Contending for a seat on the Sonoma City Council calls for cash.
And, according to preliminary campaign finance reports, Ken Brown led the pack in contributions received for the six candidates seeking three open seats on council.
Following is information filed with the Sonoma City Clerk through Sept. 30.
Ken Brown: Received a total of $8,517 in donations, with no loans to himself and $5,459 in expenditures. Contributors are Pam Torliatt for Assembly, $100; Steve Pease, $200; James Levy, venture capital consultant; $200; Ruth D. Edwards, loan officer, $100; Mark Bramfitt, PG&E manager, $100; Robert Kowal, CEO Sonoma Valley Hospital, $200; Richard H. Senn, retired businessman, $200; Sharon Boyce, counselor, $100; Sandra Mellow Wolf, retail sales Lisa Kristine Gallery, $100; John Emery, physician, $100; Fred Perry, CEO Integen Corp., $100; Susan Weeks, co-director, Meals on Wheels – Sonoma, $100; Sue Holman, co-director Meals on Wheels, $100; Steve Kyle, retired businessman, $100; Howard C. Ehret, retired Navy captain, $100; Richard L. Fogg, retired businessman, $200; Michael Coats, P.R. consultant, $100; Michael Minigan, Minigan Properties, LLC, $100; Cathleen C. Gellepis, housewife, $200; Catherine Jones, housewife, $100; Lin Marie deVincent, playwright, poet and student, $200; Suzanne Clark, real estate executive recruiter, $100; Karen Collins, owner “Go Places” walking tours, $100; Paul Maysonave, retired, $100; George W. Webber, owner, 180 Degrees Meetings, $100; Shelly L. Willis, artistic director, Sonoma Community Center, $100; Helen Marsh, attorney and school board member, $100; Marc Berman, Berman Capital, LLC, $100; Larry Robinson’s campaign for Sebastopol City Council, $200; Michael J. Donahue, real estate agent, $100; Margaret J. Salenger, real estate investor, $100; The Sonoma Hotel, $200; Suzanne Brangham, owner MacArthur Place Hotel, $100; Joe Costello, attorney, former Sonoma city councilman, $100; Jack Lundgren, $100; Elsa Lane Nelson, housewife, $200; Rebecca Lee, retired, $100; Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee, $150; Tricia O’Hara, educator, $100; Megan Stefanki, housewife, $150; Sonoma Pins Etc., 4200 worth of campaign pins, David Noyes Wines, $144 in wine for campaign kickoff party.
Steve Barbose: A total of $11,943 contributions received, including $5,000 that Barbose loaned to himself. Barbose spent $6,499.
Contributors include: Edward Smith, property owner, $125; Nancy Smith, retired, $125; Robin Chase, retired, $150; Richard Senn, real estate investor, $200; Sonoma Central Democratic Committee, $150; Jesse R. Stone, retired, $100; Carol Beale, homemakers, $100; Claudia Robbins, SRJC teacher, $100; Darrel Jones, electrician, $100; Fran Weiner, retired, $100; Fred Perry, CEO, Integen, Inc. $100; Helen Marsh, attorney, school board trustee $100; Henry Moras, retired, $100; Ilene Jones Addison, attorney, $100; Jeffrey Freiberg, real estate development, Incore Corp., $100; Jim Karabochos, retired, $100; Joey Sommers, retired, $100; Katherine Culligan, retired, $100; Larry Murphy, owner Murphy’s Pub, $100; Len Tillem, attorney, $100; Margaret Doherty, Sonoma State University teacher, $100; Marjorie Costello, retired, $100; Mark Molofsky, builder, $100; Martin Bennett, teacher SRJC, $100; Michael Beale, Realtor, $100; Michele Friend, artist, $100; Mike Hedley, Realtor, $100; Nancy Blankinship, Realtor, $100; Newton Dal Pogetto, attorney, $100; Pam Torliatt, Realtor, $100; Patrick Gratton, attorney, $100; Patti Gragg, Orinda teacher, $100; Phyllis Kirk, retired, $100; Robert Friend, property manager, $100; Roger Heigel, retired, $100; Suzi Molfolfsky, controller/vice president, $100; Whitney Evans, retired, $100.
