Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131053 10/22/2013 HOUSE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY COMMITTEE Southwestern Bell Telephone LP dab AT&T Missouri One AT &T Center Room 4200 St Louis MO 63101 10/21/2013 $7,500.00

[emphasis added]

With Attorney General Chris Koster’s (D) fundraising help that might change. Then again, there’s a point where it will be a mathematical impossibility for the republicans to gain any more seats in the General Assembly. Their right wingnut patrons aren’t going to pay for any more than they need.

Previously:

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)

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the folks promoting the health care tax on the November ballot in Jackson County

C131107 10/21/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City MO 64114 10/21/2013 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the individual opposed to the health research tax:

C131113 10/22/2013 CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH Brad Bradshaw 1904 S. Shady Hill Lane Springfield MO 65809 physician and attorney 10/21/2013 $22,000.00

C131113 10/22/2013 CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH Brad Bradshaw 1904 S. Shady Hill Lane Springfield MO 65809 physician and attorney 10/22/2013 $9,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’ll be over soon.

Also, 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)  

You’ve just got to love social media. Representative Vicky Hartzler (r), today, via Twitter:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler ‏@RepHartzler

#Obamacare website live for 3 weeks now, Still full of glitches. Have you tried signing up? Let me know what you’ve experienced. 2:27 PM – 22 Oct 13

A few of the responses:

KCLiveMusicBlog ‏@KCLiveMusicBlog

@RepHartzler Guessing you’re only interested in the negative experiences people are having. Your tweet is full of grammatical glitches BTW. 2:29 PM – 22 Oct 13

Huk ‏@hukolac

@RepHartzler what are you doing to assist families in signing up for the ACA? 3:11 PM – 22 Oct 13

Steven McCain ‏@Steven_McCain

@RepHartzler I’m getting coverage and saving $462 a month over United HealthCare. Better coverage, too! 3:27 PM – 22 Oct 13

Probably not the response she was seeking.

In the past I’ve noted that Missouri hasn’t been doing so well when it comes to specific measures of qualilty of life. It has also seemed apparent to me that the state’s often low rankings in crucial areas have lots to do with the quality of government its citizens have selected – and here I’m talking – mostly – about the legacy of Republican Governor Matt Blunt as well as the antics of the GOP circus that has disabled Jefferson City over the past few years.

Consider these important rankings:

— The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2013 Report Card on American Infrastructure gave Missouri a grade of C-.

— Education Week ranked Missouri 41st in education.

— America’s Health Rankings put Misouri in 42nd place in their 2012 report. Its 2013 report on senior health outcomes put Missouri 33rd among the states.

— The U.S. Department of Agriculture ranks Missouri the 7th worst state in the nation when it comes to food insecurity.

Not very flattering to say the least. And now there are two more very sad rankings that can be added to the list above.

First, the Center for American Progress (CAP) recently put out a report on the state of women in America. The report measures issues surrounding economic security, health and leadership. Missouri ranked 31 overall in comparative terms and received a grade of D+; the particulars were economic factors: rank 39/grade D-; health factors: rank 35/grade D; leadership factors: rank 24/grade C.

Second, The Opportunity Index just put out its most recent report. The Index is predicated on the proposition that “if you work hard and play by the rules, your zip code shouldn’t determine the amount of opportunity available to you.” Its goal is to identify:

… the conditions present in different communities and [it] is designed to connect economic, academic, civic and other factors together to help identify concrete solutions to lagging conditions for opportunity and economic mobility.  From preschool enrollment to income inequality, from volunteerism to access to healthy food, expanding opportunity depends on the intersection of multiple factors.  Developed by Measure of America and Opportunity Nation, the Index gives policymakers and community leaders a powerful tool to advance opportunity-related issues and work, advocate for positive change and track progress over time.  The Index measures 16 indicators, and scores all 50 states plus Washington DC on a scale of 0-100 each year.  In addition, more than 3,000 counties are graded A-F, giving policymakers and leaders a useful tool to identify areas for improvement and to gauge progress over time.

And guess what? Once again Missouri, ranked 28th, falls into the bottom half of the fifty states. You can look at the details here.

The message from all these rankings is pretty clear. Missouri might not be one of the most attractive states in which to live. Who, given a choice, would want to relocate to Missouri? Or, given a choice, remain in the state?  

