Previously: Campaign Finance: cough, cough, hack, hack (April 10, 2012)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, on opposite sides:

C121181 04/20/2012 ENOUGH TAXES ALREADY Cheyenne International 701 South Battleground Ave Grover NC 28073 4/18/2012 $50,000.00

C121042 04/20/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION American Cancer Society-High Plains Division, Inc. 2433 Ridgepoint Dr Austin TX 78754 4/20/2012 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]

And the players are:

C121042: Missourians For Health And Education

Po Box 412887 Committee Type: Campaign

Kansas City Mo 64141

(816) 820-8201 Established Date: 01/26/2012

[….]

Ballot Measure History

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

Statutory Amendment To Chapters 149 & 196 Rsmo Relating To Tobacco Taxation & Regulation 11/06/2012 Tobacco Taxation & Regulation Statewide Support

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On the tobacco side, a committee organized on April 4, 2012:

C121181: Enough Taxes Already

Po Box 1533 Committee Type: Political Action

Jefferson City Mo 65102

(816) 262-5745 Established Date: 04/04/2012

[….]

Enough Taxes Already [pdf]

Statutory amendment to Chapters 149 and 196 RSMo, relating to tobacco taxation and regulation November 6, 2012, statewide Oppose

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Enough Taxes Already has received $101,000.00 in April from Cheyenne International.

Uh, Missouri is last [pdf] in the nation in tobacco taxation.