Look who’s lining up and helping to pay the campaign bills.
Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C131133 06/10/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC APAC – Kansas Inc PO Box 23910 Overland Park KS 66283 6/9/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 06/10/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Jacobs Good Government Fund 1111 So Arroyo Parkway Pasadena CA 91105 6/10/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 06/10/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co Inc. PO Box 419173 4637 Charlotte Street Kansas City MO 64141 6/10/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 06/10/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Transystems Corporation 2400 Pershing Road Suite 400 Kansas City MO 64108 6/10/2014 $15,000.00
C131133 06/10/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Coastal Energy Corporation PO Box 218 Willow Springs MO 65793 6/10/2014 $7,500.00
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We look forward to the ads and mail extolling the benefits of regressive taxation.
C131133: Missourians For Safe Transportation & New Jobs Inc
331 Madison Street Committee Type: Campaign
Jefferson City Mo 65102
[….] Established Date: 09/16/2013[….]
Treasurer Bill Mckenna [….]
Deputy Treasurer Jewell Patek [….]
Ballot Measure History
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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I don’t think Missourians for Regressive Taxes was on the short list of committee names.
Previously:
Nix the sales tax: A question of fairness – and progessive identity (June 9, 2014)
Gov. Jay Nixon: “…This tax hike is neither a fair nor fiscally responsible solution…” (June 2, 2014)