But there is a further message; folks get the government and the concommitant policies that they deserve. Think of the last legislative session in Jefferson City. Bills were put forward to please the gun nuts (and I do mean nuts), conspiracy theorists, nullificationists, anti-abortion fanatics, corporate lobbyists and other influence peddlers. Nothing was done to address any of the issues addressed by the various reports discussed above – actually, by refusing to expand Medicaid, the legislature moved Missouri backwards. Yet it’s very likely that many of the same legislators who were braying loudest about utter nonsense will be returned after the next election. Draw your own conclusions.

Addendum: Upon reflection it strikes me that there’s a third message to be derived from this data. Remember when red-meat eating Texas Governor Rick Perry was touring the state trying to persuade all and sundry that he  had the key to prosperity? Well Texas ranks at about the same or lower in all the measures discussed above – infrastructure: C+; education: 39th; food insecurity: 2nd worst in the U.S.; state of women: ranking 45/grade F; opportunity index: 38th. Goes to show that all that Texas has going for it is oil reserves and the related jobs, and, consequently, when it comes to government, the red state solution might not be what’s called for if Missouri wants to fix its problems.

Representative Jill Schupp (D), 88th Legislative District, representing most of Creve Coeur and Olivette, and parts of Ladue, Frontenac, Town & Country and Chesterfield, is a candidate for the 24th Senate District seat currently held by John Lamping (r). The 24th Senate District encompasses part [pdf] of St. Louis County. The third quarter 2013 campaign finance reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission paint an interesting picture.

Representative Jill Schupp (D), candidate in the 24th Senate District. [file photo]

The overall numbers, first, for John Lamping (r), the incumbent:

REPORT SUMMARY

LAMPING FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/15/2013

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $4,500.00

18. Total Contributions Made This Period $3,000.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $7,790.94

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

Oh, my. What could explain those dismal numbers?:

Schupp Jumping In State Senate Race; Lamping Unsure Of Plans

Posted by Gregg Palermo (Editor) , June 06, 2013 at 09:30 PM

….Lamping himself said he would make a decision no later than Thanksgiving about his own plans. His daughter has been training as an elite-level gymnast in Blue Springs, MO since May 2011….

….If his daughter stays on an upward current trajectory as a gymnast, he said he’s not likely to run for re-election….

That could be part of it. So could this:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election November 2, 2010 General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Tuesday, November 30, 2010

State Senator – District 24 Precincts Reporting 124 of 124

Fraser, Barbara DEM 30,493 49.9%

Lamping, John T. REP 30,619 50.1%

Total Votes 61,112

Uh, yep. Having right wingnut colleagues driving the agenda in the General Assembly probably doesn’t help in the 24th Senate District when it comes to reelection campaigning.

The overall numbers for Jill Schupp (D):

REPORT SUMMARY

SCHUPP FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/15/2013

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $70,780.00

8. Total All Receipts This Election $210,970.26

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $8,432.33

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $177,583.38

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $10,497.54

[emphasis added]

There is a difference.

Let’s take a look at the contributions. First, for John Lamping (r):

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

LAMPING FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/15/2013

The Boeing Company PAC

1200 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington VA 22209

7/31/2013

$500.00

Noranda Aluminum Inc

391 St Jude Industrial Park

New Madrid MO 63869

7/5/2013

$1,500.00

Anheuser Busch Companies

One Busch Place

St Louis MO 63118

8/9/2013

$2,500.00

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED INLINE 8 ON FORM CD1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s it.

You know, the aluminum and beer connections among the contributors sort of makes sense.

Some of the contributions for Jill Schupp (D):

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

SCHUPP FOR SENATE [pdf] 10/15/2013

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED INLINE 8 ON FORM CD1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $3,839.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

IUPAT

7234 Parkway Dr

Hanover MD 21076

7/9/2013

$1,000.00

Mary P. Wochner

5526 Remington Villas Ct

St. Louis MO 63129

Retired

7/17/2013

$150.00

Stuart Hoffman

204 Hibler Oaks Dr.

St. Louis MO 63141

CPA

7/23/2013

$180.00

Barry Aycock

407 S East Street

Parma MO 63870

Farmer

7/28/2013

$5,001.00

Joan Bray

7166 Pershing Ave

St. Louis MO 63130

Retired

8/2/2013

$200.00

Susie and Stan Edelstein

12321 Woodline Drive

St. Louis MO 63141

Retired

8/9/2013

$100.00

Barbara Fraser

581 Stratford Ave

St Louis MO 63130

Retired

8/21/2013

$125.00

MO Senate Democratic Campaign Committee

PO Box 7319

Columbia MO 65205

9/19/2013

$2,500.00

Planned Parenthood Votes

4251 Forest Park Ave

St. Louis MO 63108

9/20/2013

$1,000.00

Claire McCaskill

PO Box 30077

St. Louis MO 63130

United States — Senator

9/23/2013

$500.00

Joseph C. Kleeman Memorial Democratic PAC (JoePAC)

520 S. Brentwood Blvd

St. Louis MO 63105

9/25/2013

$5,000.00

[emphasis added]

You get the picture.

