Our previous coverage of the business relationship between Representative Steve Tilley (r – 106), the republican Majority Floor Leader in the Missouri House, and lobbyist Travis Brown:

A Plane, a Business, a Representative, and a Lobbyist

Today’s Republican Floor Leader co-owns plane with Lobbyist story is [RBH]

The Missouri Ethics Commission has a convenient online place to look through fillings like a “Lobbyist Monthly Expenditure Report”:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

LOBBYIST MONTHLY EXPENDITURE REPORT

Report of activities for the month of February 2008…

…Electronically submitted by Travis Brown, on 3/10/2008 1:11:25 PM…

…INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children…

…COOPER, SHANNON – Representative

      02/19/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $80.00

JETTON, ROD – Representative

      02/19/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $80.00…

…GROUP EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of a group of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children, on any single occasion…

RULES, STANDING   02/20/2008

Meals, Food, & Beverage

$530.00…

…PRINCIPAL EXPENDITURES

All persons, business entities, governmental entities, religious organizations, non-profit corporations, or associations by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained, from whom the lobbyist receive any expenses or compensation or in whose interest the lobbyist appears…

…PELOPIDAS, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 207

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

XXX-XXX-XXXX $160.00

[emphasis added]

All of the reports from 2008 now include this:

…BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

Direct business relationships, association or partnership with any public official during the reporting period.

Public Official Description Time Period Relationship Existed

Rep. Steve Tilley Co-owner, Mid Missouri Aviation, LLC, general purpose: general aviation, private travel Since 12/12/2006…

It’s a long slog, but we’ll go through the monthly reports.

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

LOBBYIST MONTHLY EXPENDITURE REPORT

Report of activities for the month of March 2008…

…Electronically submitted by Travis Brown, on 4/10/2008 12:45:41 PM…

…INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children…

…RICHARD, RON – Representative

      03/03/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $48.04

Aaron Willard – Employee or Staff

     JETTON, ROD – Representative 03/05/2008

    Entertainment

  $240.00…

…GROUP EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of a group of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children, on any single occasion…

EDUCATION 03/05/2008

Meals, Food, & Beverage

$449.46

…PRINCIPAL EXPENDITURES

All persons, business entities, governmental entities, religious organizations, non-profit corporations, or associations by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained, from whom the lobbyist receive any expenses or compensation or in whose interest the lobbyist appears.

…PELOPIDAS, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 207

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

XXX-XXX-XXXX $400.04

REX AND JEANNE SINQUEFIELD

XXXXX

ST. LOUIS  MO   63108

XXX-XXX-XXXX $449.46

[emphasis added]

Representative Ron Richard is the current Speaker of the Missouri House.

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

LOBBYIST MONTHLY EXPENDITURE REPORT

Report of activities for the month of April 2008…

…Electronically submitted by Travis Brown, on 5/10/2008 2:03:15 PM…

…INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children…

…DEMPSEY, TOM – Senator

      04/18/2008

    Travel

  $206.25

JONES, KENNY – Representative

      04/18/2008

    Travel

  $137.50

COOPER, SHANNON – Representative

      04/19/2008

    Travel

  $96.25

DEMPSEY, TOM – Senator

      04/19/2008

    Travel

  $165.00

JONES, KENNY – Representative

      04/19/2008

    Travel

  $96.25…

…PRINCIPAL EXPENDITURES

All persons, business entities, governmental entities, religious organizations, non-profit corporations, or associations by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained, from whom the lobbyist receive any expenses or compensation or in whose interest the lobbyist appears…

… PELOPIDAS, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 207

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

XXX-XXX-XXXX $1,201.97…

Four people traveled somewhere on April 19th (and one on April 18th). How did the get to where they were going? Just asking. I don’t know.

