Candidates reveal campaign spending

YOUNGSTOWN — Some candidates spent quite a bit of money to lose in last month’s election.

Also, the committee for the 9.5-mill Youngstown school property tax spent $23,789 on a failed campaign. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the levy 58 percent to 42 percent.

That committee had $4,592 left in its account as of Dec. 7. The financially-struggling school district is placing the levy back on the March 4, 2008, primary ballot.

Candidates and issue committees had until Friday to file post-general election campaign finance reports for financial activity between Oct. 18 and Dec. 7.

For more, see Saturday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com