RICHMAN'S FUND RAISING FOR VALLEY MAYOR IN HIGH GEAR.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer Assemblyman Keith Richman Dr. Keith S. Richman is a California, United States, Republican politician. From 2001 to 2007, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County. has raised more than $127,000 in his campaign for mayor of the proposed San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. city - far outpacing other candidates who reported their fund-raising totals Monday. Richman reported that his campaign had raised $127,533 and spent $112,144 through Saturday, the end of the first reporting period for the Nov. 5 election. A copy of Richman's statement provided to the Daily News did not provide a breakdown of donations and expenditures. Reports had to be postmarked by Monday, but by Monday afternoon, the city Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. had not received financial reports from any of the 10 candidates for mayor of a proposed San Fernando Valley city. Candidate Henry Divina said he has raised about $5,000, while Leonard Shapiro, Jim Summers and Marc Strassman said they had raised less than $1,000 each. Mel Wilson, whose campaign rivals Richman's in organizational structure  This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. , did not return phone calls, and his campaign staff did not provide information on fund raising. Benny Bernal did not have information on his fund raising, and Bruce Boyer, Gregory Roberts and David Hernandez could not be reached Monday afternoon. Richman said he was pleased with his donations, noting that he did not begin campaigning full-time until August, when the California Assembly recessed. He said his campaign is continuing to gain steam. Shapiro and some other candidates said they never intended to raise thousands of dollars, saying a big fund-raising drive Noun 1. fund-raising drive - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported would contradict the grass-roots nature of their campaigns. ``I'm running on my reputation,'' said Shapiro, a longtime City Hall gadfly gadfly, name for various biting flies, especially those that attack livestock, e.g., the botfly and the horsefly. . ``I shouldn't need a lot of money for people to know who I am.'' |
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