…or maybe, a delicious irony.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C141055 05/22/2014 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR Citizens for a Stronger Missouri 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Pkwy Suite 300 Kansas City MO 64153 5/22/2014 $27,587.81
[emphasis added]
Well, that was a relatively short lived PAC:
C131183: Citizens For A Stronger Missouri
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Committee Type: Political Action
Kansas City Mo 64153
(816) 584-9393 Established Date: 12/12/2013
Termination Date: 05/22/2014
[emphasis added]
“Citizens for a Stronger Missouri” is no more. That’s an interesting address.
Let’s take a look at who gave them money during their brief existence:
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
CITIZENS FOR A STRONGER MISSOURI [pdf] 1/15/2014Ann Wagner
313 St Andrews Ct
Ballwin MO 63011
US Government — US Representative
12/20/2013
$1,500.00Raymond Wagner Jr
313 St Andrews Ct
Ballwin MO 63011
Enterprise Leasing — Vice President
12/20/2013
$1,500.00Frederick Palmer
57 Fair Oaks Dr
St Louis MO 63124
Peabody Energy — Senior Vice President
12/16/2013
$5,000.00
[emphasis added]
That was from the January campaign finance report. There’s one more:
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
CITIZENS FOR A STRONGER MISSOURI [pdf] 4/15/2014Douglas Albrecht
16 Upper Ladue Rd
St Louis MO 63124
Bodley Group — Chairman
1/30/2014
$5,000.00David Spence
7733 Forsyth Blvd
St Louis MO 63105
Argos Partners LLC
2/11/2014
$10,000.00William Holekamp Revocable Trust
5 Barclay Woods
St Louis MO 63124
Holekamp Capital — President
2/11/2014
$10,000.00Citizens for Ed Emery
P O Box 123
Lamar MO 64759
2/19/2014
$1,000.00Warren Stemme
110 High Valley Dr
Chesterfield MO 63017
Self — Farmer
2/24/2014
$1,250.00David Farr Trustee
1 Fair Oaks Drive
St Louis MO 63124
Emerson Electric — CEO & Chairman
3/31/2014
$10,000.00Richard McClure
145 E Essex Ave
Kirkwood MO 63122
Unigroup — President
3/21/2014
$2,500.00Unigroup Inc
One United Drive
Fenton MO 63026
3/21/2014
$2,500.00
[emphasis added]
Well, that is a very interesting, albeit small, group of people.
What did the spend all that money on?:
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
CITIZENS FOR A STRONGER MISSOURI [pdf] 4/15/2014Axiom Strategies
1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy
Suite 85
Kansas City MO 64116
2/19/2014
Research $13,500.00
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And that close out contribution to Catherine Hanaway’s (r) campaign:
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
CITIZENS FOR A STRONGER MISSOURI [pdf] 5/22/2014C.Contributions Made
Hanaway for Governor
7509 NW Tiffany Springs Pkwy
Suite 300
Kansas City MO 64153
5/22/2014
$27,587.81
[emphasis added]
There’s that address again.
Could it be that that generous, albeit small, group of friends wasn’t very excited about the other republican gubernatorial candidates for 2016 and (maybe) commissioned some opinion research? Just asking.
