Kellar’s group raised just $501 this period, not counting $3,200 in in-kind donations, and has $9,612 on hand. There will be no penalty for the late filing, city spokesperson Jessica Grondin said.įair Elections Portland, a group supporting the charter commission’s clean elections proposal ( Question 3), said in a statement Thursday that they were “disappointed but not surprised that this anti-democratic campaign can’t be bothered to follow the basic disclosure requirements already in place.”Īnna Kellar, the group’s chair, was glad to learn Friday that the report had been filed. Marks said that after the group was notified of the error, it filed the report with the city Thursday. Both Marks and a spokesperson for the city of Portland said that was due to a typo in the email address used to submit the report. And he said Seaforth Housing operates an apartment building in Portland.Įnough is Enough also drew criticism from supporters of the referendums this week after it missed the Wednesday deadline to file its campaign finance report. Uber and DoorDash have employees in Portland whose jobs would become more difficult under Question D, which seeks to raise the city’s minimum wage, because of a provision impacting their status as independent contractors, he said. Marks said he wasn’t aware of any substantial donations to Enough is Enough that didn’t have a local connection. “It is disappointing that the leaders of Enough is Enough – former councilor Nick Mavodones and local property owner and developer Ned Payne – have decided to bring this much money into local politics,” the group Yes for Democracy, which supports the eight charter commission proposals, said in a statement. Supporters of the ballot questions were critical of such donations Friday. The group also received $25,000 from a San Francisco company, Seaforth Housing. Some of their largest donations include $50,000 each from Uber and DoorDash. Matt Marks, a spokesperson for Enough is Enough, said Friday that the group “was pleasantly surprised by the amount of people who contributed both small amounts and large amounts to say, ‘Hey, we’re tired of this.'” Part of its message is that there are too many referendums on the ballot and it’s too difficult to know the unintended consequences of each, let alone how the proposals might affect each other if multiple questions pass. “We have no paid staff or consultants, and our dozens of volunteers pour time and labor into this fight because we’re not in it for the money, we’re in it for the many.”Įnough is Enough was organized to defeat all 13 questions, though the group has mostly focused on the four questions sponsored by the DSA. “Livable Portland has raised a small fraction of the amount raised by our opponents, and we take great pride in that,” said Pelletier, who noted that a majority of donors to the campaign were from Maine and gave less than $100 each. Wes Pelletier, chair of the Livable Portland campaign, responded to the latest fundraising reports in a statement Friday, saying the groups opposed to the referendums and charter questions “posture as though they represent workers, renters and every day working-class Portlanders,” but that “what these campaign finance reports make clear, though, is that they in fact represent big business, out-of-state corporations, developers and landlords.” Maine DSA for a Livable Portland, the ballot question committee formed to support four citizen-initiated referendums brought forward by the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Livable Portland campaign, raised $9,308 this period and has $5,003 left.
The groups have mostly spent money on advertising, marketing and campaign materials. Supporters of ballot questions collectively raised $13,599 during the reporting period and have $19,049 left, including money raised prior to the latest reporting period.
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