State Auditor Tom Schweich (r) filed his April quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission yesterday.
REPORT SUMMARY
SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 4/14/20112. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $86,667.12
10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $55,132.37
21. Payments This Period on Prev Reported Expend Incurred (Paid by Cash/Check Only) $25,000.00
24. Money On Hand at the beginning of this reporting period (Including funds in depository, cash, savings accounts and all other investments) $978.08
27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $7,512.83
34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $15,472.20
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That’s not a lot of cash on hand. But, then, republican friends can always find it within themselves to write $10,000.00 checks at the drop of a hat for the next go around, whatever that might be.
Let’s take a look at some of the contributions:
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 4/14/2011HBE Corp.
11330 Olive Blvd
St. Louis MO 63141
12/28/2010
$1,000.00Herzog Construction Co.
PO Box 1089
St. Joseph MO 64502
3/4/2011
$7,500.00Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Number 1 Leggett Road
Carthage MO 64836
1/5/2011
$5,000.00MHA PAC
PO Box 60
Jefferson City MO 65102
12/12/2010
$2,000.00Med-Pay Inc.
PO Box 10909
Springfield MO 65808
1/25/2011
$1,500.00Realtors PAC
PO Box 30635
Columbia MO 65205
1/2/2011
$5,000.00Unigroup, Inc.
One United Drive
Fenton MO 63026
1/5/2011
$500.00Republican State Committee
PO Box 73
Jefferson City MO 65102
2/9/2011
$10,000.00 [Bingo!]Thompson Communications
PO Box 5
Marshfield MO 65706
2/1/2011
$3,742.10Thompson Communications
PO Box 5
Marshfield MO 65706
2/1/2011
$10,789.02John Danforth
911 Tirrill Farms Road
St. Louis MO 63124
Retired
12/18/2010
$1,000.00Richard Fox
623 Old Slave Road
Wildwood MO 63005
Brady McCasland
12/21/2010
$36.00Peter Herschend
538 Oak Bluff Road
Branson MO 65616
Herschend Family Entertainment
1/22/2011
$10,000.00 [Bingo!]World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc.
60 Weldon Parkway
St. Louis MO 63043
1/5/2011
$5,000.00Southwest Missouri Leadership PAC
PO Box 1725
Joplin MO 64802
1/25/2011
$2,000.00Enterprise Holdings PAC
600 Corporate Park Drive
St. Louis MO 63105
12/21/2010
$1,300.00Emerson’s Missouri PAC
8000 W. Florissant Ave.
St. Louis MO 63136
1/21/2011
$4,000.00
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Could it be? That John Danforth?
Well, bless Richard Fox.
And some of the expenditures?:
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 4/14/2011The Rocket Group
PO Box 913
Jefferson City MO 65102
1/13/2011
Media
$5,725.26John Hancock & Assoc.
16100 Chesterfield Parkway
Chesterfield MO 63017
1/26/2011
Printing
$2,614.61Republican State Committee
PO Box 73
Jefferson City MO 65102
2/22/2011
Event Fee
$611.00Republican State Committee
PO Box 73
Jefferson City MO 65102
2/25/2011
Event Fee
$2,000.00Mike Michelson
2635 Kenwood Drive
Jefferson City MO 65101
1/26/2011
Pianist
$350.00David Barklage
7925 Clayton Road
Saint Louis MO 63105
2/3/2011
Consulting Fee
$20,000.00
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They paid the musician!
And the consultant! Must be nice work, if you can get it.