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.



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.