There’s a definite difference.

Previously:

Jill Schupp and John Lamping on Medicaid: A study in contrasts (October 16, 2013)

Jill Schupp interview today (May 21, 2012)

Jill Schupp: “How I spent my summer vacation” (December 19, 2010)

Rep. Jill Schupp (D): going door to door, on the General Assembly, on Courtney Cole (D) (August 18, 2010)

Jill Schupp’s Suitcase Full of Hope (February 18, 2008)

Previously:

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)

We thought we’d take a look at the third quarter campaign finance report for the folks promoting the health care tax on the November ballot in Jackson County:

REPORT SUMMARY

COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES [pdf] 10/15/2013

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $1,009,705.00

8. Total All Receipts This Election $1,009,705.00

14. Total Expenditures This Election $644,750.37

19. Total All Contributions Made This Election $50,000.00

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $314,954.63

[emphasis added]

That’s serious money.

The contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES [pdf] 10/15/2013

B. NON-ITEMIZED CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AMOUNT

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED INLINE 8 ON FORM CD1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

Axiom Strategies LLC

1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy

Kansas City MO 64116

8/7/2013

$100.00

The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

1200 Main St

Kansas City MO 64105

8/9/2013

$100,000.00

Lockton Companies LLC

444 W 47th St

Kansas City MO 64112

8/21/2013

$10,000.00

Communications Partners LLC

850 W 52nd St

Kansas City MO 64112

8/26/2013

$5,000.00

Paul McLaughlin

9700 N Revere Ave

Kansas City MO 64154

Stinson Morrison Hecker — Attorney

8/29/2013

$1,000.00

Fred Logan Jr

8610 Mohawk

Leawood KS 66206

Logan Logan & Watson — Attorney

8/30/2013

$1,000.00

Donald Hall

P O Box 410247

Kansas City MO 64141

Hallmark

8/30/2013

$100,000.00

Irvine Hockaday Jr

2600 Grand

Kansas City MO 64108

None — Retired

8/30/2013

$10,000.00

Jewell Scott

35 E 108th Terr

Kansas City MO 64114

The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

8/30/2013

$1,000.00

Margaret Pence

P O Box 410247

Kansas City MO 64141

Hallmark

8/30/2013

$1,000.00

J E Dunn Construction Co

1001 Locust

Kansas City MO 64106

9/4/2013

$100,000.00

The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

1200 Main

Kansas City MO 64105

9/4/2013

$100,000.00

Hallmark Global Services LLC

P O Box 418307

Kansas City MO 64108

9/6/2013

$100,000.00

John Sherman

5306 Sunset Drive

Kansas City MO 64112

None — Retired

9/7/2013

$100,000.00

Bank of Blue Valley

11935 Riley

Overland Park KS 66225

9/9/2013

$5,000.00

Polsinelli

700 W 47th St

Kansas City MO 64112

9/10/2013

$10,000.00

KCP&L

P O Box 418679

Kansas City MO 64141

9/13/2013

$25,000.00

St. Lukes Health System

10920 Elm Ave

Kansas City MO 64134

9/13/2013

$10,000.00

Patrick James

13903 Mohawk Rd

Leawood KS 66224

Quest Diagnostics Inc

9/13/2013

$10,000.00

Robert Kipp

12326 Granda

Leawood KS 66209

Retired

9/17/2013

$50,000.00

Thomas McDonnell

4909 Sunset Dr

Kansas City MO 64112

Kaufman Foundation

9/17/2013

$25,000.00

Lathrop & Gage LLP

2345 Grand

Kansas City MO 64108

9/17/2013

$5,000.00



Irvine Hockaday Jr

2600 Grand

Kansas City MO 64108

None — Retired

9/18/2013

$10,000.00

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main St

Kansas City MO 64112

9/19/2013

$10,000.00

HNTB Holdings

715 Kirk Drive

Kansas City MO 64105

9/19/2013

$2,500.00

McCownGordon

422 Admiral Blvd

Kansas City MO 64106

9/19/2013

$5,000.00

Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP

4740 Grand

Kansas City MO 64113

9/20/2013

$10,000.00

William Gautreaux

200 W 54th St

Kansas City MO 64112

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP

9/23/2013

$10,000.00

Law Office of Stephen R Bough

917 W 43rd St

Kansas City MO 64111

9/23/2013

$100.00

St Lukes Health System

10920 Elm Ave

Kansas City MO 64134

9/24/2013

$5,000.00

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut

Kansas City MO 64106

9/24/2013

$7,500.00

David Frantze

1201 Walnut

Kansas City MO 64106

Stinson Morrison Hecker — Attorney

9/24/2013

$2,500.00

US Bank

4000 W Broadway

Robbinsdale MN 55422

9/26/2013

$5,000.00

John Ovel

222 W 50th St

Kansas City MO 64112

Bank of America

9/26/2013

$1,000.00

David Westbrook

5226 Mercier

Kansas City MO 64112

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$1,000.00

Randall Odonnell

11305 Brookwood

Leawood KS 66211

Children’s Mercy — Physician

9/26/2013

$1,000.00

Sandra Lawrence

2809 W 117th St

Leawood KS 66211

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$500.00

Charles Roberts

9722 Briar Dr

Overland Park KS 66207

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$500.00

Jo Stueve

5912 N Mattox Rd

Kansas City MO 64151

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$500.00

Robin Foster

1037 W 59th St

Kansas City MO 64113

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$500.00

Karen Cox

4929 Westwood Rd

Kansas City MO 64112

Childrens Mercy Hospital

9/26/2013

$500.00

The Childrens Mercy Hospital

2401 Gillham Rd

Kansas City MO 64108

9/27/2013

$100,000.00

St Lukes Foundation

4225 Baltimore

Kansas City MO 64111

9/27/2013

$10,000.00

St Lukes Health System

10920 Elm Ave

Kansas City MO 64134

9/27/2013

$5,000.00

Burns & McDonnell Engineering

P O Box 419173

Kansas City MO 64141

9/30/2013

$50,000.00

Mark Jorgenson

1213 W 58th St

Kansas City MO 64113

U S Bank — Banker

9/26/2013

$2,500.00

Mindy Mazur

6700 E Hunters Bend

Ashland MO 65010

Requested

9/23/2013

$5.00

[emphasis added]

Institutions, corporations, banks, law firms, doctors, lawyers…most with really deep pockets. There is a single $5.00 contribution. This list of contributors is more than two.

The expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES [pdf] 10/15/2013

Glorioso Resources LLC

4618 Warwick Blvd

Apt 7C

Kansas City MO 64112

8/16/2013

Professional Media Services

$5,000.00

Isaac Alongi Studios

2808 W 53rd St

Fairway KS 66205

8/16/2013

Photography

$3,500.00

O’Neill Marketing & Event Management

4049 Central St

Kansas City MO 64111

8/16/2013

Polling dev, budgeting, copy writing

$15,000.00

Axiom Strategies LLC

1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy

Suite 85

Kansas City MO 64116

8/16/2013

campaing strategy advice

$31,900.00

Kinetic 5

P O Box 3524

Springfield MO 65804

8/21/2013

Design project

$3,500.00

Martin Rosenberg

8121 W 99th St

Overland Park KS 66212

8/23/2013

Promotion, research and writing

$600.00

Glorioso Resources LLC

4618 Warwick Blvd

Apt 7C

Kansas City MO 64112

8/29/2013

Professional Media Services

$5,000.00

Wilson Perkins Allen

1319 Classen Drive

Oklahoma City OK 73103

8/29/2013

Survey

$17,575.00

Axiom Strategies LLC

1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy

Suite 85

Kansas City MO 64116

8/30/2013

Campaign strategies for September

$15,164.00

Law Office of James C Thomas III

4131 N Mulberry Dr

Suite 200

Kansas City MO 64116

9/3/2013

legal and reporting services

$2,513.56

Groundswell Public Strateties

100 E Grand

Suite 380

Des Moines IA 50309

9/3/2013

Digital and Social media strategy

$6,500.00

The Examiner

410 S Liberty

Independence MO 64050

9/5/2013

Newspaper Ad

$535.00

amanda de leon

1819 Baltimore

#201

Kansas City MO 64108

9/9/2013

Management and software fees

$5,159.00

Elmer Taylor III

1824 Highland

Apt B

Kansas City MO 64108

9/6/2013

Campaign Worker

$200.00

Groundswell Public Strategies

100 # Grand

Suite 380

Des Moines IA 50309

9/9/2013

campaign facebook ads

$5,000.00

Oneill Marketing & Event Management

4049 Central St

Kansas City MO 64111

9/11/2013

Planning, copywriting, media

$7,694.89

Wilson Perkins Allen

1319 Classen Dr

Oklahoma City OK 73103

9/11/2013

Predictive analytics for Jackson Co

$6,866.97

Jim Barnes

11301 E 67th St

Raytown MO 64133

9/16/2013

Campaign Worker

$500.00

Michael Gray

618 NE 39th Terr

Kansas City MO 64116

9/16/2013

Campaign Worker

$500.00

Chester Reberry

9142 McGee

Kansas City MO 64114

9/16/2013

Campaign Worker

$500.00

Riccardo Lucas

1821 E. 69th St

Kansas City MO 64132

9/16/2013

Campaign Worker

$500.00

Candidate Command LLC

1831 NW Vivion Rd

Riverside MO 64150

9/17/2013

Letterhead and envelopes

$1,200.00

Groundswell Public Strategies

100 E Grand

Suite 380

Des Moines IA 50309

9/17/2013

Online advertising

$6,532.28

Candidate Command LLC

1831 NW Vivion Rd

Suite 101

Riverside MO 64150

9/17/2013

yard signs

$7,000.00

Cambridge Consultants LLC

3965 W 83rd St

Suite 291

Prairie Village KS 66208

9/18/2013

Letters to organizations

$489.03

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

9/18/2013

TV ads

$95,875.00

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

9/23/2013

TV advertising

$113,775.00

PPS LLC

2903 SW 13th Terr

Lees Summit MO 64081

9/25/2013

Professional services and strategic advisement

$5,000.00

Applied Research Coordinates Ltd

