Campaign money. Public decisions.
Follow a reported contribution to a business, a city action, and the vote. Read the evidence at every step.
Explore the disclosures ↓A contribution is a fact. A business connection is a fact. Neither, by itself, establishes influence.
Whose campaign?
All eight officialsTranscribed entries matching these filters, counted once per entry. These are not total funds raised. Unitemized gifts, loans and carried-forward balances are separate.
| Contributor / disclosed employer | Recipient campaign | Date | Amount & kind | Source / connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael JonesEmployer: Edison Engineering | Latonia P. Hines | Jun 3, 2022Filing index: 2022 | $250Cash as reported | Filing · p5 ↗ |
| Michael LaScalaAttorney | Latonia P. Hines | May 26, 2022Filing index: 2022 | $500Cash as reported | Filing · p5 ↗ |
Deborah C [surname unclear]AttorneyTranscription noteHandwritten surname requires confirmation; no identity join. | Latonia P. Hines | May 12, 2022Filing index: 2022 | $150Cash as reported | Filing · p5 ↗ |
Jake BurrowTranscription noteSeptember 2023; handwritten day is overwritten and is not normalized. | Derek Norton | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2023 | $2,500Cash | Filing · p8 ↗ |
Hugh Pettit IIIEmployer: Georgia LinkPartnerTranscription noteDate and contribution-type checkbox are blank; amount appears in the cash column. | Derek Norton | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2023 | $1,000Cash as reported | Filing · p5 ↗ |
Garvis SamsAttorneyTranscription noteDate blank. | Latonia P. Hines | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2022 | $750Cash as reported | Filing · p6 ↗ |
Charles WelchEngineerTranscription noteHandwritten date reads 08/22/03 in the 2023 report; year requires confirmation. | Charles “Corkey” Welch | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2023 | $500Self contribution | Filing · p7 ↗ |
Titus NicholsAttorneyTranscription noteJune 2022; handwritten day is overwritten. | Latonia P. Hines | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2022 | $500Cash | Filing · p4 ↗ |
Apartment AssociationTranscription noteFull organization name and date are not supplied. | Latonia P. Hines | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2022 | $250Cash as reported | Filing · p6 ↗ |
Derek NortonTranscription noteYard sign; date and contribution-type checkbox blank. | Latonia P. Hines | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2022 | $250In-kind | Filing · p6 ↗ |
Travis LinleyTranscription noteName as handwritten; yard sign; date and contribution-type checkbox blank. | Latonia P. Hines | Date not resolvedFiling index: 2022 | $250In-kind | Filing · p6 ↗ |
Coverage, evidence and limits
Retrieved September 5, 2026. 79 index entries, 78 distinct PDFs and 781 scanned pages. All eight current officials are represented in the filing inventory.
Specific source issues: Welch’s October 2023 summary lists $2,250 without donor entries. The July 2026 file indexed under Hines contains Pickens’s report. Gould’s indexed September amendment is an April amendment on its cover. Norton’s April 2023 rows and summary differ by $5; Gould’s October in-kind row and summary differ by $75.
How the graph and totals are built
- Scope: the Smyrna office entries in Georgia’s 2022–2025 archive and 2026 PeachFile index, retrieved September 5, 2026, for the current mayor and seven council members. Older filings and records absent from these indexes are not included.
- OCR locates schedules; published entries were transcribed and visually checked. Unclear handwriting, missing dates, blank schedules and summary discrepancies remain visible.
- Itemized cash, self contributions, in-kind amounts and other receipts are distinct. Unitemized totals, interest, loans and carried-forward balances are never attributed to invented donors or added to the itemized totals.
- Business connections use explicitly disclosed names and corroborating context. Common personal names, joint donors, differing companies and committees are not automatically merged. Affiliation at the time of a gift does not prove affiliation at the time of an action.
- The action search covers the indexed 2025–2026 meeting item text and excerpts, with selected reviewed matches. It is not an exhaustive review of every contract attachment, beneficial owner, relative, vendor alias or historic transaction. No match is evidence of neither absence nor wrongdoing.
- A contribution and a related action establish a documentary connection, not influence or causation. Inspect dates, roles, votes and both sources. Mayor authorization is not proof of a personal vote or signed execution.
Residential addresses, phone numbers and signatures are omitted from the interface and curated extracts. Original public PDFs retain their published contents.