brown was required to report the money that he got as campaign contributions. on june 5, brown gave the press copies of money orders payable to "sulaimon brown for mayor" from relatives of howard brooks, including brook's son (peyton brooks), the son's girlfriend, and a cousin of brook's wife. the last two denied ever making the contributions. peyton brooks was also hired as a $110,000-a-year special assistant in the office of the deputy mayor for planning and economic development. peyton brooks was one of several children of gray's campaign workers to be fired after the press printed stories about the jobs. brown said that he received additional money orders from howard brooks, but that those did not have names on them.