Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
C091269 FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 2/25/2011
The Adam Smith Foundation
P O Box 21
Jefferson City, MO 65102
2/25/2011
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Adam Smith Foundation? Where have we seen that before? Oh, yeah:
Missouri’s Adam Smith Foundation gives $498,000 to repeal California’s greenhouse gas law (April 19, 2010)
Missouri’s Adam Smith Foundation and the repeal of California’s AB 32 – that $498,000, from where? (August 6, 2010)
Anyway, back to Freedom PAC which is opposing the renewal of the earnings tax on the April 5th ballot in Kansas City:
Paid for by FREEDOM PAC, James Thomas, Treasurer © Copyright 2011 KANSAS CITY TAX REFORM.
What have they opposed locally in the recent past?:
DIRECT EXPENDITURE REPORT
FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 2/25/2011B. BALLOT MEASURES
School District Levy
Lee’s Summit School Dist
2/8/2011
$1,000.00KC E-Tax
KCMO
4/5/2011
$32,500.00
[emphasis added]
Ah, they’re one of those right wingnut front groups that wants to defund everything.
And who else has been giving them money?:
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 2/25/2011
American Democracy Alliance
1100 Main Street
Kansas City MO 64105
1/28/2011
$50,000.00
[emphasis added]
Ah, the usual suspects. Now, if we could only figure out who is bankrolling their bankrollers.
And what have they been spending that money on?:
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 2/25/2011
Wilson Research Strategies, LLC
1319 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City OK 73103
2/9/2011
benchmark study
$32,268.00Law Office of James C. Thomas III
4131 N. Mulberry Drive
Suite 200
Kansas City MO 64116
2/9/2011
Legal Fees
$600.00Axiom Strategies, LLC
1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy
Suite 85
Kansas City MO 64116
2/11/2011
Survey
$1,000.00Axiom Strategies, LLC
1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy
Suite 85
Kansas City MO 64116
2/11/2011
General Consulting Services
$7,500.00Axiom Strategies, LLC
1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy
Suite 85
Kansas City MO 64116
2/1/2011
General Consulting and Field Staff
$10,000.00Axiom Strategies, LLC
1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy
Suite 85
Kanssa City MO 64116
2/11/2011
Tax Reform Website (production)
$15,000.00
[emphasis added]
Surveys, staff, a web site!
Any bets they’re planning on a monster direct mail campaign?
