DISCUSSION: FIND OUT WHO IS SUPPORTING PETER FEGUSON: ANY SURPRISES?

The STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT (The Report) researches the political candidates for Stark County elected positions.

While The Repository provides readers with sketchy reports and only for races it deems important, The Report will provide detailed reports on all the candidates.

You, the reader, can determine what significance to attach to the contributions. Of course, The Report will, from time-to-time, comment on certain patterns or high-profile locals dollar amounts ($100 and above per contribution) who are supporting a particular candidate:

Here is the list for Stark County commissioner candidate Peter Ferguson (Democrat) as of the April, 2008 filing as amended, if amended:

• Cecclia C. Spitale - $50
• Robert D. Fiquerella - $70
• Allen Schulman - $1,070 (Canton City Council president and personal injury attorney)
  
• David Meeks - $100 (Dublin, Ohio)
• John Brechbill - $200
• Ray Thompson - $35
• Mike Kell - $35
• Fedorko Chiropractic Health Ctr - $250
• Thomas Bernabei - $75 (Canton Services Director)
• I.B.E.W. COPE - $70
• Steven DiPietro - $140
• Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #94 - $70
• James DiCola - $50
• Joy Jannine Mizer - $120
• Frank Provo - $600
• Gary Zeigler - $1,035 (Stark County treasurer)
• Dr. James Powell - $250 (Canton chiropractor)
• Harry W. Shaw III - $25
• Ernest O. Schott - $50
• Helen N. Sommer - $35
• John P. Foradas - $35
• Ronald J. C. Ward - $25
• M. Flory Fernandez - $25
• Larry V. Slagle - $35 (Massillon councilman)
• Joseph F. Cholley - $35
• Terry J. Nolan - $100
• Julia M. Stambaugh - $35
• C. G. Calhoun - $50
• Terry A. Hughes - $40
• Brent Burton - $250
• Hughes Assoc - $100
• Manuel J. Albacete - $70 (Director/Canton Art Institute)
• Frances Regiec - $25
• Tiffany Hughes - $35
• David Roshang - $70
• Michael Rufo Sr - $70
• David Regiec - $100
• Jeffrey Prlik - $70
• Gary Brahler - $70
• Phillip DeMario - $70
• Thomas Harmon - $100 (sitting Stark County commissioner)
  
• Debra Charles - $100
• Craig Chessler - $200 (Perry Township trustee and Canton City Law Department)
• Debra A. Kattman - $500
• Joseph F. Cush - $500
• Rodney L. Napier - $1,000
• Lee J. DiCola - $1,000
• Re-elect Casar - $70 (Canton councilman)
• Thomas A. Kolp - $70
• Betty W. Yaghodti - $70
• Re-elect Phil Giavasis - $70 (Canton Clerk of Courts)
• Roy Gutierrez - $35 (former Stark County Democratic Party chairman)
• Joseph F. Norcia - $70
• William J. Bachman - $35
• Timothy A. Trbovich - $35
• Peter Calac - $35
• Michael Monastra - $70
• John Kurtzman - $70 (Stark County Prosecutor's office)
• Keep Ferrero Prosecutor - $100 (Stark County prosecutor - John Ferrero)
• Samuel R. Coletti - $35
• Donald S. Beard - $70
• Frank S. Drlik - $170
• Michael J. Rehfus - $200 (Stark County engineer)
• Paul A. Milano - $70
• Douglas J. Prestier - $70
• Michael K. O'Brien - $70
• Friends of John M. Rinaldi - $35 (former board member, Canton City Schools)
• Nick Novelli - $35
• Jack R. Baker - $35
• Richard Lee Wollenberg - $370
• Shelley M. Roman - $70
• Nick Sylvester - $70
• Thomas V. Ferrero - $70 (losing candidate for Massillon Municipal Court judge - 11/2007
• Adam Rossi - $70
• Anthony C. Vitale - $70
• Joan M. Souliere - $70
• Beverly M. Kell - $70
• Aurelia Burgess - $70
• James A. Vitale - $50
• Matthew W. Widerman - $105
• Joseph M. Vitale - $250
• Friends of Mike Stevens - $35 (Stevens [Lawrence Township trustee] lost to Celeste DeHoff [50th House District] in 3/2008
  
