Campaign Finance Report for Howard County Executive Calvin Ball – 2020

It is always fun to look at the campaign finance report for the Howard County Executive…because it is always a big money report. Here is the 2020 annual report for our current County Executive Calvin Ball:

Here are some of the significant items I will note for this report: Significant contributions ($1,000 or more) including ticket purchase, PAC money, and other notable items in the report:

First lets start with summary numbers:

Prior Balance: $142,603.07

Total Receipts: $448,564.40

Total Expenditures: $163,001.67

Cash Balance: $428,165.70

 Now lets get into the details noted above:

• Significant contributions:
  • 100% Land Incorporated: $2,500
  • AAK Dobbin LLC: $2,000
  • AMF Walls & Ceilings, LLC: $4,000
  • ARLS Properties LLC: $3,000
  • Armiger, Earl: $2,000
  • Buch, Carl James: $2,000
  • Buch, Denise M.: $2,000
  • Buch, Frances Marie: $2,000
  • Buch, Michael Lee: $6,000 ($4,000 and $2,000 contributions)
  • Canfield, Brad: $4,500 (3 contributions from an employee at Merriweather Post Pavilion – and the report seems off in some way)
  • Cardona, Juan Carlos – $2,500
  • Caves Valley Partners – $2,000
  • Centricity Group LLC – $2,500
  • Congressional Seafood Co Inc – $1,250
  • Construction, Costello – $6,000
  • Conto, Kevin A. – $3,000
  • Conto, Lynn – $3,000
  • Conto, Sean W – $3,000
  • Cornew, Kenneth – $1,000
  • CRP Total Return Fund, LLLP – $2,000 (2 contributions)
  • Curran, J. Joseph – $2,000
  • Devries, Coleman – $1,000
  • Devries, Lisa A – $2,500
  • DMS Landing LLC – $6,000
  • Dorsey Family Homes – $1,000
  • Ellinger, Thomas J. – $3,000
  • Erskine, William – $1,000
  • Erskine, William E – $1,000
  • Executive Center Parcel D LP -$6,000
  • Executive Center, LLC – $6,000 (wait…what are the campaign finance limits…$12,000 from this entity…I know one is an LP and the other an LLC so two entities…but same address with slightly different names…hmmm.
  • Fisher Collins & Carter Incorporated – $1,000
  • Floors ETC. – $1,000
  • Freckled Ostrich Properties LLC – $1,000
  • Garner, Robert B – $2,000
  • Giannino, Joseph – $2,000
  • Ginsberg, Michael – $1,000
  • Gould Property Company – $2,000
  • Gray & Son – $1,000
  • Green Team Cleaning LLC – $6,000
  • Green, Jeanne E. – $1,000
  • Green, Ronald C. – $1,000
  • Greenberg, Barry – $1,000
  • Greenebaum, Michael – $2,000
  • Grimes, Gavin – $1,000
  • Guckert, Wes – $1,000
  • Gutschick, Little & Weber, P.A – $1,000
  • Harborside Homebuyers, LLC – $6,000
  • Harkins Builders Inc – $3,000
  • Harris-Jones, Lisa – $1,000
  • HBP 68 LLC – $1,000
  • Heinecke, Linda J – $4,000
  • Hertsch, Frank – $1,000
  • Howard Land Developers LLC – $2,500
  • Howard Research & Development Corp – $2,000
  • Howard, Andrew – $1,000
  • Hurwitz, Seth – $6,000
  • IMA Inc. dba Merriweather Post Pavillion – $6,000
  • J Davis Architects – $1,000
  • Jamin Development – $1,000
  • JFK Family Central Fund – $2,000
  • KAI Creative Co LLC – $1,000
  • KBR Corporation: Commercial Contracting – $4,000
  • Kearney, Steve – $2,500
  • Kellogg CCP LLC – $5,000
  • Kim, Brian – $2,000
  • Kirkley, Samantha – $1,000
  • Knott Mechanical – $1,000
  • Land Design & Development Incorporated – $2,000
  • Lawrence & Bundy LLC – $4,000
  • Lease, Brian – $2,000
  • LHSL Ellicott City – $1,000
  • Ligon Electric, Inc. – $2,500
  • Lloyd Plumbing Corp – $3,000
