 to Charlotte Parramore for blockwalk software
$456.43 to Roberts Printing campaign door hangers
$300 to Charles Carter for campaign sign installation
$127.98 to D&L Printing for campaign flyers
$102.84 to Avery Printing for campaign business cards

Marcos Gonzalez

Mr. Gonzalez reported 13 contributions totaling $4,500 and expenditures of $6,544.73. His donors were:

$1,000 — Wilco 100 PAC, Georgetown
$500 — Chalton Watters; Andrew Webb, Georgetown;
$500 — Vision 360 Development, Austin
$300 — Dennis Chapman, Jr., Georgetown
$250 — Robert Brent; Jarrett Dooley; John Gustainis; Bradley Smith; Trout Fish Holdings, LLC, Georgetown
$250 — Patrick M. Rose, San Marcos
$100 — Melanie Connor; Ronald and Barbara Garland Family Trust, Georgetown