With the filing period closing tomorrow, August 15, 2012, a total of ten individuals haven taken out papers, and nine have filed. The following list from the city clerk indicates that filing petition signatures have been checked and verified for early filers Ali-Kinney, Bates and Bell. The remaining filer’s signatures are still being verified.

Martinez has until 5:00 PM tomorrow to file.

NAME STATUS

Mike Ali-Kinney Qualified

Nate Bates Qualified

Gary Bell Qualified

Tom Butt Qualification Pending

Anthony Green Qualification Pending

Marilyn Langlois Qualification Pending

Eduardo Martinez No filing

Jael Myrick Qualification Pending

Bea Roberson Qualification Pending

Mark Wassberg Qualification Pending

For those who have most generously donated to my campaign fund and volunteered to help, I thank you. I also appreciate those who have signed on as endorsers.

With ten people vying for three seats, this is going to be a tough campaign. We still need approximately $20,000 to $30,000 for our campaign fund, and I would like to have a list of 500 endorsers.

Our campaign website has been completely updated. See www.tombutt.com and to donate, see http://www.tombutt.com/contribute.htm.