The money is still coming in for the campaign promoting the health research tax on the November ballot in Jackson County. The last few days, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C131107 10/28/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES UMKC Foundation 5100 Rockhill Road 333 Administrative Center Kansas City MO 64110 10/28/2013 $96,000.00
C131107 10/29/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Sprint 6300 Sprint Parkway Overland Park KS 66251 10/29/2013 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
In a week.
One of the Kansas City area broadcast news outlets ran a story stating that the turnout for this issue will probably be around fifteen percent.
A lot of money has been spent for that fifteen percent.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: not quite plural (August 22, 2013)
Campaign Finance: make it an even $50,000.00 (August 28, 2013)
Campaign Finance: counter volley (August 30, 2012)
Campaign Finance: a citizen keeps contributing (September 3, 2013)
We’re big enough to take care of ourselves (September 4, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! (September 4, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! again (September 6, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! and again (September 7, 2013)
Campaign Finance: it looks like a contribution, only smaller (September 11, 2013)
Campaign Finance: trying to do something (September 17, 2013)
Campaign Finance: and still (September 19, 2013)
Campaign Finance: now that’s what you call research money (September 27, 2013)
Campaign Finance: definitely not holding anything back (October 2, 2013)
Campaign Finance: dueling interests (October 13, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch (October 19, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 2 (October 20, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 3 (October 20, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 4 (October 22, 2013)
Campaign Finance: a last minute, big money player (October 23, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 5 (October 24, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 6 (October 25, 2013)