Campaign Finance: there is an election on Tuesday in Jackson County

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campaign finance, Health Research Tax, Jackson County, Kansas City, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

And the ads are on television in the Kansas City media market. There’s more money for and from the campaign promoting the health research tax on the November ballot in Jackson County. At the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131107 10/31/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Walter Porter 14675 Caenen Lane Olathe KS 66062 Deloitte Consulting Principal 10/31/2013 $10,000.00

C131070 11/01/2013 CONTINUE TO CARE PAC Committee for Research Treatments and Cures 4131 Mulberry Dr Ste 200 Kansas City MO 64116 10/31/2013 $25,000.00

C131107 11/01/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Paul DeBruce 411 Nichols Rd Suite 217 Kansas City MO 64112 Requested 11/1/2013 $15,000.00

C081339 11/01/2013 JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COALITION Committee for Research Treatments and Cures 4131 North Mulberry Drive Suite 200 Kansas City MO 64116 10/31/2013 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

There’s money moving every which way.

As the election grows close the required time frames for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures tighten into an eight day before the election report and then into twenty-four hour reports.

From the Committee for Research Treatments and Cures [pdf] eight day report:

ADDENDUM STATEMENT M.E.C. ID NO. C131107

The payments to the Continue to Care PAC were for campaign support services to be rendered by the organization. They are reported here as expenditures and not contributions pursuant to MEC Opinion NO. 2010.08.CF.004.

Some of the other expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES 10/28/2013

Axiom Strategies LLC

1251 NW Briarcliff Parkway

Suite 85

Kansas Cityi MO 64116

10/1/2013

campaign strategy and po box rental

$15,598.07

amanda de leon

1819 Baltimore

#201

Kansas City MO 64108

10/1/2013

Management fees

$5,000.00

FPI Strategies LLC

P O Box 16504

Alexandria VA 22302

10/1/2013

Video shoot and production

$54,376.00

Groundswell Public Strategies

100 E Grand

Suite 380

Des Moines IA 50309

10/1/2013

Production of online ads

$19,950.00

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

10/4/2013

TV ads

$143,175.00

ONeill Marketing

4049 Central

Kansas City MO 64111

10/8/2013

Polling research

$6,431.75

Wilson Perkins Allen

1319 Classen Drive

Oklahoma City OK 73103

10/8/2013

Campaign survey questionairs

$17,650.00

Midwest Mediation & Consulting

P O Box 3314

Independence MO 64055

10/8/2013

Grassroots efforts in Jackson Co

$7,500.00

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

10/15/2013

TV ads

$109,775.00

Kansas City Call

1715 E 18th St

Kansas City MO 64108

10/15/2013

Newspaper ads

$4,625.00

Kansas City Globe

615 E 29th

Kansas City MO 64109

10/15/2013

Newspaper ads

$2,489.42

Groundswell Public Strategies

100 E Grand

Suite 380

Des Moines IA 50309

10/17/2013

production of online ads

9,600.00

ONeill Marketing

4049 Central

Kansas City MO 64111

10/20/2013

Focus group services and management

$8,000.00

Candidate Command LLC

1831 NW Vivion

Suite 101

Riverside MO 64150

10/20/2013

Video shoot

$4,362.50

FP1 Strategies

P O Box 16504

Alexandria VA 22303

10/20/2013

Production of TV spot

$10,000.00

Smart Media Group LLC

814 King St

Suite 400

Alexandria VA 22314

10/21/2013

Media Broadcasts

$69,775.00

Wilson Perkins Allen

1319 Classen Drive

Oklahoma City OK 73103

10/21/2013

Survey phone calls

$18,000.00

The Dover Group

43 L Street

Lake Lotawana MO 64086

10/23/2013

Direct mail pieces

$201,800.92

Northeast News

5715 St John Ave

Kansas City MO 64123

10/23/2013

Newspaper ads

$698.84

Independence Examiner

401 S Liberty

Independence MO 64050

10/23/2013

Newspaper ads

$2,356.00

Lees Summit Journal

415 SE Douglas St

Lees Summit MO 64063

10/23/2013

Newspaper ads

$1,800.00

Dos Mundos

902 Southwest Blvd

Kansas City MO 64108

10/23/2013

Newspaper ads

$2,402.00

KC Hispanic

2918 Southwest Blvd

Kansas City MO 64108

10/23/2013

Newspaper ads

$2,040.00

Candidate Command LLC

1831 NW Vivion

Suite 101

Riverside MO 64150

10/23/2013

Robo calls

$4,879.83

[emphasis added]

Television ads, polling, focus group(s), direct mail(!), newspaper ads, robo calls.

Some of the expenditures from the opponent(s) eight day report:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/28/2013

Image Line Productions

1220 N. Poinsettia Place

West Hollywood CA 90046

10/10/2013

Advertising

$1,841.25

Bluff Ridge Communications

6221 S. Bluff Ridge Rd.

Ozark MO 65721

10/11/2013

Advertising

$7,306.41

GravesGarrett LLC

1100 Main Street

Suite 2700

Kansas City MO 64105

10/11/2013

Professional Services

$3,911.50

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

10/11/2013

Advertising

$9,213.15

KMBC

6455 Winchester Avenue

Kansas City MO 64133

10/11/2013

Advertising

$4,930.00

KCTV

4500 Shawnee Mission Parkway

Fairway KS 66205

10/11/2013

Advertising

$6,285.75

WDAF

3030 Summit

Kansas City MO 64108

10/11/2013

Advertising

$8,461.75

KSHB

4720 Oak Street

Kansas City MO 64112

10/11/2013

Advertising

$5,376.25

Time Warner Cable

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Suite 500

Overland Park KS 66210

10/24/2013

Advertising

$5,926.20

Image Line Productions

1220 N. Poinsettia Place

West Hollywood CA 90046

10/24/2013

Advertising

$2,091.25

[emphasis added]

Television ads. Not quite the same scale, eh?

And further detail:

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPENDITURE SUPPLEMENTAL

CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/28/2013

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes

Kansas City MO 64109 10/21/2013

Direct Mailings

$7,310.00

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes

Kansas City MO 64109

10/23/2013

Direct Mailings

$31,196.78

The Borich Group

3630 Holmes

Kansas City MO 64109

10/17/2013

Print Media

$903.00

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