Sagar, Blanchard Submit Finance Report

They missed the deadline, but Gary Sagar and Bob Blanchard managed to submit the finance report on Wednesday that covers the final days of this year's campaign for two Seekonk Board of Selectmen seats. The two men, who ran as a team, were the top spenders in the contest.

The duo collected $250 from Warwick resident Philip Carter in the final week prior to the April 2 election. Sagar also added $2.87 this week to put the campaign at a zero balance. The team spent $720, including a $100 donation to the Seekonk Veterans Memorial Gift Fund.

Sagar and Blanchard spent $3,226 in the first period of the campaign, according to the statement submitted in March. The total spending of $3,946 was significantly higher than the next biggest spender Nelson Almeida, whose self-funded campaign cost $1,424. Candidates David Viera and Dave Parker spent $748 and $379, respectively.

The second-period report was due last week. Viera also missed the deadline, and had not turned a report into the town clerk as of Thursday afternoon. He told Attleboro-Seekonk Patch on Monday that he spent no money in the second campaign period, and only had to make a $7 adjustment to his spending report on the first period.

Parker, the lone incumbent, received the most votes in the election with 1,063. Sagar placed second with 992 votes. The rest of the order was Almeida (877), Blanchard (825) and Viera (756).