Cash starting to flow to EDC supervisor candidates

Money is starting to flow to candidates who are running for office in the June 3 primary.

Candidates had to file their first donation/expense form on March 24. The next one is due May 24. If they receive more than $1,000 they have to fill out a separate form within 24 hours.

All donations of $100 or more must be reported.

Lake Tahoe News took a look at what candidates for District 5 supervisor are collecting and spending.

Angela Swanson

She has raised $2,500, all from family. Swanson has put in $1,000 of her own money, and her husband has contributed $750.

Swanson has spent $1,600 on fundraising services, graphics and meeting space.

Teresa Piper

She has been given $1,450 in cash and $1,842.05 in in-kind services, like signs. The largest single donation was $350 from Larry Hennick of Pollock Pines.

Kevin Brown

He has received $9,185.59 in cash and has spent almost half of it.

Brown received $1,000 from Douglas Veerkamp, a major construction business owner and brother of El Dorado County Supervisor Brian Veerkamp.

His biggest expenses were the filing fee and for a campaign website.

Geri Grego

She has received $3,290 in cash. The largest cash contributor is Daniel Norem ($1,000). He is an executive vice president with Adams & Associates in Reno.

A donation listed as “other” came from A&A Service Inc. in Concord for $2,000.

She has spent $1,000 in radio advertising.

Sue Novasel

She has raised $2,800. The bulk of that – $1,000 – is from her husband’s business partner, Dick Schwarte, and another $1,000 from Laborers Local 185 PAC in Sacramento.

Novasel’s husband, Bob, has loaned the campaign $10,000.

Novasel has spent $2,000 on campaign consulting fees with the Frank Ford Company in Auburn.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report