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

LOBBYIST MONTHLY EXPENDITURE REPORT

Report of activities for the month of May 2008…

…Electronically submitted by Travis Brown, on 6/10/2008 3:41:23 PM…

…GROUP EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of a group of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children, on any single occasion…

…ENTIRE MISSOURI SENATE 05/05/2008

Meals, Food, & Beverage

$200.00

ENTIRE MISSOURI SENATE 05/15/2008

Meals, Food, & Beverage

$192.59…

…PRINCIPAL EXPENDITURES

All persons, business entities, governmental entities, religious organizations, non-profit corporations, or associations by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained, from whom the lobbyist receive any expenses or compensation or in whose interest the lobbyist appears…

PELOPIDAS, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 207

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

573-256-1322 $392.59…

[emphasis added]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

LOBBYIST MONTHLY EXPENDITURE REPORT

Report of activities for the month of November 2008…

…Electronically submitted by Travis Brown, on 12/9/2008 7:56:18 PM…

INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURES

Expenditures made by the lobbyist or principal on behalf of public officials, their staff, employees, spouse or dependent children.

Name and Title or Relationship of Recipient

Cassie Jetton
– Spouse or Child

     JETTON, ROD – Representative 11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

ICET, ALLEN – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

ICET, ALLEN – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

JETTON, ROD – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Gift

  $150.00

JETTON, ROD – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

JETTON, ROD – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

Joncee Nodler – Spouse or Child

     NODLER, GARY – Senator 11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

MAYER, ROBERT (ROB) – Senator

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

MAYER, ROBERT (ROB) – Senator

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

Nancy Mayer – Spouse or Child

     MAYER, ROBERT (ROB) – Senator 11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

NODLER, GARY – Senator

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

NODLER, GARY – Senator

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

Patty Richard – Spouse or Child

     RICHARD, RON – Representative 11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

RICHARD, RON – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

RICHARD, RON – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

SUTHERLAND, MIKE – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

TILLEY, STEVEN – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $162.13

TILLEY, STEVEN – Representative

      11/07/2008

    Other

  $239.30

cassie jetton – Spouse or Child

     JETTON, ROD – Representative 11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

ICET, ALLEN – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

JETTON, ROD – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

joncee nodler – Spouse or Child

     NODLER, GARY – Senator 11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $286.21

MAYER, ROBERT (ROB) – Senator

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $286.21

nancy mayer – Spouse or Child

     MAYER, ROBERT (ROB) – Senator 11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $286.21

NODLER, GARY – Senator

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $286.21

patty richard – Spouse or Child

     RICHARD, RON – Representative 11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

RICHARD, RON – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

SUTHERLAND, MIKE – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

TILLEY, STEVEN – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Travel

  $88.00

TILLEY, STEVEN – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63

WASSON, JAY – Representative

      11/08/2008

    Meals, Food, & Beverage

  $25.63…

…PRINCIPAL EXPENDITURES

All persons, business entities, governmental entities, religious organizations, non-profit corporations, or associations by whom the lobbyist is employed or retained, from whom the lobbyist receive any expenses or compensation or in whose interest the lobbyist appears…

…PELOPIDAS, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 207

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

573-256-1322 $88.00

REX AND JEANNE SINQUEFIELD

XXXXX

ST. LOUIS  MO   63108

XXX-XXX-XXXX $4,569.11

THE BROWN LOBBY FIRM, LLC

912 EAST BROADWAY, SUITE 208

COLUMBIA  MO   65201

XXX-XXX-XXXX $150.00

[emphasis added]

I wonder where and how that November 8, 2008 travel happened? Just asking. I have no idea.

Pelopidas, LLC has a charitable fundraising story up on their web site:

…The event, which was held Thursday, December 11, at the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel was hosted by Missouri-focused philanthropists Rex Sinquefield and his wife, Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield, Travis Brown and Rachel Keller Brown of Pelopidas, LLC, an advocacy management company and Laura Slay, president of Slay & Associates, Inc., a marketing and public relations firm…

Is it just me, or does everyone else involved in Missouri politics appear to know everyone else?