The Committee for the Future of East Baton Rouge, a political-action committee formed to support Mayor Kip Holden’s $901 million bond issue, paid $170,000 to New York-based Thinc Design for conceptual designs of Alive, according to a campaign-finance report filed Thursday with the Louisiana Ethics Commission.
The PAC also paid LSU economist Jim Richardson $15,000 in consulting fees for the entire bond issue. 210 Corp received $1,250 for development of a Web site for pro-bond grassroots group Progress Is…, while founding member Todd Teepell received $2,949 in reimbursements for printing and copying costs.
The PAC collected $354,250 in contributions from Jan. 1 through Oct. 5 and has spent $212,127 so far. Shaw Environmental Inc. is the largest contributor to the campaign with $50,000. FuturePac donated $30,000, and River Park Development donated $15,000.
The bond issue vote is Nov. 14. To see a copy of the report, click here.
A panel discussion Thursday on the bond issue, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Baton Rouge, will be broadcast on TV in two or three parts starting tonight. The program will air on WBRT-TV. The schedule is:
—Part 1, 9:30 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Monday.
—Part 2, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday
—Part 3 (if aired), 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Thursday
The league says it has taken no position on the bond.—Emma James
