Candidates in all three Lamorinda council races are raising and spending thousands of dollars, but those figures pale in comparison to the amounts being spent on Moraga's open space initiatives.
This year, the Bruzzone family has spent about $500,000 of its own money to support Measure J and defeat Measure K, mostly on lawyers, land planners and its public relations company. About $200,000 of that spending happened between July 1 and Sept. 30.
On the other side, the Friends of Moraga Open Space have raised more the $40,000 this year and spent more than $27,000 to support Measure K, including $8,000 on its own election consultants.
The initiative's largest donor at $6,000 this year is the Harvey family, which owns about 160 acres in Bollinger Canyon. Charlene Harvey does not live in Moraga but she plans to keep the land and keep it as an agricultural ranch; a ranch manager lives on the property.
Its next largest donor, at $4,300 this year, is Kelly Yanes, a resident of Joseph Drive in the Bluffs subdivision next to Bollinger Canyon.
The vast majority of contributors are listed with Moraga addresses, though some of them fall just outside town limits.
The No on J and K campaign has raised $2,941.99, all from residents listed with Moraga addresses.
Orinda Mayor Victoria Smith has raised the most of any Lamorinda council candidate — $13,813. Most of her donations came from Orinda residents, including fellow Advertisementcouncilwoman Amy Worth.
She also got $1,000 from a union of construction operators, $250 from Waste Management and $200 from a union that represents waste haulers. Smith is one of two representatives of Orinda's council on the board of the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, which has a contract with Waste Management.
The other Orinda candidates have each raised around $10,000. Robert Larsen pitched in $5,000 of his own money and got about another $5,000 in donations, $300 of which came from donors with Orinda addresses.
Incumbent Steven Glazer's donations came largely from Orinda residents, including $500 from councilwoman Sue Severson.
On the other end of the spectrum, Moraga town council candidate Brad Kvederis spent only $639, all of his own money. Dennis Wanken, also a Moraga council candidate, did not file a report, meaning he spent less than $1,000.
Moraga's other candidates each raised between $6,000 and $10,000.
Two Moraga council candidates donated $150 each to Howard Harpham's campaign: Janice Kolbe and incumbent Michael Metcalf.
Lee Bren, a former council candidate and author of widely-distributed e-mails critical of outgoing mayor Lynda Deschambault, donated to $200 Kolbe.
Measure K advocates Suzanne Jones and Susan Sperry donated $250 and $200, respectively, to Karen Mendonca. The Lamorinda Democratic Club also gave her $460 in in-kind donations including a campaign banner.
County Supervisor Gayle Uiklema donated $100 each to Metcalf and Lafayette City Council candidate and incumbent Carol Federighi.
Federighi, in turn, donated $100 to fellow councilman and candidate Carl Anduri.
Mayor Mike Anderson had not submitted his campaign filing form by Wednesday; City Clerk Joanne Robbins said he has been out of town and still was as of Wednesday.
Federighi had raised $8254,69; Anduri had raised $6,398.86. La Fiesta Square and Diablo Foods owner Ed Stokes donated $250 and $200, respectively, to both candidates. The Lafayette Car Wash donated $200 to Federighi.
Gabriel Froymovich, who is challenging Lafayette's three incumbent council members, raised $3,206.63, all from three people in Indiana. $3,200 of it came from Etelka and Gabriel Froymovich of Carmel, Ind.
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