Yarbrough's committee spent the most on postage in the quarter, with all those payments ($4,554) going to US Postal Service in Carol Stream. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Yarbrough's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Postage
$4,554
17%
Casual labor
$3,850
14.3%
Consulting
$3,500
13%
Printing
$3,414
12.7%
Computer purchases
$1,816
6.8%
Rent
$1,500
5.6%
Office supplies
$1,310
4.9%
Fundraising expenses
$1,250
4.7%
Utilities
$1,073
4%
Telephone service
$944
3.5%
Catering
$940
3.5%
Office cleaning
$600
2.2%
Travel - candidate
$478
1.8%
Publication
$345
1.3%
Food
$330
1.2%
Meetings
$268
1%
Filing fees
$258
1%
Return of overpayment
$250
0.9%
Causal labor
$100
0.4%
Telephone equipment
$69
0.3%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
US Postal Service
2016-03-02
$4,554
Postage
Forest Printing
2016-02-29
$2,333
Printing
Cratic & Shaffer
2016-03-31
$2,000
Consulting
Best Buy
2016-03-18
$1,816
Computer purchases
T&JJ'S Supreme Catering
2016-03-14
$1,250
Fundraising expenses
Cratic & Shaffer
2016-01-15
$1,000
Consulting
Symones Catering
2016-03-17
$720
Catering
Beyond Clean
2016-03-23
$600
Office cleaning
Forest Printing
2016-02-19
$596
Printing
James Blassingame
2016-02-09
$500
Consulting
Donora Realty Company
2016-03-21
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Company
2016-01-25
$500
Rent
Donora Realty Company
2016-02-23
$500
Rent
David Johnson
2016-03-04
$500
Casual labor
David Johnson
2016-03-11
$500
Casual labor
Dunk Donuts
2016-03-30
$495
Office supplies
Forest Printing
2016-03-16
$484
Printing
United Airlines
2016-03-14
$478
Travel - candidate
Palmer Reed
2016-03-30
$400
Casual labor
Aldertrack
2016-03-17
$345
Publication
Vincinato
2016-02-19
$330
Food
Commonwealth Edison
2016-03-18
$314
Utilities
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-15
$300
Casual labor
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-11
$300
Casual labor
Harriet Jackson
2016-03-08
$300
Casual labor