10514 Providence Way

Fairfax VA 22030

9/25/2013

Research services

$3,000.00

The Dover Group

43 L Street

Lake Lotawana MO 64086

9/25/2013

Direct mail pieces and postage

$62,189.40

Alex Ayala

710 E 72nd St

Kansas City MO 64131

9/25/2013

Coordination of speakers bureau and outreach $5,000.00

Elmer Taylor III

1824 Highland

Apt B

Kansas City MO 64108

9/26/2013

Campaign Worker

$200.00

JT Nagle

2528 W 91st St

Leawood KS 66208

9/26/2013

Campaign Worker

$100.00

Chelsea Rolfes

2528 W 91st St

Leawood KS 66208

9/26/2013

Campaign Worker

$100.00

Cambridge Consultants LLC

3965 W 83rd St

Suite 291

Prairie Village KS 66208

9/27/2013

Letter and envelopes and campaign advice

$10,229.85

The Dover Group

43 L Street

Lake Lotawana MO 64086

9/27/2013

Direct mail pieces and postage

$47,671.60

Candidate Command LLC

1831 NW Vivion Rd

Suite 101

Riverside MO 64150

9/30/2013

Yard signs

$1,747.00

Glorioso Resources LLC

4618 Warwick Blvd

Apt 7C

Kansas City MO 64112

9/30/2013

Professional media services

$7,500.00

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

9/30/2013

TV advertising

$143,175.00

Piryx Inc

144 2nd St

1st Floor

San Franncisco CA 94105

9/26/2013

Processing fee for credit card contributions

$143.75

[emphasis added]

Television, television, television, direct mail, social (new) media, consulting polling, yard signs (!)… There’s no limit to what you can do if you have enough money.

Also, 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)  

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch (October 19, 2013)

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the individual opposed to the health research tax on the ballot in Jackson County in November:

C131113 10/19/2013 CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH Brad Bradshaw 1904 S. Shady Hill Lane Springfield MO 65809 physician and attorney 10/18/2013 $17,000.00

[emphasis added]

We thought we’d look at the third quarter campaign finance report:

REPORT SUMMARY

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/15/2013

8. Total All Receipts This Election $113,506.52

14. Total Expenditures This Election $103,731.42

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $9,775.10

29. Loans Received This Period [$]50,000.00

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The contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/15/2013

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED INLINE 8 ON FORM CD1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

Brad Bradshaw

1904 S. Shady Hill Lane

Springfield MO 65809

physician and attorney

8/20/2013

$33,000.00

Brad Bradshaw

1904 S. Shady Hill Lane

Springfield MO 65809

physician and lawyer

8/22/2013

$4,700.00

Brad Bradshaw

1904 S. Shady Hill Lane

Springfield MO 65809

physician and lawyer

8/27/2013

$17,000.00

Brad Bradshaw

1904 S. Shady Hill Lane

Springfield MO 65809

physician and lawyer

8/28/2013

$2,000.00

Eric Belk

3795 E. Pond Apple

Springfield MO 65809

lawyer

9/4/2013

$500.00

Brad Bradshaw

1904 S. Shady Hill Lane

Springfield MO 65809

physician and attorney

9/3/2013

in-kind

$6,306.52

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Two individuals.

The expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/15/2013

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

8/20/2013

Advertising $5,503.75

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Mission Parkway

Fairway KS 66205

8/20/2013

Advertising $5,397.50

KMBC

6455 Winchester Ave

Kansas City MO 64133

8/20/2013

Advertising $7,480.00

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

8/23/2013

Advertising $1,615.00

Time Warner

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

8/20/2013

Advertising $6,039.25

KMBC

6455 Winchester Avenue

Kansas City MO 64133

8/23/2013

Advertising $1,700.00

CBS Outdoor

2459 Summit

Kansas City MO 64108

8/26/2013

Advertising $7,600.00

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

8/27/2013

Advertising $2,103.75

KMBC

6455 Winchester Ave

Kansas City MO 64133

8/27/2013

Advertising $1,360.00

KSHB

4720 Oak Streetr

Kansas City MO 64112

8/27/2013

Advertising $1,487.50

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Mission Pkwy

Fairway KS 66205

8/27/2013

advertising $595.00

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

8/29/2013

advertising $701.25

Lamar Companies

3121 E. Elm

Springfield MO 65802

8/29/2013

advertising $5,000.00

CBS Outdoor

2459 Summit

Kansas City MO 64108

9/6/2013

advertising $4,450.00

KMBC

6455 Winchester Avenue

Kansas City MO 64133

9/6/2013

advertising $2,210.00

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

9/6/2013

advertising $2,102.90

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

9/6/2013

advertising $1,423.75

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Mission Parkway

Fairway KS 66205

9/6/2013

advertising $977.50

KMBC

6455 Winchester Avenue

Kansas City MO 64133

9/12/2013

advertising $5,270.00

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Mission Parkway

Fairway KS 66205

9/12/2013

advertising $3,145.00

WDAF

3030 Summit

Kansas City MO 64108

9/12/2013

advertising $3,442.50

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

9/12/2013

advertising $3,208.75

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

9/12/2013

advertising $4,088.50

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Consulting $10,000.00

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

9/17/2013

advertising $6,375.00

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Misison Parkway

Fairway KS 66205

9/25/2013

advertising $4,148.00

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Broadcast and cable television advertising, billboards, and a consultant.

Details on the consultant:

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPENDITURE

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/15/2013

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109 9/13/2013

Fundraising

[$]108.92

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Campaign Outreach

[$]6,915.89

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Press Relations

[$]140.19

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Research

[$]1,051.40

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes Street

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Website Design

[$]1,705.61

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes

Kansas City MO 64109

9/13/2013

Campaign Support

[$]77.99

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The campaign web site: Responsible Cures

Apparently they (both of them) aren’t against the general concept of funding medical research with taxes, just against this particular tax in Jackson County:

We are working to make sure that any tax for translational medicine is well crafted and done right….

Also, 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)  

This past week at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the folks supporting the health research tax on the ballot in Jackson County in November:

C131107 10/15/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES St Lukes Health System 10920 Elm Ave Kansas City MO 64134 10/15/2013 $10,000.00

C131107 10/15/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Kansas City Southern Rwy Co 427 West 12th St Kansas City MO 64105 10/15/2013 $10,000.00

C131107 10/16/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Mariner Holdings LLC 4200 West 115th St Suite 100 Leawood KS 66211 10/16/2013 $25,000.00

C131107 10/18/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Childrens Mercy Hospital 2401 Gillham Rd Kansas City MO 64108 10/18/2013 $100,000.00

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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)  

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r). [file photo]

A letter to the editor in a small local paper in the 4th Congressional District:

The Federal Debt Ceiling is a result of the second Liberty Bonds Act of 1917.

Its purpose was to allow the department of the treasury to sell bonds in an orderly manner to pay the national debt. It set an upper limit on borrowing (accomplished by the sale of treasury bonds) to pay current debt.

It was modified numerous times through the 1920’s and 30″s and in 1939 a general limit was put into place. That limit has been raised numerous times over the years to allow the government to pay its bills. It has absolutely nothing to do with future spending. It is a cap set by congress on how much the federal government can borrow to pay its bills.

Raising the debt limit has been done 40 times under Republican administrations and 24 during Democratic Administrations. It has rarely attracted much controversy except for the party out of power to point out what a big spender the current administration is.

