Century Mayoral Candidate Spending Lots Of Own Money; Others Running On Empty

August 9, 2016

Incumbent Century Mayor Freddie McCall is spending thousands of his own money in an attempt to get re-elected, while his opponents are running with campaign accounts holding balances of less than $75 each.

According to campaign finance reports filed last Friday:

  • Incumbent Freddie McCall loaned his campaign $5,000 and received no contributions. He spent $800 to Bill Salter Outdoor Advertising for a “campaign sign”, $825 for yard signs and $121 for the qualifying fee, giving him a cash on hand balance of $3253.11 as of last Friday.
  • Ben Boutwell contributed $100 to his campaign and received $450 in additional contributions, including $150 from his wife. he spent $356 on campaign signs and paid his $121 qualifying fee, giving him a balance of $72.32 as of Friday.
  • Felic Fussner loaded his campaign $152, had no contributions and paid his qualifying fee of $121 for a balance of $30.56.
  • Henry Hawkins contributed $50 to his campaign and received $100 in contributions. He paid his $121 qualifying fee for a cash balance of $28.56. Hawkins also received an in-kind contribution of yard signs worth $200 from Russell Fountain of Century.

Both council candidates are running without opposition:

  • Ann Brooks contributed $100 to her campaign, paid her $50.36 registration fee and returned the $49.64 balance to herself.
  • Annie Savage contributed $100 to her campaign, paid her $50.36 registration fee and has a balance of $49.64.

The part-time job of Century mayor pays $9,836.88 per year, while a member of the Century town council is paid $3,606.88.

Editor’s note: Some numbers used in this story were averaged to the nearest whole dollar.

Comments

5 Responses to “Century Mayoral Candidate Spending Lots Of Own Money; Others Running On Empty”

  1. Century Native on August 10th, 2016 5:58 pm

    I’m neutral with my opinion, but will state what I’ve witnessed. It appears this mayor buys up land in Century that becomes available from other people’s misfortune. That would appear to be a conflict to me or maybe more. City officials should be prohibited from benefitting from things they have insider information about firsthand. Also, conveniently talking about a “food truck” coming to Century right before an election doesn’t count as doing things for the town. I’m a Christian too, and I pray that Jesus help us all!

  2. kp on August 10th, 2016 3:22 pm

    I agree with Karrie. Mr. McCall is a wonderful man, and cares deeply about this community! Seems like people are trying to ruin his chances of getting in! Mr. McCall has done so much to help our community, including my family. When the county messed up our yard, and knocked over our neighbors mailbox, he personally bought them a new one, and had our yard fixed! Mr. McCall is a christian man, and that is what we need more of. Christian leaders!

  3. Karrie on August 9th, 2016 11:06 am

    Freddie Mcall is a wonderful man and a Christian man I hope that the county isn’t stupid and replaces him with someone who will make things worst and not care about the people .

  4. bewildered on August 9th, 2016 8:10 am

    Looks like a bad $5,000 “loan” for the mayor with no contributions coming in to pay himself back. Might look at it as a good investment to get himself re-elected. .

  5. tg on August 9th, 2016 6:37 am

    Money does buy power.

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