We’ve been noticing these contributions, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C131133 09/20/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Industry Advancement Fund 3101 Broadway Ste 780 Kansas City MO 64111 9/19/2013 $14,167.00
C131133 09/20/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Industry Advancement Fund 3101 Broadway Ste 780 Kansas City MO 64111 9/19/2013 $12,500.00
C131133 10/08/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Site Advancement Foundation 2705 Dougherty Ferry Rd Suite 203 St Louis MO 63122 10/8/2013 $9,333.45
C131133 10/15/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 6330 Knox Industrial Dr St Louis MO 63139 10/15/2013 $17,333.35
C131133 10/21/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Industry Advancement Fund 3101 Broadway Ste 780 Kansas City MO 64111 10/18/2013 $11,166.67
C131133 11/01/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Construction Industry Advancement Fund Po Box 94 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/31/2013 $26,666.66
C131133 11/06/2013 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 6330 Knox Industrial Dr St Louis MO 63139 11/6/2013 $7,258.33
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Interesting odd amounts. It adds up to a total of $98,425.46.
It’s a new committee, working toward placing a transportation sales tax on the ballot in 2014:
C131133: Missourians For Safe Transportation & New Jobs Inc
331 Madison Street Committee Type: Campaign
Jefferson City Mo 65102
[….] Established Date: 09/16/2013
Termination Date:Treasurer Deputy Treasurer
Bill Mckenna Jewell Patek
331 Madison St
Jefferson City Mo 65102[….]
Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose
Transportation Funding Initative 11/04/2014 Shall The Voters Increase The Sales Tax By One Cent Over 10 Years To Fund Improvements To The State’s Highway System & Other Transportation Projects./Statewide Support
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From the proposed text [pdf] it looks like it’s about highways, roads, bridges and sufficiently broad language to allow other transportation stuff.