Marshall For Norman
Contributions made since the primary of more than $25: Robin Allen, $100; R.G. Chambers, $50; Donald Pape, $250; Margret Anne Pape, $250; Michael Cole, $50; Joe Dorman, $75; Amber England, $50; Gregory Lebel, $50; Ray Quintero, $100; Peter Rosenstein, $100; Doug Sterk, $100; Joseph Sudbay, $50; Cassidy Waskowicz, $100; Chris Aubrey Purcell, $50; Bradley Purcell, $50; Tom Sherman, $100; Leslie Blair, $100; Neal Joseph Sparks, $50; Rebecca Sparks, $50; James Meiller, $40; George Krumme, $250; Craig Knutson, $100; Loyd Benson, $50; Juanita King, $200; Samonia Meredith, $200; Diane Wiley, $50; Julie Carson, $500; Charles Weddle, $250; Chuck Thompson, $250; Ben Graves, $200; Deberah Cain, $100; Anil Gollahalli, $250; Jim McCauley, $100; Steven Mohr, $200; Mona Nelson, $100; Doug Sterk, $50; Bob Thompson, $100; Jim Wade, $100; Brad Benson, $100; Dorothy Kugler, $50; Cindy Nashert, $50; Vince Orza, $100; Robert Vince, $500; Jennifer Shaw, $100; Michael Bergey, $250; Michael Duncan, $150; Subramanyam Gollahalli, $50; Gary Clinton, $100; Sandra Longcrier, $35; John Ward, $50; Tom Sherman, $200. Total: $13,587
Tom Kovach
Contributions since the primary of more than $25: Francis and Phoebe Schmitz, $110; Fred Bieler, $500; Viola Weir, $75; James Long, $200; Barney Gibbs, $100; Daniel Darvay, $30; Mack and Sandra Rose, $50; Walter and Pat Reif, $100; Kay Holladay, $50; Mary Katherine Long, $50; Larry Edmison, $50; Larry and Carol Dillingham, $100; O. Gail Poole, $50; Steve Presson and Jean Giles, $100; Loretta Bass and John Kmetz, $50; Larry Allin, $200; Karin Schutjer and Ben Alpers, $50; Gerald Baker, $100; Charles Schindler, $150; Larry Edmison, $50; Marion Hutchison, $200; Rick Poland, $50; Sandra Rose, $200; Walter Kelley, $75; Suzette McDowell, $100; Mrs. James Yoch Jr., $50; Dr. Harold Haralson II, $100; Roswitha Allin, $100; T.H and Kathleen Milby, $75; Peter Cahn, $50; Stanley Grossman, $200; Richard and Lois Hilbert, $40; Henry Roberson, $100; Susan Bumgarner and Billie Hensley, $30; Jayne Crumpley, $50; Sidney Brown, $100; Delores Crockett, $50; Alison Gilliland, $30; Akos Kovach, $50; Anne and Randolph Marsh, $500; Steve VanHook, $100; Jim Stanley, $150; Bette Mafucci, $100; June Tyhurst, $50; John Hancock, $100; David Morgan, $100; Colleen Allen, $49; Keith Kerr, $70; Tommy Karns, $50; Norman Professional Firefighters, $300; Rachel Carlson, $50. Total: $8,929.
Committee to Rescue Norman
Contributions of more than $25: IAFF Norman Chapter, $500; Traw Investment Account, $10,000. Total: $10,500.
Campaign Committee for a New Norman Public Library
Unlisted contributions less than $25: $1,770. Total: $1,770
Partnership For Norman's Progress
Contributions of more than $25: 329 Partners II Limited Partnership, $100; James Adair, $1,000; Lawrence Allin, $50; Lawrence Allin, $50; American First Abstract Company, $250; Architects in Partnership P.C., $1,000; Architectual Design Group Inc., $200; Joel Barbour, $500; R. Beavers, $25; Benedum and Benedum, $1,000; Billy E. Fowler Living Trust, $500; Blake Virgin, $1,000; Rachel Butler, $60; Castleberry and Associates P.C., $250; Cleveland County Abstract, $1,000; Colony Homes Inc., $1,000; D--H Utilities, $1,000; Larry Dillingham, $50; Don Cies Real Estate, $1,000; Farzaneh Properties, $1,000; First American Bank, $500; First Fidelity Bank, $500; Michael Fowler, $500; H--H Plumbing, $500; Harold Heipel Attorney at Law, $1,000; S. Anne Harris, $50; Ideal Homes of Norman, $3,000; McClain Bank, $500; Michael A. Tower, $100; Sassan Moghadam, $500; Peak Property LLC, $500; Andrew Peters, $50; Bennie Peterson, $1,000; Rick Poland, $60; Republic Bank and Trust, $1,000; R.L. Reynolds, $1,000; Don Sherman, $250; Mary Sherman, $250; Silver Star Construction Company, $1,000; SMC Consulting Engineers P.C., $1,000; Don R. Symcox, $200; The Mile of Cars Association, $10,000; John Traw, $2,000; James J. Yoch, $50. Total: $36,545.
