Candidates list campaign donations

By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Two candidates for mayor and three for City Council Post 1 will go to the voters Tuesday in Fayetteville's municipal election.

Kenneth T. Steele, a Delta Air Lines pilot, and Paul C. Oddo Jr., CPA and restaurant owner, are in a race for the mayor's chair following the announcement last month that current Mayor Mike Wheat will not seek reelection.

Steele is a member of council, and his announcement that he would run for mayor left his Post 1 seat without an incumbent in this year's balloting.

Oddo has never run for public office.

Seeking the voters' approval to occupy Steele's seat on council are Bill Talley, chief financial officer for a Pine Mountain bank; Clyde Avery, a broker for office management firm Southeastern Properties Inc., and Paul Carter, owner of two Jonesboro restaurants and Fayetteville Family Billiards.

Post 2 Councilman Glenn Brewer is up for reelection as well, but he is the only person who has qualified to run for his seat and, unless there is a write-in candidate, will be elected by default.

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Old Depot on Stonewall Avenue. For information on the candidates, see page 4A and 5A.

Candidates were required to turn in reports of all financial contributions and campaign expenditures as of last Friday, and all Fayetteville candidates had done so except council candidate Paul Carter.

The remaining candidates' reported funds are listed below, in alphabetical order by post.

Mayoral Candidates

Paul Oddo

In-kind contributions: David Good of Peachtree City — $250 worth of campaign stickers and $24 worth of wood posts. Cash contributions: John and Kay Hallberg of Fayetteville, retired investor — $500; Ralph Ponder of Fayetteville, real estate salesman — $200; Paul C. Oddo Jr. — $1,513.75 in loans to campaign; Contributions of less than $101 — $1,001. Expenditures: City of Fayetteville — $288 for filing fee; Mail Boxes Etc., Towne Center — $168 for business cards; Fayette Daily News — $497.15 for newspaper ads; WMKJ Radio — $790 for radio ads; Simmons Signs, Fayetteville — $1,000 for campaign signs.

Kenneth Steele

Cash contributions: Golden Age Home Healthcare — $200; Dr. F. A. Sams Jr., M.D., of Fayetteville — $200; George Viduras of Peachtree City, public relations — $500; Kenneth T. Steele (candidate) — $850. Contributions less than $101 — $400. Expenditures: City of Fayetteville — $288 for filing fee; Board of Elections — $150 for voters list; Southern Poster of Atlanta — $477.22 for lawn signs.

Council Candidates

Clyde Avery

Avery reported no contributions and no expenditures.

Paul Carter

Did not turn in report.

Bill Talley

Talley reported no contributions or expenditures.