Analyzing Mayor Jr. Shelton’s Donors

A few months ago, out of an abundance of caution, Mayor Jr. Shelton returned a number of campaign contributions because he was unsure if he could accept the donors’ contributions.
Then he realized he needed an attorney’s advice on what was and was not legal. So he consulted an attorney and decided to follow his advice on all contributions. If a contribution was legal and not otherwise objectionable, he would accept it. If it was not legal, he would not.
“If someone gives me a campaign contribution, that doesn’t influence me in any way. The limit is $1,000 a person,” he said.
Shelton has raised a little over $54,000 for his reelection champaign, a small amount compared to campaigns for statewide office, which often reach into the millions.
Some of his noteworthy donors in this campaign are:
• Chris Whittington, an attorney who has sometimes represented IBTS, $1,000
• Richard Hostetter, an employee of Looks Good contractor, $1,000
• Crawler Supply, which leases some equipment to IBTS, $500
• Forte & Tabloda, a contractor which contracted to provide sidewalks under the previous administration, $1,000
• Breazeale Sachse, city attorney, $1,000
• Pro Green Lawn, one of three contractors that does lawn services, $300
• GEC, Anthony Marino who does some work for IBTS, $500
• Susan Wallace, wife of Brook Wallace who was involved with debris pickup, $1,000
• Sigma Consulting, small contract for designing elbow at Beaver Bayou, $500
• Looks Great Services, cleaned a canal, $1,000
• Walter Monsour, works for CSRS, $1,000
• Shoecreek LLC, developer, $1,000
• SLD Engineering, works for developer, $1,000
• Nan Barfield, wife of Tim Barfield, a principal in CSRS, $1,000
• Chris Pellegrin, works for CSRS, $1,000
The largest expenditure of Mayor Shelton’s campaign was to Capital Media Services, a political consulting firm, mostly for campaign mailings, $21,729.
Community Press, LLC, the publishers of the Central City News, received $9,425 over the past year for newspaper advertising and online advertising.

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