The debt limit has been modified ten times since 2001. The government shut down briefly with dire economic consequences during the time Newt Gingerich was speaker and increases in the upper limit have passed without much ado until President Obama Was elected.

Extreme elements in congress including our congresswoman Hartzler have pouted profusely and pulled all kinds of shenanigans each time an increase to pay existing debt was needed.

This time they have exceeded their previous antics by signing a letter to Speaker Boehner demanding that radical changes be made to our social security program.

Holding Social Security Hostage is not acceptable.

Here in Hickory County a large portion of our people rely on social security benefits for a basic living. Those not yet drawing benefits have paid into a system for years in anticipation. Changes proposed by the Tea Party republicans are unnecessary and unacceptable and are an outright attack on a system that has worked since long before I was born and I am seventy years old.

Vicky Hartzler is not working for Hickory County’s people. We encourage Speaker Boehner to allow congress a vote on a clean continuing resolution.

J C Owsley

Cross Timbers, Missouri [….]

[with permission of the author]

Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): they ain’t buying what you got to sell (October 17, 2013)

Protesting the budget shutdown – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 16, 2013 (October 16, 2013)

Technology and social media certainly have changed the way we access information about our elected officials. In the old days we might have written a letter or called our representative’s office. Now people can respond on Twitter and facebook. And everyone else can read it.

A sampling of comments posted on Representative Vicky Hartzler’s (r) facebook page in response to her statement about voting against the bill to reopen the federal government and raise the debt ceiling:

[….] I look forward to reading what you and your colleagues gained by costing the economy $24 billion. Your vote means that you would destroy the American economy to prevent expanding the number of people who can get health care.

[….] Please work with the others in Congress to avoid this type of shutdown situation and default in a couple of months.

So did you or did you not read the bill before voting on it?

[….] I think it’s awfully brave of you to fight the good fight. It’s an amazing sacrifice for a millionaire with a nearly $130,000 salary to give up just over 10 grand. I hope you continue the good fight by returning all of the nearly 1 million dollars you’ve received in farm subsidies as well. I also think you should do the right thing, and reject the onerous impacts of Obamacare by voluntarily withdrawing yourself and your family and and future qualifiers in your family from your vile government provided health care. (You probably have already withdrawn from it, due to the fact that you possibly couldn’t let a government bureaucrat determine your health care status.) In fact, you should make an effort, along with your colleagues to refund the millions of Americans who just received a very principled raise in their mortgages due to the devalued rating of government bonds. I hope you continue to make such sacrificial principled stands, and that you’re just so willing willing to have other people suffer for your principles.

[….] Perhaps the farm subsidy you receive with tax funds should be discontinued to help reduce the burden of debt.

[….] I thought about writing a carefully thought out and logical response to why I think you are totally wrong with your vote. Then I realized that, with all due respect, you just don’t get it. You would rather send our economy and even the global economy into a tailspin just because you…..ahhhh, why even try to explain it, you are a nitwit. And these other people that are supporting you….why don’t you just move to another country if you hate Obama so much. C’mon, people, admit it, you just can’t stand that he won reelection. I’m not his biggest fan, but at least he is better than one of the tea party idiots.

[….] Jesus would be so proud of you, for thinking about money before thinking about health care for the poor.

[….] I cannot support anyone so blinded by rhetoric that they are willing to burn down the barn, to kill a mouse. Am pretty much mortified that you represent my home.

[….] give up your own government benefits, the healtb care, the farm subsidies, the pension then you can talk about how fiscally responsible you are.

[….] Thank god common sense prevailed in spite of you.

[….] You are a worthless representative and a coward at heart. You would crash the economy? What goes around comes around. We will remind voters in November of next year that you were a hypocrite who said you were going to DC to solve problems and instead went there and created them. Say goodbye to your cushy job because you have let your electorate down!

[….] You supported the default of the United States of America. You have no idea of the consequences of your actions and therefore have no business representing the good people of this state. We deserve better, smarter and more dedicated people not only to your district, but in service to your country. You failed on both. We will remember what happened today.

[….] oh yeah get fiscally responsible after you vote FOR farm subsidies which YOU recieve. you are not fiscally responsible (no one who votes for subsidies for businesses can claim that title), you are simply a greedy opportunist.

[….] Raising the so-called debt ceiling is in NO WAY comparable with increasing a credit card limit or giving someone a blank check. Spending is NOT initiated by the Executive Branch — CONGRESS commits to spending via appropriations bills; the Executive Branch simply needs the authority to pay the bills Congress runs up, and raising the debt ceiling provides that authority.