• Teresa J. Purses - $300 (superintendent/Canton Local and wife of former Canton mayor Same Purses)
• Dan Fonte - $35 (retired leader of Plumber and Pipefitters Local #94)
• Donald G. Jones - $70
• Harold Ziegler, Jr - $35
• Kay H. Paar - $35
• Victor DiCola, Jr - $35
• Carl L. Capestrain, Sr - $70
• M. Catherine Swallen - $70
• Paul M. Gemmato - $70
• Mary Ann Horrigan - $70
• John P. Kotagides - $70
• Ronald W. Steffen - $70
• James J. Purses - $70
• Karl A. "Butch" Kraus, Jr. - $70 (Canton councilman)
• David A. Dorland - $70
• Vincent L. Guardado - $70
• James A. Pastore - $200
• Richard V. Forte - $50
• JM Associates - $200
• Mark J. Pellegrino - $35
• Roseann M. Pucci - $35
• Richard Jacobsen - $35
• Dale J. Wheeler - $35
• Rose Everhart - $35
• Hoffman for Judge Committee - $35 (William B. Hoffman - 5th District Court of Appeals)
• Virginia R. Vernier - $35
• William J. Hamann - $35
• Lester Baroni - $35
• Christopher Clay - $70
• Jeffrey W. Crowl - $35
• Thomas G. Valentine - $70
• Marland J. Hoover - $70
• Peter M. Ranalli - $70
• Leo E. Doyle - $70
• Peter N. Porrazzo - $70
• Edward A. Rehfus - $70
• Paul L. Pucci - $70
• Leonard P. Bossart - $70
• Jeffrey A. Ferry - $70
• David Sager - $70
• Jim McDonald - $70
• Marianna Lijoi - $70 (from Wadsworth)
• Keep Joe Martuccio Law Director Committee - $70 (Joe Martuccio - Canton law director)
• Sam Anthony Purses - $100 (former Canton mayor)
• Celeste M. DeHoff - $35 (Tuslaw Township trustee, Democrat candidate for Ohio House - 50th)
• Guy R. Bertram - $30
• Randolph Lee Snow - $35 (former board member, Canton City Schools)
• Katherine M. Catazaro-Perry $35 (Massillon councilwoman)
• Timothy M. Wise - $35
• Peter T. Pertinc - $35
• Vickie Ashbaugh - $35
• Suzanne Farelli - $35
• Donald A. Diamond - $35
• Re-elect Judge Haas Committee - $35 (Judge John Haas - Stark County Court of Common Pleas)
• Ray E. Jones - $35
• James M. Carmon, Jr - $35
• Timothy K. Souliere - $35
• James A. Purses - $35
• James D. Hare - $35
• Milia M. Dorkin - $35
• V. Maria Byington - $35
• Gary J. Ranalli - $35
• Joec V. Souliere - $35
• Dr. Murthy - $35 (Stark County coroner)
• Joseph F. Hawkins - $35
• Friends of Rick Campbell Comm - $35 (Stark County Recorder Rick Campbell)
• Jeanette Mullane - $50 (Director - Stark County Board of Elections)
• John R. Guia - $70 (Canton attorney)
• Mary A. Falvey - $70 (Canton Municipal Court judge)
• Gregory A. Haban - $70
• Dr. James R. Pritchard -$70 (former Stark County coroner)
• C. Fred Hock - $70
• Samuel J. Ferruccio - $70 (Canton attorney and Democrat member of Stark County Board of Elections)
• Jane M. Carman - $70
• Bradley R. Iams - $70 (Canton attorney)
• James D. Purses - $70
• Anthony J. Norcia - $70
• John E. Oliver, Jr - $70
• Robert J. Bolek - $70
• Re-elect Judge Gwin Comm - $100 (Scott Gwin/judge - 5th District Court of Appeals)
• Richard D. Reinbold, Jr - $100 (judge - Stark County Court of Common Pleas/General Division)
• Thomas A. Ascani - $100 (member of Mayor Healy transition team)
• Rick Purses - $100
• Paul L. Williams - $140
• Samuel J. Sliman - $140
• Tasos G. Kalantzis - $350 (president, Tasos Electric Co Inc)
• Bernard L. Hunt - $35 (former Canton Safety Director/Republican Janet Creighton's administration)
• Joseph C. Joseph - $35
• James W. Kessler - $35
• Timothy A. Swanson - $35 (Stark County sheriff)
• Brian F. Fitzswimmons - $35
• David N. Novelli - $40
  
• Michael S. Shaheen - $70
• Barbara Wood - $70
• Susan Steiner - $70
• Rodney L. Fete - $70
• James J. Spitale - $70
• James L. Ergon - $70
• Nick G. Koinoglou - $70
• Canton Auto Repair & Towing - $70
• Paul Mastriacovo - $70 (Repository guest columnist and former prosecutor)
• Mariella Mestel - $50
• Marlene K. Oster - $100
• Scott E. Oster - $50
• Friends of Perez Comm - $1,250 (Kim Perez - Stark County auditor) LARGEST SINGLE DOLLAR AMOUNT CONTRIBUTOR
  
• Leon Orin - $70
• Greg Hawk - $35 (Canton councilman)
• Al Leno - $70 (Plain Township trustee)
• Vincent Frustaci - $35
• Darla Mroczkowski - $35
• Gary Young - $50 (Canton - chief deputy auditor)
• Marcello Frustaci - $50
• Jim Armstrong - $35
• Bill Smuckler - $35 (Canton councilman)
• Hallie Umpleby - $35
• Joan M. Ungashick - $70
• George N. Michael - $70

Questions: Any surprises on this list?