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10.15.2007 8:13 pm

Dooley raises nearly $95,000; other St. Louis County elected officials raise little

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley raised almost $95,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30 while other county elected officials did little or no fund raising, quarterly campaign finance reports filed Monday show.

Dooley’s report with the state Ethics Commission said that, all told, he raised $315,060.45 and spent $215,453.25, as of Sept. 30. In the three-month period from July 1 to Sept. 30, he raised $94,974.74 and spent $62,442.76.

Meanwhile, County Council members Colleen Wasinger, R-Town and Country, and Greg Quinn, R-Ballwin, said their campaign committees neither raised or spent money. Councilwoman Barbara Fraser, D-University City, did not raise any money, but spent $1,689.22 and made contributions totaling $1,625.

Councilwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, said she raised $100 and spent $30 in reporting period. Council chairman Mike O’Mara, D-Florissant, filed a statement that he neither raised nor spent more than $500 in the quarter.

Dooley received contributions from developers Chesterfield Valley Development L.L.C.; DCM Development and several affiliates; Fischer & Frichtel; Phillip Hulse, founder of Summit Development; William Koman Sr., chairman of the Koman Group; Maune Development Co.; Mayer Custom Homes and an affiliate and McBride and Son Homes.

Also donating were former St. Louis County Councilwoman Edith Cunnane, R-Creve Coeur; Joe Donahue, Democratic director of elections of the St. Louis County Election Board; Illinois State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Collinsville; Charles Karam, a trustee from St. Louis County of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; Douglas Morgan, chairman of the St. Louis County Planning Commission; Patrick Twardowski and Sheila Hoffmeister, members of the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners, former Clayton Mayor Ben Uchitelle and Celeste Vossmeyer, general counsel for Metro;

Making contributions were American Airlines Inc., Quiktrip Corp. and political action committees for Central Bancompany of Jefferson City and St. Louis Realtors.

Much of Dooley’s spending was for consultants.

County Councilman John Campisi, R-south St. Louis County, reported raising $19,386 and spending $24,679,82 thus far. He has $7,481.49 in his campaign chest. In the reporting period, he raised $4,925 and spent $2,631.39. Most of the donations came from companies in or related to landscaping. Most of his spending was for fundraising.

Also, the campaign committee supporting a tax increase of 12 cents for each $100 assessed valuation for the Kirkwood Public Library that is on the Nov. 6 special election ballot said it has raised $6,454.53 and spent $1,557.09 thus far. Almost all donors were individuals who gave $100 or less. Some of the spending was for printing.

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Wow, Republicans are sitting on their butts while Dooley takes care of business. It’s no wonder the Republicans couldn’t come up with a credible and well financed opponent for Dooley in the last election. It’s not that Dooley is the greatest county executive ever, and the county’s failure to roll back property tax rates while donating $100,000 to the city for downtown security cameras leaves an opening in the next election. But it looks like the Republicans will blow it again.

— Nick Kasoff
7:50 am October 16th, 2007

Fortunately, Charlie Dooley continues Buzz Westfall’s realization that without a healthy City of St. Louis, we cannot for long have a healthy St. Louis County or St. Charles County.

One way to keep property taxes from rising in St. Louis County would have been to not accept ridiculously high purchase prices for houses. Nobody was too worried about their property taxes when they happily participated in the housing & mortgage bubble. Reality: If your house goes WAY up in value over 5 years, and if the tax is directly correlated to the value of your home, your tax bill will go up.

There are certainly some elderly folks that didn’t participate in this bubble - they simply continue to live in their homes that they’ve lived in for decades. I feel for those people, but that is certainly not the majority. Most used their homes and family farms as an ATM and I guess they think they should be immune from simple math…

— mark
12:25 pm October 16th, 2007

> There are certainly some elderly folks that didn’t participate
> in this bubble - they simply continue to live in their homes
> that they’ve lived in for decades.

Mark, it isn’t just elderly people. A home which I purchased for $48,500 in March 2006 was reassessed for $91,900. Thankfully, I have the wherewithal to appeal my reassessments, and I was very satisfied with the results. Other homeowners, young and old, were not so fortunately, and will be paying the price starting in January.

— Nick Kasoff
6:33 pm October 16th, 2007