Please stop lying to your constituents.

[….] At least the 800,000 employees you laid off have some relief. You and the other Tea Baggers have no respect for the working class in your district or your Country. Where is the GOP healthcare alternative for the millions of Americans without healthcare? If you truly are opposed to Government run healthcare put your money where your mouth is and give yours up!

[….] I give no thanks for your work. Your work does not express your stated values. People in your state are hurting while others are beyond thriving and getting rich off subsidies. The subsidies are a purchased commodity and not fairly distributed. And people are suffering with little or no assurance of food, health, or shelter.

[….] Very disturbed that you would support shutting down the government in order to deny healthcare to your constituents. The Affordable Care Act means my child with a pre-existing condition can not be denied insurance – something that’s been a major worry for our family.

[….] You voted to not raise the debt ceiling meaning that you voted to not pay bills that you yourself wrote. If I did that, I would go to jail.

[….] Sure Mrs. Hero, no problem when certain peoples just wasted billions to prove a pointless point.

[….] Tell it to the people who were laid off thanks to Boehner’s tantrum. You cry about Obamacare, and yet offer nothing to the millions of Americans who simply cannot afford to get sick.

[….] Vicky, you surely did not represent me in this last month. What a huge disappointment you’ve been.

[….] There was nothing good about this little stunt. You cost the American people BILLIONS of dollars. It’s time for Ms Hartzler to go back to Hartzler Farm and collect more government assistance.

[….] Thank goodness a few congresspeople were not able to subvert a law duly passed by the entire Congress and vetted by the Supreme Court. I will continue to vote for candidates who promote policies who serve all our citizens, rather than obstructionists who are willing to abandon a majority of our citizens.

[….] Keep raking in those hundreds of thousands of dollars of farm subsidies, Vicky.

[….] You’ll never have my vote, Vickie. Reckless.

[….] I’m not quite sure how costing the country $24 billion, dragging us to the edge of default, furloughing a significant portion of the work force, putting benefits for disabled veterans and children at risk, etc. constitutes fiscal responsibility, compassion, or any of the things you seem to think you were fighting for. [….]

[….] Ms. Hartzler. You are an ignorant fool. The deficit has gone down steadily for the last three years. The Affordable Care Act pays for itself. You voted for the farm bill that provides subsidies for you and corporate agriculture. You continued to be paid while your actions undermined the economy of the whole world and the strength of the dollar while people like my husband continued their jobs without pay. You are despicable and I am ashamed to be your constituent. Not that you care. You obviously do not care one whit about the people you swore to represent.

[….] But what your not telling us is the simplicity of the matter. You voted for default. You voted for our interest rates on our investment to plummet, you voted for China to actually act on the statement to “start building a de-Americanize world” because because of abnormality [IE: TP] in the US political body. Only 2 examples of what default means. This is not fiscal responsibility this is foot stomping of matter you apparently know very little about.

[….] As a constituent, there simply are not words available to me to describe the low opinion I have of the ideology to which you adhere in spite of ample evidence of its malignancy.

[….] Oh give it a rest. You’re still playing politics. You drove our country to the brink of disaster with you’re foolishness and tea party antics and the American people know it. And they will remember.

[….] I think you and your Teapublican colleagues were treasonous by voting to allow our country to go over the credit default cliff. My retirement account would have been worthless if that would have happened. Oh by the way the shutdown cost the economy $24 billion. When will you and your colleagues repay the public for this political stunt? Oh I know you and your colleagues will try to raid Social Security and cut/deny retirees and near retirees of their benefits. You need to publicly say that signing the Ribble Letter was a big mistake and you cannot in good conscious support Paul Ryan’s proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

[….] Think about your statement, Vicky. “I could not in good faith support a plan that continues to hurt Americans”. That is a noble notion certainly, but you don’t know anymore than anyone else how this will eventually play out. You may be wrong….we may be wrong. It might just help Americans when all is said and done. Continuing though……you didn’t want to hurt Americans, you said, you voted in favor of something that would continue to shut down the government and allow our nation to default on its promises. You don’t think that would have hurt Americans….both in and outside of the 4th District? I really, really question your judgment on this. Ideology over country. This will haunt you into the next election. It’s an issue that needs to be dealt with.

[….] Ms Hartzler, I am very disappointed that you voted against the best interests of the country, and that you continue to promulgate these lies about health insurance and the debt limit.

[….] Ms Hartzler, I am very disappointed that you voted against the best interests of the country, and that you continue to promulgate these lies about health insurance and the debt limit.

And on, and on, and on….