Since July 15th has passed we thought we’d take a look at the Federal Election Commission campaign finance report of LG PAC, the political action committee which started running television ads attacking republican gubernatorial candidate John Brunner in June. The LG PAC July quarterly report filed with the FEC covers the period from April 1st to June 30th.
FEC FORM 3X
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
For Other Than An Authorized Committee
FILING FEC-1086703
1. LG PAC
520 WEST 103RD STREET
SUITE 243
KANSAS CITY, Missouri 64114
2. FEC Committee ID #: C00617340
3. This committee has NOT qualified as a multicandidate committee (see FEC Form 1M)
4. Report Type = JUL QUARTERLY
Filed: 07/15/2016
5. Covering Period 04/01/2016 Through 06/30/2016
Column A
This Period
Column B
Year To Date
6. (a) Cash on hand, January 1, 2016
0.00
(b) Cash on hand at Beginning of Reporting Period 0.00
(c) Total Receipts (from line 19) 2300004.00 2300004.00
(d) Subtotal (6(b) + 6(c) for A, 6(a) + 6(c) for B) 2300004.00 2300004.00
7. Total Disbursements 2221046.70 2221046.70
8. Cash on Hand at Close of Reporting Period 78957.30 78957.30
9. Debts and Obligations Owed TO the Committee 0.00
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
10. Debts and Obligations Owed BY the Committee 0.00
Itemize all on SCHEDULE C or SCHEDULE D
Treasurer: Richard Monsees
Date Signed: 07/15/2016
[emphasis added]
That’s $2,300,004.00 in contributions and $2,221,046.70 in expenditures.
And where did the money come from?:
SCHEDULE A
ITEMIZED RECEIPTS
All Listed Line Numbers
[….]
Freedom Frontier P.O. Box 341016
Austin, Texas 78734
06/01/2016 1500000.00 1500000.00Freedom Frontier P.O. Box 341016
Austin, Texas 78734
06/22/2016 300000.00 1800000.00Freedom Frontier P.O. Box 341016
Austin, Texas 78734
06/29/2016 500000.00 2300000.00
So, that’s three different contributions of $1,500,000.00, $300,000.00, and $500,000.00 from the same entity over a period of four weeks. Note the address: P.O. Box 341016 Austin, Texas 78734
And how was all that money spent?:
SCHEDULE B
ITEMIZED DISBURSEMENTS
All Listed Line Numbers
Committee: LG PAC
[….]
Clark Hill PLC 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 1000 N. Bldg
Washington, DC 20004
06/30/2016 Legal fees 6311.50Main Street Media Group P.O. Box 25093
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
06/02/2016 Media Buy 964964.00Main Street Media Group P.O. Box 25093
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
06/15/2016 Media Buy 375552.50Main Street Media Group P.O. Box 25093
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
06/23/2016 Media Buy 414681.50Main Street Media Group P.O. Box 25093
Alexandria, Virginia 22313
06/30/2016 Media Buy 459336.50
That’s a lot of “media”.
We looked for Freedom Frontier at the Federal Election Commission and came up with Freedom Frontier Action Network, which interestingly, has a Custodian of Records/Designated Agent with the very same address as Freedom Frontier:
FEC FORM 1
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
FILING FEC-1041757
1. FREEDOM FRONTIER ACTION NETWORK
4790 CAUGHLIN PARKWAY #767
RENO, NV 89519
Email: so@gobergroup.com
NOTE: Email address is different than previously reported
2. Date: 01/07/2016
3. FEC Committee ID #: C00496372
This committee supports/opposes more than one Federal candidate and is NOT a separate segregated fund or a party committee.
Affiliated Committees/Organizations
NONE
Custodian of Records:
Shannon O’Leary
PO Box 341016
Austin, TX 78734
Title: Assistant TreasurerTreasurer:
Scott Bensing
4790 Caughlin Parkway
#757
Reno, Nevada 89519
Title: Treasurer
Phone # (775) 771-4724Designated Agent(s):
Shannon O’Leary
PO Box 341016
Austin, Texas 78734
Title: Assistant TreasurerBanks or Depositories
Wells Fargo
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94104Signed: Scott Bensing
Date Signed: 01/23/2016
[emphasis added]
Very interesting.
On January 25, 2016 the Federal Election Commission accepted [pdf] the termination of Freedom Frontier Action Network’s involvement with federal elections (and hence, their need to file disclosure reports with the FEC).
We’ve looked for a Freedom Frontier PAC in Missouri, Texas, and Nevada. It could be our poor search skills, but we couldn’t find anything in those systems.
So, as it stands, someone or many people are possibly spending $2,300,000.00 to be really mean to John Brunner (r). And we still don’t know who is behind it.
Previously:
PAC people are being mean to John Brunner (r) (June 4, 2016)
PAC people are being mean to John Brunner (r) – part 2 (June 5, 2016)