The political committees supporting the town’s Saguaro Boulevard improvement bond and the School District override and bonds spent more than $10,000 during the campaign to promote approval of the questions.

It was apparently money well spent as all three of the questions were approved by voters.

Citizens 4 Saguaro, the group promoting the paving bond, collected $2,575, all from individuals who made contributions ranging from $50 to $500. Most came from committee members.

Former Mayor Jerry Miles was the largest contributor with a $500 donation. Former Mayor Wally Nichols, also a committee member, made a $300 contribution.

Attorney Bob Thomson, who chaired Citizens 4 Saguaro, was a $250 donor.

Two other former mayors, John Cutillo and Sharon Morgan, contributed $100 each.

Current Mayor Linda Kavanagh and two other members of the Town Council were donors. Kavanagh gave $100, as did Councilman Cecil Yates. Councilman Tait Elkie contributed $125.

Most of the money went to advertising and promotion with Western States Publishing, parent company of The Fountain Hills Times, receiving $1,280 for newspaper advertising.

The committee also paid the town $500 for the five arguments in favor of the ballot question that were printed in the voter publicity pamphlet.

At the end of the pre-election reporting period, Nov. 1, Citizens 4 Saguaro had spent $2,408 and had $167 remaining.

Schools

The Friends of Fountain Hills Schools raised $11,600 to support passage of the School District questions, and $8,261 was spent on the campaign by the end of the report period.

The committee received two $2,500 contributions, one from the Arizona Coalition for Education and the other from Core Construction, Inc., a nationwide construction company with an office in Phoenix.

Another $2,000 business contribution came from Orcutt Winslow Partnership, a Phoenix architecture and planning firm.

The committee received $1,500 from Jeffery Bartel of Los Osos, Calif.

A $1,000 contribution came from Sun Valley Masonry and $500 from Midstate Mechanical.

The committee also received $100 donations from Den-Mark Specialty Construction, Gothic Landscaping of Valencia, Calif., Urban Energy Solutions and Integra Engineering.

School District Superintendent Tom Lawrence made a $200 donation. Board member Karl Gaardsmoe contributed $100 and board member Melanie Anderelli made a $50 donation.

McDowell Mountain Elementary School Principal Joanne Meehan donated $100.

Former district superintendents Marian Hermie and Walt Dunne donated $50 and $100 respectively.

Committee Chairman Jim Dickey made a $100 contribution.

Primary Consultants, a political consulting firm in Phoenix, received the bulk of the committee’s money. The firm received a total of $7,999 and provided palm cards and yard signs as well as direct mail and robo calls.

Western States Publishing also received $162 for newspaper advertising.

The post-election financial report from the each committee is due to be filed by Dec. 5.