If campaign finance expenditures are any measure of a candidate’s willingness to spend money, the half dozen hopefuls aiming for a seat on the Truckee Town Council are looking like a pretty conservative bunch.
Despite the volume of signs around town, none of the candidates reported spending more than $2,500 in the election cycle that ended Sept. 30.
The numbers are, in fact, so small, that they’re hardly worth reporting. But since we have them, we decided to pass them along to readers.
Jamie Brimer, owner of Brimer Construction and Plumbing, comes in as the top spender at $1,869 for the recent reporting period. He raised $2,074, including a $500 loan to his own campaign, a $250 contribution from Truckee Tahoe Lumber Co., and several $100 contributions from other businesses and locals.
Alicia Barr, director and vice president of FiftyFifty Brewing Co. and Drunken Monkey Sushi, spent $1,467. She received $250 contributions from Truckee Tahoe Lumber Co., Mark Tanner Construction, and Holliday Development, developer of the yet-to-be-built Truckee Railyard project in downtown Truckee.
Denny Dickinson, retired, comes in third with $1,028 in spending and a campaign that is almost half self-funded.
Patrick Flora, who owns Summit Valley Construction, spent $659, all funds he’d loaned his own campaign. Joan deRyk Jones, co-owner of Truckee River Winery, as well as vice president of J&J Construction Management and Jones Corda Construction of Tahoe City, reports a beginning cash balance of almost $2,300 with no contributions and no expenditures for the period ending Sept. 30.
Daryl Simms, an advertising executive, spent $2,417, all funds he’d loaned his campaign.
