Prince George, B.C. – There are fifteen days remaining until the deadline for candidates in the November municipal election to file their Campaign Financing Disclosure Statements.

So far in the city council election in Prince George, just under half of the 23 people who ran have disclosed who their financial backers were. Eleven candidates have filed their papers, the most recent being  Scott Affleck, Alex Huber, Murry Krause and Brian Skakun.

 Affleck had no contributions and spent $306.28 on campaign signs, brochures and pamphlets. Huber reports contributions totaling $5650 and expenses of $6153.40. The largest donation, $4500, came from Spruce Capital Feeds. $2511 was spent on signs, brochures and pamphlets with $2402.40 going to website expenses. Incumbent Murry Krause had election contributions of $9625 and expenditures of $9594.66. Krause invested $8000 in his re-election campaign and had ten other contributions ranging from $100 to $300. That includes conations from the Prince George and District Labour Council, Prince George Global Logistics Park, Harry Backlin and Falcon Contracting. Krause spent $5713.91 on media advertising and $3102.40 on signs, pamphlets and brochures. Other expenses including campaign photos added up to $778.35. And $30.34 was reimbursed to the candidate. Brian Skakun had contributions of $7300 and expenses of $7166.63. The Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers contributed $1500. Kayoz Consulting contributed $1500 in kind. Brian and Nellie Skakun were in for $1000. CUPE Canada, CUPE BC and CUPE Local 399 each contributed $500. The Prince George and District Labour Council spent $250, PG Global Logistics Park $300, Harry Backlin $200. Skakun spent $5157.22 on media advertising, $1738.10 on signs, pamphlets, brochures.

The deadline for all candidates to file is March 19^th.