Blanchette's committee spent the most on signs in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,443) going to Friendly Graphics and Awnings Inc in Kankakee. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Blanchette's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Signs
$7,443
79.2%
Newspaper advertising
$834
8.9%
Radio advertising
$720
7.7%
Lawn signs
$397
4.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 6 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Friendly Graphics and Awnings Inc
2017-03-21
$7,443
Signs
Milner Broadcasting
2017-03-23
$720
Radio advertising
Big Road of Watseka
2017-03-01
$397
Lawn signs
B&B Publishing Co. Inc.
2017-03-28
$382
Newspaper advertising
B&B Publishing Co. Inc.
2017-03-21
$256
Newspaper advertising
B&B Publishing Co. Inc.
2017-03-17
$196
Newspaper advertising
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