Gallo corrects campaign report

As the Austin Monitor reported Wednesday, City Council Member Sheri Gallo’s campaign finance report showed that she had received more than $46,000 in contributions between July 1 and Sept. 29, but it also showed that she had no money in her campaign account. Suspecting an error somewhere, the Monitor speculated that she still had more than $32,000 in the bank. Gallo called Wednesday to explain that her previous filing was erroneous and that she had filed a correction showing that she has $65,832 in her account. Her closest opponent in the fundraising category, Alison Alter, reported that she has about $50,000 in the bank. A third candidate, Rob Walker, lags behind, with about $4,000 in the bank. A fourth candidate in the race, Nicholas Virden, had apparently still not filed a report by late Wednesday. In the District 2 race, Council Member Delia Garza is far ahead of her two opponents, with nearly $17,000 in the bank. Challenger Casey Ramos got his paperwork in on Wednesday. He reported political expenditures of $478, with $2 maintained as of the end of the reporting period. The other challenger in the race, Wesley Faulkner, reported that he had about $770 at the end of September.