Tiscareno has major fundraising lead in Antioch City Council race with over $31,000 in contributions

By Allen Payton

According to financial reports filed by the candidates for the Antioch City Council, appointed incumbent Tony Tiscareno has a commanding lead in the fundraising among the seven remaining candidates running for two seats in the November election.

As of October 20, Tiscareno had raised $31,409, year-to-date, Lori Ogorchock was in second place with $10,541 in contributions, Diane Gibson-Gray was in third with $9,175, including $5,000 in loans from herself, and in fourth place was Lamar Thorpe with $8,750 in contributions.

UPDATE: The first page of Karl Dietzel’s forms shows he wasn’t going to raise or spend more than $1,000 in his campaign. But, he also submitted a Form 470 Supplement (see below) which states “This form is written notification that the officeholder/candidate listed below has received contributions totaling $1,000 or more or has made expenditures of $1,000 or more during the calendar year.” That shows a handwritten “Oct. 2, 2014” on line 3 which asks “Date Contributions Totaling $1,000 or More Were Received or Date Expenditures of $1,000 or More Were Made.” That second page appears to have been submitted by mistake. Dietzel did not respond to a phone call to explain the discrepancy before this story was published. However, he has made comments below that provide clarification. He does need to submit a corrected form to the Antioch City Clerk to remedy his mistake.

The forms from Jeffrey Hall-Cottrell and Steven Bado, who withdrew from the race on Sunday, October 26, both show they did not plan to spend more than $1,000 on their campaigns.

As of October 21, Anthony Segovia had not submitted a financial report, although he has spent more than $1,000 on his campaign in both advertising and signs.

When we did not receive the pre-election Campaign Finance Report from Anthony Segovia, i sent him an email on October 9th letting him know that we had not received it by the October 6th deadline,” Antioch City Clerk Arne Simonsen stated in an October 21st email to the Herald. “He responded the same day saying ‘Thank you. I will do this tomorrow.’ When I didn’t receive his report, I sent him a follow-up email on October 17th and have not heard back from him since.”

According to the state Fair Political Practices Commission, “If a campaign statement is filed late, what are the potential consequences? The filing officer with whom the statement is required to be filed may assess a fine of up to $10 for each day that the statement is late (or up to $20 per day for a statement and a copy). In addition, filing officers are required by law to refer non-filers to an enforcement authority. If a matter is referred to the FPPC’s Enforcement Division for failure to file, the fine may increase up to a maximum of $5,000 per violation.”

According to the California Secretary of State’s website, “In addition to filing regularly required campaign disclosure statements, candidates, officeholders, ballot measure committees, political parties, PACs, and major donors may file late contribution reports and other special filings. These usually occur in the 90 days preceding Election Day. Contributions and independent expenditures of $1,000 or more are disclosed within 24 hours of the time they are made or received.”

The filings for Antioch City Council are made with the City Clerk’s office and copies can be obtained there as a matter of public record.

See copies of each of the council candidates’ forms, Form 497 No. 10-01 Amendment 1 10-17-14 – Ogorchock FPPC Form 497 – Tiscareno 10-16-14 FPPC Forms due 100614 – Bado FPPC Forms due 100614 – Dietzel FPPC Forms due 100614 – Gibson-Gray FPPC Forms due 100614 – Hall-Cottrell FPPC Forms due 100614 – Ogorchock FPPC Forms due 100614 – Thorpe FPPC Forms due 100614 – Tiscareno.

See the state’s campaign finance reporting requirements, CACampaignFinancialReportingFAQs.


the attachments to this post:

CACampaignFinancialReportingFAQs
CACampaignFinancialReportingFAQs

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Tiscareno
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Tiscareno

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Thorpe
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Thorpe

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Ogorchock
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Ogorchock

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Hall-Cottrell
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Hall-Cottrell

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Gibson-Gray
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Gibson-Gray

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Dietzel
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Dietzel

FPPC Forms due 100614 - Bado
FPPC Forms due 100614 – Bado


3 Comments to “Tiscareno has major fundraising lead in Antioch City Council race with over $31,000 in contributions”

  1. karl dietzel says:

    good morning readers,

    for the record.

    my form 470 shows that i have spend LESS then $ 1000, not more!!!
    in fact, i have spend a total of $ 50 for my campaign.
    $ 25 candidate filing fee, and $ 25 for some biz cards.

    there are 7 days left till nov.4, 2014,
    please do not vote the same people into office, over and over, and expect different results.

    Vote for

    Karl Dietzel for Antioch City Council
    Nov. 4, 2014, Election

  2. karl dietzel says:

    dear editor,

    i am assuming a honest mistake was made.

    but, that the false “information” is still up, 8 hours after it was published, and not being corrected by now, is of great concern to me.
    even you provided a link to my form 470, you still “printed” false information about my campaign spending/ reporting. simply reading my form 470 could have avoided that mistake.

    thanks for correcting

    Karl Dietzel for Antioch City Council
    Nov. 4, 2014, Election

    • Publisher says:

      Karl,
      Please see the second page of the report you filed on October 2. It shows on line 3. which states “Date Contributions Totaling $1,000 or More Were Received or Date Expenditures of $1,000 or More Were Made” you wrote “Oct. 2, 2014.”
      So, it appears you made a mistake and should submit a correction to that to the City Clerk’s office.
      I have updated the article to reflect that this was a mistake.
      Allen Payton, Publisher

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