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
C101013 LET VOTERS DECIDE [pdf] 10/5/2011
Rex Sinquefield
244 Bent Walnut
Westphalia, MO 65085
Retired
10/3/2011
$1,300,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s no typo, That’s one point three million dollars.
There’s a serious problem with initiative processes driven by one person with deep pockets, especially if we make it more difficult to reverse what turned out to be a really bad idea. No one in politics ever contemplates unintended consequences. And nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Anything that fucker is for, I am against. On spec.