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AUDIT NEWPORT NEWS
Good News PAC Money Flow Case File
Reporting discrepancy and the wider donor and spending network
Prepared October 10, 2026. Initial source-backed case file. This file records findings, calculations, counterevidence and the records still
needed; it is not a published accusation or an official audit.
The hook is a reporting discrepancy. Shannon Jones's campaign disclosed three payments totaling $12,700 to
a payee called Good News at the PAC's mailing address. The PAC's report covering the payment dates reports
zero receipts. No newer amendment to those periods was listed in the filing histories checked October 10. Nothing
in this review establishes wrongdoing by Shannon. Her reported expenditures are the evidence exposing the
unmatched entries.
Sources: [SJ-441977] [SJ-444031] [GN-451182]
The broader investigation follows money into Good News PAC and Friends of Phillip Jones, then tracks candidate
transfers, loans, repayments, vendors and a donor's city contract. Transfers are distinguished from new donations
so the same money is not counted repeatedly.
Finding Reported amount What it establishes
Unmatched disclosures; legal recipient and payment clearance
$12,700 receipt question $12,700.00
remain unverified.
Seven named donations to the PAC, including the September 24
Dominion Energy PAC support $175,000.00
notice.
Three gross transfers; $275,000 later returned, leaving $148,000
PAC to mayor campaign $423,000.00
net retained.
Nineteen contributions after the latest ordinary report period;
Newer direct-campaign notices $40,050.00
newest is Lowe's PAC on October 8.
Updated webpage figure; procurement and voucher records
Provost city paid-to-date display $1,016,540.27
remain needed.
Coverage: 19 PAC ordinary reports beginning November 29, 2022; 18 mayor campaign ordinary reports beginning January 7, 2022;
two Shannon campaign reports relevant to the June 2025 payments; and 22 selected special notices. The ordinary histories run
through August 31, 2026. The ledger contains 728 transaction rows and 61 original XML sources. All 308 extraction, arithmetic and
carry-forward checks passed.
Response status: question sets are prepared. The material reviewed does not preserve a verified sent-email receipt or a substantive
response. No refusal, admission or official enforcement finding is inferred.
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