  • Lloyd, Ronny J – $3,000
  • M.T. Laney Co., Inc – $1,000
  • Magliocca, Richard P – $2,500
  • Malone, Sean R – $6,000
  • Martinez, Ricardo – $1,000
  • McHugh, James – $1,000
  • Meadows, Clarence W. $4,000
  • Mehta, Charu – $1,000
  • Meyerpeter, Daniel John – $4,000
  • Michael, Gary W – $4,000
  • Michael, Kim – $1,500
  • Mid-Atlantic Interiors Inc – $3,000
  • Middle River Business Center – $2,000
  • Mildenberg Boender & Association Incorpo – $1,000
  • Morabito, Frank – $1,000
  • Motherworks, LLC – $1,000
  • Moxley, James – $1,000
  • MV, Inc. – $1,000
  • NAFCO Wholesale Seafood – $1,250
  • Nazario Family LLC – $3,000
  • ND Gateway, LLC – $1,000
  • Parker, Jean – $2544.00
  • Pat 4 Land, LLC – $1,000
  • Perry, White, Ross, & Jacobson – $1,500
  • Pollak, Andrew – $1,000
  • Poole Mechanical Corporation – $4,000
  • Preston Scheffenacker Properties, Inc. – $5,000
  • RE Group Incorporated – $2,500
  • Realty Landscape, INC – $2,000
  • Residential Title & Escrow Company – $2,000
  • Reuwer Long Term Holding, LLC – $2,500
  • Reuwer, Donald – $5,000
  • Revere Bank – $1,500
  • RHI, Inc. – $4,000
  • RJMechanical LLC – $2,500
  • Robbins, Jennifer – $2,000
  • Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP – $1,000
  • Ross, Justin – $3,500
  • Rothstein, Allison – $1,000
  • Rothstein, Bryan – $1,000
  • Russet Distribution System – $1,000
  • Rusty Acres, LLC – $1,000
  • S.E.H. Excavating Inc – $1,000
  • Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP – $4,000
  • Scheer, Jessica – $1,000
  • Schroeder, Michael – $1,000
  • Schutz, Logan – $1,000
  • Scrivener, J. Thomas – $1,000
  • Smith, Anita – $2,000
  • Smith, Richard – $1,000
  • Snyder, Marie E. – $1,000
  • Speedway Rock, LLC – $4,000
  • Stapleton, William – $4,000
  • Stevens, Dale Russell – $4,000
  • Stone, George C. – $5,000
  • Stone, Holly G. – $5,000
  • Studdard, Jonathan – $6,000
  • Sullivant, G. Scott – $2,000
  • Taylor’s Collective: Atiques, Arts and A – $1,000
  • Telegraph Holdings, Inc – $5,000
  • Tew, Elizabeth – $2,000
  • The Iron Shop – $3,000
  • The Kennard Warfield Jr. Family Limited – $2,500
  • The Traffic Group Incorporated – $1,000
  • Tominovich, Joseph – $4,000
  • Triangle Route 108 Associates, LLC – $2,000
  • Troy Hill Corporate Center II LLC – $4,000
  • UHY Advisors Mid-Atlantic MD Incorporate – $1,000
  • Visionary Construction Consultants – $6,000
  • Vitale, Salvatore – $1,000
  • Waverly Builders & Developers, LLC – $2,500
  • Weick Properties, LLC – $2,200
  • Western Recreation Division LLC – $2,500
  • Woda Cooper Companies – $1,000
  • Zhang, Aidong – $2,000
• PAC Money from Maryland:

• Other notable items:
  • $8,000 from other campaigns (Feldmark $2,000 and Rawlings-Blake $6,000)
  • Civil fine for prior bookkeeping errors – $34,943.40. That is a BIG fine for bookkeeping errors in the past. Not sure I have ever seen anything that big in terms of fines before on campaign finance reports.
  • $20,000 Transfer to MD Registered political Committees (Team Howard County)

You can read the full report and all transactions here: READ HERE

I have additional data that I am reviewing and may have another post in the near future on this report.

Other upcoming reports include:

Maryland State Senators (Districts 9, 12 and 13)
Maryland State Delegates District 9
Maryland State Delegate District 12
Maryland State Delegates District 13
Stay tuned.

Scott E