The folks who are opposed to the continuation of the earnings tax on tomorrow’s ballot in Kansas City filed their final 24 Hour Expenditure Report with the Missouri Ethics Commission today:
REPORT SUMMARY
FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 4/4/20118. Total All Receipts This Election $476,025.01
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $2,600.00
14. Total Expenditures This Election $535,412.54
21. Payments This Period on Prev Reported Expend Incurred (Paid by Cash/Check Only) $10,509.00
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $19,061.40
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $105,536.00
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Let’s take a look at those disbursements:
ADDENDUM STATEMENT [pdf]
Debt Payment:
Wilson Research Strageties, LLC — Invoice #123095 reported on
4/2/2011
Amount: 6000.00Debt Payment:
Advantage, Inc. — Invoice #310401 — Reported on 4/2/2011
Amount: 4509.00
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
FREEDOM PAC [pdf] 4/4/2011B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
Cozad Company, LLC
21550 Highway 92
Platte City MO 64079
4/4/2011
Consulting Services
$2,000.00CRAFT | Media/Digital
706 7th St., SE
Washington DC 20003
4/4/2011
Video Work
$600.00
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Cozad Company? Via the Missouri Secretary of State:
Name Name Type
COZAD COMPANY, LLC Legal
Limited Liability Company – Domestic – InformationCharter Number: LC0076448
Status: ActiveEntity Creation Date: 1/14/2003
State of Business.: MO
Expiration Date: Perpetual
Registered AgentAgent Name: LINDA H. COZAD
Office Address: 21550 HIGHWAY 92
PLATTE CITY MO 64079
Their purpose?:
….1. To engage in governmental consulting services of all kinds and types….
Ah, lobbyists:
LOBID:L001796 Received Date:2/10/2003
Lobbyist’s Name John C. Cozad Termination Date:
Lobbyist’s Address Cozad Company LLC
Lobbyist’s Address2 21550 Highway 92
Lobbyist’s C/S/Z Platte City, MO 64079Principal Name/Address/Phone Status Date Added Date Deleted
[….]
KANSAS CITY MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT
1125 LOCUST
KANSAS CITY MO 64106
816-234-5057 D 3/13/2005 12/7/2010
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Really? You think?
Previously:
Campaign Finance: what’s this? (April 3, 2011)
Campaign Finance: opponent(s) of the Kansas City earnings tax – another 24 hour report (March 31, 2011)
Campaign Finance: throwing bad money after bad – opponent(s) of the Kansas City earnings tax (March 30, 2011)
Kansas City Earnings Tax: ad in support of yes vote on April 5th (March 30, 2011)
That’s a question a lot of people have been asking (March 29, 2011)
Campaign Finance: Freedom PAC’s spending against the earnings tax in Kansas City (March 28, 2011)
Uh, we already knew about that (March 24, 2011)
Campaign Finance: Freedom PAC funded by the usual suspect(s) (March 18, 2011)
Campaign Finance: Who is bankrolling the bankrollers? (March 10, 2011)
Campaign Finance: your Friday big bucks contribution dump (March 4, 2011)
Campaign Finance: opponents of the earnings tax in Kansas City get a lot of help (February 26, 2011)