Untangling the Webb
   
The campaign funding of our last member of "Team Newport", that of Don Webb, came as a bit of a surprise to us.  Now we'd always thought of Don as a simple, un-sophisticated, well, how should we phrase it - "Good Ole Boy."  However, upon reviewing his numbers, Don's campaign funding more closely resembles that of Tod Ridgeway's than that of a man of the people.

For starters, Don only accepted almost $50,000 in campaign contributions, from 171 donors.  This is now NINE SIX TIMES that of fellow councilman Dick Nichols, and almost equal to that of teammate Tod Ridgeway (with 177 donors).  It is also worth noting that only about $14,341, or 29%, of his campaign contributions came from the real estate/construction/architectural, as opposed to Tod's 50-60%.

Even more alarming is the amount of un-receipted cash that Gary claimed - $10,889, or 22% of his total.  On a positive note, although Gary does share 31 of his 171 donors with Tod, and we did see one Andrew Goetz contribution of $250, we didn't find any Duda or Marvin Engineering money.

On the expenditure side, we see that Don also made substantial payments to "David Ellis & Associates", in the neighborhood of almost $24,000.  Unlike Gary Adams, we didn't find any bills that David paid, so apparently that was his fee!  Lastly, Don also paid his "Team Newport" membership dues of $9,999, to the team.

That's about all we have (for now at least).  Maybe we could re-name this page, "Almost as bad as Tod"!  What do you think?  As always, we'll present all the data to you, and let you draw your own conclusions.  Without further ado, we present to you, in it's entirety, Don Webb's 2002 campaign statements:  Enjoy... 

Date First Name Last Name City Occupation (claimed) Employer
(claimed)
Industry
(actual)
Amount Sum Notes / connections / (other contributions)
5/15/2002 E.P. Smoot Newport Beach President Anacomp Records Mgmt 500 500  
6/20/2002 Wesley Taylor Newport Beach Real Estate Broker Wesley N. Taylor Co Real Estate 500 1000 (Ridgeway:  $100)
6/21/2002 Donna Nichols Newport Beach Homemaker None   500 1500  
6/21/2002 Dennis O'Neil Corona Del Mar Attorney Hewitt & O'Neil Attorney 200 1700 (Team Newport:  $400 / Adams:  $200)
6/21/2002 Joyce Dunigan Newport Beach None None   250 1950  
6/21/2002 George Dunigan Newport Beach None None   250 2200  
6/21/2002 Patricia Culpepper Balboa Island None None   250 2450  
6/21/2002 James Roberts Newport Beach None None   200 2650  
6/22/2002 Eric Welton Newport Beach Investments Eric D Welton Construction 250 2900 (Ridgeway:  $500 / Adams:  $250) / Welton & Assoc
6/22/2002 Levon Gugasian Newport Beach Real Estate Investment Levon Gugasian Real Estate 250 3150 (Ridgeway:  $250 / Adams:  $250)
6/22/2002 James Santaniello Newport Beach Contractor James Santaniello Co Construction 250 3400 (Ridgeway:  $250 / Adams:  $250)
6/22/2002 Catherine Anderson Newport Beach None None   100 3500  
6/25/2002 Clarence Turner Newport Beach Real Estate Trico Realty Real Estate 250 3750  
6/26/2002 Suzie Karjala Corona Del Mar Housewife None   100 3850  
7/1/2002 Dudley Johnson Newport Beach None None   100 3950  
7/1/2002 S.W. Clark, Jr. Waycross Opthamologist Clark Eye Clinic Medical 500 4450  
7/1/2002 Barbara Long Newport Beach Professor Coast Community College Education 100 4550  
7/1/2002 Marie Shock Newport Beach Boat Sales Schock Boats Marine 100 4650  
7/1/2002 Hiep Tran Corona Del Mar Civil Engineer City of Newport Beach Engineer 100 4750  
7/2/2002 Alan Oleson Corona Del Mar None None   500 5250  
7/6/2002 David Goff Newport Beach President Comstar Industries Electronics 500 5750 (Adams:  $250)
7/9/2002 John Croul Corona Del Mar None None   500 6250  
7/9/2002 Kingsley Croul Corona Del Mar None None   500 6750  
7/9/2002 Stephen Skahen Newport Beach Doctor Stephen J Skahen, MD Medical 250 7000  
7/10/2002 Kevin Weeda Newport Beach Developer CWI Development Real Estate 250 7250 (Ridgeway:  $500 / Adams:  $250)
7/12/2002 Company