State Representative David Morales raised a little more than $97,000 for the quarter and spent $66,000. And ended the quarter with 118,870.81 cash on hand.
While Smiley is the King of the big donor — especially of those tied to the development community, Morales has his own fiefdom. He is the king of the small donor.
Morales registered more than four times as many individual donations as Smiley, but Smiley out-raised him by more than 2.5 to 1.
Here is a partial list of the names of individuals in the development community who were significant donors to Smiley:
James Abdo Abdo Development (owner of the mothballed Old Providence Journal Building) $1,000
Antonio Manaigo, Knight & Swan Development LLC $2,000
Federico Manaigo, Knight & Swan Development LLC $2,000
Lianne Marshall, Marshall Properties $1,000
Jim Procaccianti, Procaccianti Group $1,000
Other Smiley notables: Richard Snappy, who operates the strip joint, the Cadillac Lounge ($1,000), movie maker Chad Verdi ($1,000), three-time Democratic gubernatorial candidate Myrth York ($1,100), and former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo ($2,000).
The largest expenditure for Smiley was advertising — about $40,000, including a one-time $30,000 payment to Atlanta-based Canal Partners Media. The other major expenditure is staff spending
Morales Attracts Lots of Small Donors
An example of a Morales donor is Chantelle Tangui. She works at the Cheesecake Factory, lives on Smith Street, and donated $10 a month to Morales in the first quarter for a total of $30.
For both Morales and Smiley, many of their donations come from outside the City of Providence.
