first on decorahnews.com: How much money did the two sides in the May 1st MEU referendum spend?

The two sides in the May 1st referendum on whether Decorah should be able to investigate forming a municipal electric utility have filed their final campaign financing disclosure reports.

The reports show the two sides combined to spend almost $200,000 on the campaign, with Alliant Energy spending almost $160,000 on "donations in kind" to the "Committee for Decorah's Energy Future" and Decorah Power spending almost $35,000 through "Citizens for Decorah Power."

The final Committee for Decorah's Energy Future report shows $54,601.33 in spending from the date of the last report through the end of the referendum campaign.  A previous financial report showed $105,233,32 in spending, meaning the total of in-kind contributions from Alliant Energy to the campaign organization was $159,834.65.

The final Citizens for Decorah Power report shows $16,273 in spending from the date of the last report through the end of the referendum campaign.  When added to $18,718 in previous spending, that produces a total of $34,991 in spending.

All campaign financing reports can be read at: https://webapp.iecdb.iowa.gov/PublicView/?d=county%2fWinneshiek%2fLocal_Ballot