August Sebastiani: Received a total of $3,584 in monetary contributions and $1,346 in nonmonetary contribution and no loans. Sebastiani reported spending $2,850. Contributors include John Holden, physical therapist, $100; John Dierking, banker, $200; Pam Hellen, housewife, $100; Diane Sangiacomo, housewife, $99; Mike Larbre, auto repairman, $100; Dianne Marino, housewife, $200; Jane Clark, political fundraiser, $200; Charles Hart, president, Health Store Foundation, $100; Cynthia Frank Wood, Sotheby’s real estate, $200; Theodore Bell, retired San Francisco police officer, $100; Marilyn Mertens, rancher, $50; Joanne Liberti, retired church secretary, $50; Art Fichtenberg, grape grower, $190; Chris Clifford, banker, $100; Jeff Berholt, banker, $100; John Shaw, banker, $100; Richard Coombs, real estate developer, $100; Joan Sherwood, $20; Myrna Charles, housewife, $50; Joe Harney, real estate person, $200; Jed Broce, banker, $100; Mark Stornetta, rancher, $100. Pam Howard, $150; Woodfield Properties, $200; Kelly Knapp, physical therapist, $200. Chris Harney, real estate development, $200; David Davis, San Bruno fire department, $200; Bruce Edwards, banker, $75. Nonmonetary contributions listed were $181 for the filing fee by Jim Knapp, who does public relations for Don Sebastiani and Sons; $438 for endorsement card design and production from August Sebastiani and $726 in campaign sign design and production from Don Sebastiani and Sons.
Vicki Mulas: $3368 in contributions, no loans and no expenditures as of Oct. 5. Contributors include Theodore Bell, retired San Francisco policeman, $100; Robert Owen, retired pharmacist, $100; Jane Clark, owner, JLC Group, $200; Robert Kruljac, retired high school administrator, $100; Pam Hellen, retired caregiver, $100; Sharon Monich, owner, Monich Embroidery, $100; Ray Mulas, partner, Mulas Dairy, $100; Ben Pedranzini, retired, $100; Lee Schaller, facial surgeon, $100; R.C. Cuneo, Sebastiani Vineyards Manager, $200; Joanne Meroney, office manager Sonoma Garbage Collectors, $100; James Lynch, Sonoma Index-Tribune business manager, $100; Janet Wedekind, director of business services, Henry Hill and Co., $100; R.A. Millenck Living Trust, $100; John Holden, physical therapist, $100; Richard Coombs, 4100; Mark Stornetta, Leveroni Dairy manager, $100; Nilda Mulas, Mulas Dairy co-owner, $200; Mike Rogina, Trinye Mechanical co-owner, $200, Pete Goderker, Gorderker Turkey Farms owner, $106 in nonmonetary contribution for printing invitations.
Doug McKesson: $2,307 in contributions, no loans to himself and $2,028 in expenditures. Contributors include Mary C. McKesson, retired, $200; Monica Burman, interior designer, $200; Linda Sexton, retired, $200; Justin Yorke, banker, $200; Joseph Gorman, retired, $200; Jose Antonio Garcia, business owner, $200, John McGrain, investment banker, $200; William Stedfield, retired, $100; Irving Mills, retired, $100; Irving Mills, retired, $100; Patricia Sajor, retired, $200.
Gary Edwards: Received a total of $820 in monetary contributions, $500 in nonmonetary contributions and $1,000 in loans to himself for a total of $2,320 in contributions. Contributors include Joe Costello, attorney and former City Councilman, $100; Mark Bramfitt, PG&E program manager, $100; Sue Paterson, manager Avalon Natural Cosmetics, $200; Holly Seaton, marriage and family therapist, $150; Wendy Peterson, executive director, Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau, $100. The non-monetary was a $500 gift certificate for Sonoma Valley Sun advertising.
