What would you say if I told you that the President of The Sussex County Council was paid $5,000 in salary by the largest developer in Sussex County? Sounds pretty fishy, eh? Well that is exactly what developer and Republican candidate for US Congress Glenn Urquhart is doing with his campaign funds.
Let’s review. Glenn Urquhart has raised $568,050 dollars in his quest to be the Republican candidate for Congress. Of that $568,050, Urquhart gave $565,000 to his own campaign. This means that he has raised a mere $3,050 in donations.
So far he has spent a little over $56,000 on the campaign. $5,000 of that money has gone to pay a salary to Vance Phillips, The Sussex County Council President. An additional $475 or so was paid to Phillips to reimburse him for expenses, as well.
Vance’s salary is the second highest expenditure for the Urquhart campaign during this reporting period. It also represents more that Urquhart has collected in fundraising and almost 10% of total expenditures. I guess if this whole Congressional thing doesn’t work out, Urquhart can go right back to developing the hell out of Sussex County. Except, next time he will have an employee as County Council President.