Mayor leads in council money race

Burlingame Mayor Ann Keighran is leading the monetary pack with $27,619 raised this calendar year in the race for three seats on the Burlingame City Council, according to financial documents released Friday.

Most recently, Keighran raised $9,466 from Sept. 20 through Oct. 17. The lone challenger, Planning Commissioner Michael Brownrigg, followed with $19,495.06 including $6,695.27 in this period. Longtime Councilwoman Rosalie O’Mahony followed raising $2,487 during the most recent period, $18,902.20 this calendar year. Vice Mayor Cathy Baylock raised $17, 209.62 this calendar year, including $9,275.31 in recent weeks counting a $5,000 self loan.

Keighran received $500 from W.J. Britton & Co., Inc. in Burlingame; $500 from 701 California Drive, LLC; $100 from state Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo; $200 from Councilman Jerry Deal; $250 from Luzuriaga Taylor, Inc.; $750 CA Real Estate Political Action Committee; $400 from Mike Harvey Honda; $400 from Mike Harvey Acura; $594 from JSR Karp, LP; $250 from SC Properties; and $500 from O’Brien Mechanical, Inc. Keighran also received nonmonetary contributions such as $1,000 from Debbie Sharp.com Inc. for a fundraiser including food and invitations; $750 from 512 Primrose Condominiums LLC for a fundraiser including food and drinks; $1,000 from Denham LLC for a fundraiser including drinks and a venue; and $500 from Burlingame Venture for a fundraiser venue.

During this nearly one-month period, Keighran spent $7,719.77 including $1,175 for election signs; $2,563.32 for postage; $125 for precinct information; $250 to file with the Democratic Party; $2,757.37 for campaign literature; and $849 for campaign literature.

Brownrigg received $100 from City Librarian Alfred Escoffier; $250 from retired police commander Tom Marriscolo; $1,000 from the DLA Piper Political Action Committee; $100 from Bruce Thompson, former Woodside School District superintendent; $100 from Councilwoman Terry Nagel; and $500 from state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo. In nonmonetary donations, Dave Pine, San Mateo Union High School District trustee gave voter information worth $125; Nagel gave copies, envelopes and postage worth $114.21; and James Nagel gave service help and refreshments for a coffee event valued at $112.06.

In recent weeks, he spent $256.47 on T-shirts from Access Uniforms; $635.22 on postage; $117.65 to Jill Goldsmith for chili supplies for a charity event; $507.96 on cards and envelopes from Colorprint Digital; and $1,348.96 for data processing, lettershop, postage and delivery fees by Precise Printing and Mailing.

O’Mahony received $200 from Councilman Deal and $750 from the San Mateo County Board of Realtors. Over the past month, O’Mahony made $13,595.93 in payments including $1,663.93 for campaign lawn signs; $3,738.97 for mail costs; $250 for voter registration information; $440 for stamps; $508.50 in printing costs; $900 in advertising to the Daily Journal; $1,050 for graphic design; $4,794.45 for mailing costs; and $250.08 for professional services.

Of the $2,348 in cash donations, Baylock received $750 from the California Real Estate Political Action Committee; $250 from Tom Marriscolo, retired police commander; $250 from state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo; and $200 from Stephen Rogers, San Mateo Union High School District trustee. Baylock received much in the way of nonmonetary support including Eric Colson donating food and beverages for a campaign event totaling $505.80; Bob Giorni donating food and beverages for a campaign event totaling $501.51; former councilman Russ Cohen donating graphic design and campaign material layout worth $500; Joanne Garrison donating $224 worth of postage; and Shar Beckheyer Arnold donating postage worth $196.

Baylock paid $2,500 to Terris, Barnes and Walters in San Francisco for campaign consulting; $4,299.31 to the same company for design of campaign materials; $241.24 with the same company for the sales tax on printing costs; $500 to Political Data, Inc. for precinct information; $1,648 to Pacific Print Resources for brochures; $1,224 to the U.S. Postal Service for mailings; $1,025 to Accurate Printing for walking cards; $353.97 to PIP Printing for campaign literature; $289.99 to Copyman for mailing; $758.92 to Access Uniforms for T-shirts, buttons and bandannas; and $429.17 at the U.S. Postal Service for postage.

Heather Murtagh can be reached by e-mail: heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 105.