Campaign coffers support
new Norman library, public safety
new Norman library, public safety
The "Yes" campaign for a new library, public safety sales tax, senior citizens center, municipal court and library millage increase kicked into overdrive just before Tuesday's municipal and countywide special election, fueled by strong contributions to three committees. Yard signs appeared in lawns throughout town and mailers stuffed area mail boxes in the past week.
Contributions and expenditures for the campaigns were due into City Clerk Brenda Hall's office at noon Friday.
Partnership for Norman's Progress led the way raising $36,545 for the campaigns. The largest donors to the campaign are the Mile of Cars Association LLC at $10,000; Ideal Homes of Norman, $3,000; John Traw, $2,000; and 15 $1,000 donors that ranged from attorneys to builders to banks.
Traw owns one of the buildings on a site mentioned frequently for a location for the new library at Main Street and Porter Avenue.
The Committee to Rescue Norman is promoting the seven-year, half-cent sales tax that would fund 41 additional police officers and 30 firefighters, raising an estimated $49.2 million in sales tax. It would provide the equipment and training necessary and build two new fire stations in the northwest and southeast parts of Norman.
CRN raised $10,500 with only two donors: John Traw giving $10,000 and the International Association of Fire Fighters or IAFF, $500.
And the Campaign Committee for a New Norman Library raised $1,770, all with contributions of $200 or less that don't have to be itemized.
No organized opposition was evident from the contributions and expenditures regarding the bond projects or public safety sales tax.
The $31 million new library is proposed as a 118,000-square-foot facility, with a 360-space parking garage that would cost $5.8 million. The balance of the $49.2 million bond package, if fully utilized, would fund a purchase of the site, contingencies and construction inflation.
The $11.2 million bond issue would fund renovation and reconstruction of the current library and Building A in the Municipal Complex. The current library would house the Norman Senior Citizens Center, doubling its size, and city offices. Renovation of Building A would provide about 15,000-square-feet for the municipal court, that currently has about 4,000-square-feet shared within Building B that houses the Norman Police Department.
The Pioneer Library System has asked for a millage increase of 2 mills to double the size of the collection and triple the computer stations, expand hours and establish book stations on the east and west sides of Norman. PLS operates, staffs and provides the collections for libraries in Cleveland, Pottawatomie and McClain counties.
In the Ward 2 runoff for the seat being vacated by vice mayor Richard Stawicki, Chebon Marshall has raised $13,587 to Tom Kovach's $8,929.
Kovach's donors since the campaign began are mostly from the Norman area, with the majority of Marshall's contributors coming from outside of Norman. But since the primary, most of Kovach's and Marshall's contributions have come from local sources.
Marshall's largest contributors since the primary are Norman environmental engineer Robert Craig at $500 and Claremore attorney Julie Carson at $500. Former gubernatorial candidate Vince Orza donated $100 to Marshall.
Marshall was chief of staff for former Congressman Brad Carson before returning to Oklahoma and becoming half of the Carrier and Marshall marketing firm that ran campaigns for many Democratic candidates in Oklahoma and other states.
Marshall garnered support from several former mayors and councilmembers.
Kovach's largest contributors include the owner of Norman-based Astronomics, Fred Bieler, at $500, and Anne and Randolph Marsh of Dallas, $500. Norman Professional Firefighters donated $300 to Kovach's campaign.
Ward 4 councilmember Carol Dillingham donated $100 to Kovach's campaign, with donations coming from the most recent former mayor Harold Haralson and several former councilmembers.
Kovach is employed as the customer service manager for Astronomics.
In-person absentee voting was steady in Friday's voting, with 231 voting in-person absentee.
"It's starting out pretty good," said in-person absentee precinct worker Colleen Allen.
There were 41 who voted in the Ward 2 runoff Friday.
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