More than $375,000 to date

These days, I am spending a lot of time on Naples City Council elections.

Recently, I published posts about the mayor and city council races so readers could start their own research. I called them works-in-progress because I wanted to do a deep dive into the campaign contributions and spending in what has turned out to be a big-money election.

Since then, I made lists of every contribution reported to date of the maximum $1,000 to the campaigns of Ted Blankenship, Teresa Heitmann and Gary Price. I also looked at where each campaign was spending its money.

Read more here.

– Sandy Parker, Sparker’s Soapbox