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Scott Smith is now the top fundraiser in the Mesa Mayor's race (here is the Tribune's take on it as well). Of course, we have known that for a month now because he donated $70,000 to his own campaign at the first of the year.
Because the newspapers focus so much on the "horse race" aspect of the fundraising, they often miss some interesting things. Looking back at December's Republic article and comparing it to the current amounts, you can find some interesting things:
Rex Griswold
December 9th: $77,200
December 31st: $80,000
Change: +$2,800
Scott Smith
December 9th: $60,700
December 31st: $144,000
Change: + $83,300
That's +$13,300 in contributions and +$70,000 in a personal loan
Claudia Walters
December 9th: $46,762
December 31st: $52,000
Change: +$5,238
So, for the second time in a row, Scott Smith is outpacing his opponents in fundraising in outside contributions, but his personal loan looms so much that it eclipses this fact.
Its also interesting to note that if you take out the loans, according to the Republic's count: Rex Griswold has raised about $63,000, Scott Smith has raised about $64,000 and Claudia Walters has raised about $52,000 from outside donors. Its pretty amazing how close that is! Goes to show that this thing is fairly wide open and each candidate has their own base of support.
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Uh oh, has the Rex Griswold Train come to it's final stop?
http://griswoldwatch.blogspot.com
OK im fairly new to mesa. I have been reading about the candidates to decide who to vote for in the mayors race but none seem good for a good solid conservative. Am i missing something?
Donkey slayer (I love the name by the way), when you say solid conservative, are you referencing how non are prominently "Republican"? Some people don't realize that by state law city elections are non-partisan which precludes the candidates from even stating what party they are affiliated with.
mesa, i do understand that but here is my question. again im fairly new to mesa. i live in 3 and from what i read i know enough to not vote for kavenaugh but in the mayors race which of these is the most fiscally sound conservative. they all seem the same to me. which do you think is the more conservative?
That's a little harder to judge since all have said close to the same thing regarding property taxes. The one thing Smith has said that's different is that he will completely re-look at the $400 million bond proposal which goes to the voters in November and will be repaid with a secondary property tax. He mentioned in a forum that it's interesting his opponents (who also crafted the proposal) mention this is all about public safety but on the list of priorities police and fire are like #'s 10 and 11. He stated he has always been unhappy that there was no citizen involvement in crafting the bond measure.
Interesting that's all you have to hang your hat on against Scott. I used to live in a Great Western Home and I never had any issues nor did any of my neighbors. Do you live in a Great Western Home? Did you ever sue Great Western for their supposedly shoddy home? I've lived in many different homes before and Great Western always went out of their way to fix my house even when they didn't have to. If that's leadership then yes, I would want him to be my mayor.
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