The past few days, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, the money continues to roll in for the folks promoting a regressive tax on the ballot:
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC International Union of Operating Engineers 6601 Winchester Ave Ste 280 Kansas City MO 64133 7/2/2014 $100,000.00
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C131133 06/30/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC HNTB Corporation 715 Kirk Drive Kansas City MO 64105 6/30/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 06/30/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC CDM Smith 50 Hampshire Street Cambridge MA 02139 6/30/2014 $20,000.00
C131133 06/30/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 6330 Knox Industrial Dr St Louis MO 63139 6/30/2014 $30,000.00
C131133 06/30/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Ideker Inc. PO Box 7140 St Joseph MO 64507 6/30/2014 $50,000.00
C131133 06/30/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Jensen Construction Company PO Box 3345 Des Moines IA 50316 6/30/2014 $20,000.00
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Transportation PAC 3220 West Edgewood Ste E Jefferson City MO 65109 7/1/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Foley Industries Inc. 1700 SW 42nd St Topeka KS 66609 7/1/2014 $25,000.00
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Asphalt Pavement Assn Political Action Committee PO Box 104855 Jefferson City MO 65109 7/2/2014 $20,000.00
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Conco Companies PO Box 50685 Springfield MO 65805 7/2/2014 $10,000.00
C131133 07/02/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC HDR Engineering Inc. 8404 Indian Hills Dr Omaha NE 68114 7/2/2014 $35,000.00
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Strange, and yet, not strange given our present political environment.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: bedfellows (June 27, 2014)
Campaign Finance: “Your majesty, the special interests are regressive…” (June 27, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Prepare yourself for the ads… (June 24, 2014)
Campaign Finance: the dough keeps rolling in (June 22, 2014)
Campaign Finance: escalation (June 17, 2014)
Campaign Finance: What’s an increase in regressive taxes among friends anyway? (June 10, 2014)
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)