The initiative fundraising clash over the development of an office building on the Knasas City Plaza continues.
Previously: Campaign Finance: Kansas City “Decline to Sign Committee” – in support of the Plaza office building (May 16, 2011)
Today 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
A111104 DECLINE TO SIGN COMMITTEE [pdf] 5/27/2011
Highwoods Realty LTD. Partnership
3100 Smoketree Court, ste 600
Raleigh , NC 27604
5/27/2011
$25,500.00
[emphasis added]
Ah, the owner(s) of the Plaza:
…Since 1978, Highwoods Properties has been providing high-quality service and offering well-designed spaces for office, industrial and retail customers. As a publicly traded (NYSE:HIW) real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and a member of S&P MidCap 400 Index, Highwoods has nine local divisions that service 12 markets across the Southeast and Midwest United States, providing leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for our properties and for third parties.
For more than 13 years, Highwoods has had a presence in Kansas City and currently owns, leases and manages more than 2.2 million square feet of office and retail space including the world-renowned Country Club Plaza….
And the Save Our Plaza campaign, the folks that don’t like the proposed office building:
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
C111009 SAVE OUR PLAZA [pdf] 5/27/2011
Suzanne Allen
6511 Seneca Rd.
Mission Hills, KS 66208
Retired
5/27/2011
$6,000.00
[emphasis added]
And the day before:
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
C111009 SAVE OUR PLAZA [pdf] 5/26/2011
James B Nutter Sr
1201 W 66th St
Kansas City, MO 64113
James B. Nutter and Company
5/24/2011
$9,500.00
[emphasis added]