A Month Before Mayoral Primary, Some Candidates Burn Through Campaign Cash As Others Stay Frugal
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With exactly one month before New Yorkers vote in the Democratic primary for mayor, new campaign filing records show the dramatic difference in how candidates are managing their war chests as the race enters the final stretch.
The city Campaign Finance Board released new numbers late Friday showing former Wall Street executive Ray McGuire with $11.7 million raised for his campaign, more than any other candidate in the race. McGuire has done this without participating in the CFB’s matching funds program, intended to reduce the influence of big money in campaigns. McGuire has benefitted the most from campaign donors who give more than $1,000 to a campaign. Because McGuire spent more than the allowable limit in the race, the CFB updated the rules to clear other candidates to spend even more.
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National money floods New York mayor’s race
With five weeks until the election, checks are flowing from special interests on divergent wings of the ideological spectrum.
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The Tri-County Symphonic band in concert
Section of “The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage Round the World”, Courtesy New Bedford Whaling Museum
Postcards from Buzzards Bay
Sunday, May 16 at 3:00pm
Don’t miss this special virtual encore concert of the Tri-County Symphonic Band performing the premiere of Cape Cod composer Michael Donovan’s
Postcards from Buzzards Bay. This and other evocative works about the sea by James Fulton, Francis McBeth, Robert Russell Bennett, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and John Philip Sousa including a new piece by Rochester resident and composer John Wallace are all the more compelling accompanied by images of Buzzards Bay, both vintage postcards and original fine art. Postcards from Buzzards Bay is a celebration of the body of water that shapes the lives of all who live and work in and around this wonder of nature. There will also be recorded interviews with composers Donovan and Wallace and a live Zoom question and answer session following th
Michigan State signee Hank Pepper ready to prove he’s not a typical long snapper
Posted May 11, 2021
Hank Pepper (right), a long snapper and linebacker from Chandler High School in Arizona, signed with Michigan State s 2021 recruiting class. (Photo used with permission of Shannon Liebrock Photography)Photo used with permission of Shannon Liebrock Photography
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With the early signing period approaching, Hank Pepper’s decision was already made.
The 2021 long snapper from Chandler High School in Arizona was committed to San Diego State and prepared to spend the next chapter of his life in Southern California. Then Michigan State called.