Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C071083 07/14/2012 MISSOURIANS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES PAC Better Government for Missouri PO Box 521 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/13/2012 $100,000.00
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And what had they been up to before today?:
C071083: Missourians For Conservative Values Pac
Po Box 8936 Committee Type: Political Action
St Joseph Mo 64508
(816) 935-2312 Established Date: 03/16/2007
Termination Date:Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $5,086.98
Monetary Receipts + $300.00
Monetary Expenditures – $246.97
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $53.03
Ending Money On Hand $5,140.01
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Not much.
$100,000.00 is a lot of throwing around money.
Well, look at this, their big bucks contributor is a brand spanking new entity:
Date: 7/14/2012 Filed Documents
Business Name History
Name Name Type
Better Government for Missouri Legal
Non-Profit Corporation – Domestic – InformationCharter Number: N01241681
Status: Good StandingEntity Creation Date: 7/13/2012
State of Business.: MO
Expiration Date: Perpetual
Last Registration Report Filed Date:
Last Registration Report Filed: 0
Registered AgentAgent Name: Jeff City Filing, Inc.
Office Address: 222 East Dunklin Suite 102
Jefferson City MO 65101
Mailing Address:
Evidently the general concept of better government in Missouri (for conservatives) doesn’t include transparency as a value.