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LISBON -- There has not been much in the way of campaign spending leading up to the Nov. 7 election.
The 100-plus candidates for city, village and township office and school board were required to file pre-election campaign finance reports with the county elections board by Oct. 26. There was not much to report for almost all the candidates, which is to be expected in an off-year election.
Political action committees in support of ballot issues were also required to file reports, and the campaign drawing the most attention is the proposed charter commission on the ballot in Salem.
The Salem Area Chamber Charter PAC supports creating a commission to explore creating a charter form of government and reported spending $198 in the 10 days leading up to the election, plus receiving $123 in donated support services from the chamber, leaving a balance of $1,959.
The PAC listed $2,150 in contributions, with $1,500 coming from Butech Bliss, whose executive vice president, Jock Buta, is co-chairman of Salem Charter Commission Campaign. Buta is also running for one of the 15 seats on the proposed charter commission.
A $500 contribution came from NezTech Corp., the Salem company run by former city councilman and resident David Nestic, who is the other charter campaign co-chairman.
The other PAC of note is East Liverpool Citizens Against Traffic Cameras, which unsuccessfully tried to get the traffic camera issue on the Nov. 7 ballot.
The PAC received nearly $1,700 in contributions, and spent $1,610. Its report listed 49 contributors, about three-fourths of which were from East Liverpool and the surrounding area, but there were donors from as far away as Columbia, S.C., Epsom, N.H., and Canyon Country, Calif.