Recall Election Expense Reports
A look at how much money is being spent by Cheating Chelmsford and Choose Chelmsford.
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Every day this week we've taken a look at different aspects of the recall election. Here are the expense reports from both organizations in town.
Cheating Chelmsford Expenses, from July 5 to July 24:
| Date | Paid by |
Address | Reason | Amount |
| 7/18/2011 | Hands On Technology Transfer | 1 Fletcher St. | Radisson Room Rental | $583.58 |
| Total in-kind contributions | $137 |
Choose Chelmsford Expenses, May 23 to July 15
| Date | To Whom Paid | Address | Reason | Amount |
| July 2 | Chelmsford Gift Co. | 15 Central Sq. Chelmsford | t-shirts | 210.00 |
| June 21 | Community Newspaper Co. | 254 2nd Ave. Neddham | Ad | 2828.70 |
| June 29 | Lowell Sun | 491 Dutton St. Lowell | Ad | 495.00 |
| June 20 | Princeton Station | 147 Princeton St. Chelmsford. | Function room for fundraiser | $900 |
| June 20 | Radisson Hotel | 10 Independence Dr., Chelmsford | Function room for info session | $577.80 |
| July 2 | Red Mill Graphics | 14 Alpha Road, Chelmsford | Printing flyers, brochures and postcards | $985 |
| June 17 | Joanne Stanway | 6 Lantern Lane | Lawn signs from Super Cheap Signs | $1007.25 |
Choose Chelmsford: Liabilities
| Date | To Whom Due | Address | Purpose | Amount |
| June 28 | Doherty Sign Co. | 15 Peabody Ave. Dracut | Lapel stickers | $669.38 |
| July 4 | Coady's Towing | 139 Marsten St. Lawrence | Truck for parade | $50.00 |
| Multiple dates | Joanne Stanway | 6 Lantern Lane, Chelmsford | Posters, flyers, signs, supplies | $1,152.21 |
Choose Chelmsford: Total Contributions
| Total # Contributors | Amount |
| 33 | $9,580 |
Independent Expenditure: Roland Van Liew
| Date | To Whom Paid | Address | Reason | Amount |
| July 12 | Curry Printing | 190 Turnpike Road Westboro | Printing and Mailing services | $9,188.96 |
The full version of the expense reports can be found here.
Joanne Stanway
7:22 am on Friday, July 29, 2011
This is an interesting report because the only expenditure on behalf of Cheating Chelmsford was made by Hands on Technology Transfer, the company owned by Roland Van Liew. According to the MA Office of Campaign and Political Finance, businesses are prohibited by law from contributing in any way to political action committees. "A PAC or people’s committee may not accept any contribution, including an in-kind contribution of goods, services, equipment, personnel, facilities or the like, from a business corporation, including a professional corporation, or from any association or organization comprised in whole or in part of business
corporations or professional corporations."
Here's another concerm: Where are the contributors to the Cheating Chelmsford grassroots organization? Where are the receipts for lawn signs and all those mailings you have received? What about the fee for service by attorney's Richard McClure and Springfielf-based Spencer Kimball? Certainly at least Kimball isn't working for free. WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY with Cheating Chelmsford - the group that lies about association with Roland Van Liew and his company, has out of town associates telling Chelmsford voters how to think and has to pay out of town people to do their bidding (like gather signatures and hand out propoganda door to door)???
Glenn Thoren
10:24 am on Friday, July 29, 2011
This level of deceit and deception and perhaps legal violations should be the front page story over the weekend. These people are dangerous. Where is Alexa Ippolitto? Yes...where is the transparency? We want answers.