Yesterday, in the Kansas City Star:

On Missouri taxes and education policies, Rex Sinquefield’s clout is growing

By JASON HANCOCK

[….]07/19/2014 6:11 PM

….The Missouri Club for Growth, a conservative group funded largely by [Rex] Sinquefield….

Largely? Really?

From the Missouri Club for Growth July 2014 quarterly campaign finance report:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

From the April 2014 quarterly campaign finance report:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE [pdf] 4/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

From the March 31, 2014 8 Day Before General Municipal Election campaign report:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE [pdf] 3/31/2014

Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 3/27/2014 $973,000.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

From the January 2014 quarterly campaign finance report:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

MISSOURI CLUB FOR GROWTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE [pdf] 1/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

Barb Carney 9901 NW 71st Terrace Parkville MO 64152 Retired 10/28/2013 $15.00

Linda Cone 10204 NW 73rd Tr Weatherby Lake MO 64152 Self Employed 10/28/2013 $50.00

Jacque Cox 6200 S. National Dr Parkville MO 64152 Retired 10/28/2013 $30.00

Theresa Emerson 14255 NW 65th Pl Parkville MO 64152 None 10/28/2013 15.00

Mary Hill 1354 Wildbriar Dr Liberty MO 64060 St. Luke’s Hospital 10/28/2013 $15.00

Mark Hirsch 5821 N Cypress Ave Kansas City MO 64119 None 10/28/2013 $40.00

Bob Holliger 14706 E 43rd St. S Independence MO 64055 Retired 10/28/2013 $100.00

Cecilia Johnson 1908 E 15th Terrace Kansas City MO 64127 Rachel House 10/28/2013 $20.00

Jamie McCarthy 5941 Oak St Kansas CIty MO 64113 Cloudge Court 10/28/2013 $50.00

William Norwood 5815 N Cypress Ave Kansas City MO 64119 Self 10/28/2013 $15.00

Joe Roetheli 10206 Liberty Cir Liberty MO 64068 Self 10/28/2013 $30.00

Beverlee Roper 9902 NW 73rd Terrace Weatherby Lake MO 64152 Platte County 10/28/2013 $50.00

Barb Thiewes 4513 NW Baltimore Dr Kansas City MO 64116 Cohen Esrey Real Estate 10/28/2013 $40.00

Lee Valentine 7842 N Dawn Ave Kansas City MO 64151 Retired 10/28/2013 $50.00

Jonathon Westbrook 7932 Roswell Ave Kansas City MO 66109 KCKPD 10/28/2013 $15.00

John Stolte 11006 Booth Ave Kansas City MO 64134 MarksNelson 10/28/2013 $25.00

John Stolte 11006 Booth Ave Kansas City MO 64134 MarksNelson 11/28/2013 $25.00

All Season’s Rental 5050 Kansas Ave Kansas City MO 66106 11/15/2013 $286.94

Elaine Koch 1215 W 61st St Kansas City MO 64113 Bryan Cave 10/28/2013 $50.00

[emphasis added]

Interesting. Let’s put all of this information in some perspective:

Rex Sinquefield’s campaign contribution to the Missouri Club for Growth as reported to the Missouri Ethics Commission in 2014

– compared to those of seventeen other individuals and one business entity. That tiny slice is everyone else.

The term “largely” doesn’t do the reality any justice.

On Missouri taxes and education policies, Rex Sinquefield’s clout is growing

By JASON HANCOCK

[….]07/19/2014 6:11 PM

“….We are not a puppet of Mr. Sinquefield,” Abrajano said. “His contributions are truly his only involvement….”

Oh, but the rest of us are.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131097 07/19/2014 GROW MISSOURI Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/18/2014 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

I dunno, it just doesn’t feel like the enthusiasm is there anymore…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: there are friends, and then there are “friends” (July 4, 2014)

“…and that idiot vetoed an income tax cut…” (May 30, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Why give 11 cents when you can write a check for $1.5 million? (May 14, 2014)

Campaign Finance: how astroturf (the fake grassroots) works (August 1, 2013)

The July quarterly campaign finance reports in the 51st legislative District have been filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

For the republican incumbent:

C111221: Committee To Elect Dean Dohrman State Representative

Party Affiliation: Republican

Information Reported On: 2014 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $18,011.33

Monetary Receipts + $7,375.00

Monetary Expenditures – $3,377.68

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $3,997.32

Ending Money On Hand   $22,008.65

[emphasis added]

For the Democratic Party candidate:

C131137: Grigsby For Missouri

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Information Reported On: 2014 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $21,083.25

Monetary Receipts + $6,296.59

Monetary Expenditures – $1,073.73

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $5,222.86

Ending Money On Hand   $26,306.11

[emphasis added]

Ah, parity.

And for the Libertarian:

C141421E: Bill Wayne

Party Affiliation: Libertarian

No Full Disclosure Reports with financial information have been filed for the current year.

Libertarians, occupying space on the ballot since…

Who’s making contributions?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

COMMITTEE TO ELECT DEAN DOHRMAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyer PAC

PO Box 1072

Jefferson City MO 65102

6/12/2014

$250.00

Paul Beykirch

2230 Woodington Dr

Sedalia MO 65301

County Distributing Company, Inc

6/12/2014

$75.00

Independent Electrical Contractors PAC

12704 Pennridge Dr

Bridgeton MO 63044

6/19/2014

$200.00

Citizens for Hoskins

PO Box 118

Warrensburg MO 64093

6/19/2014

$100.00

MBA Capitol Region PAC

207 E Capitol Ave

Jefferson City MO 65101

6/20/2014

$250.00

W K Chevrolet

3310 W Broadway

Sedalia MO 65301

6/20/2014

$200.00

Missouri State Assessors Association

PO Box 339

New London MO 63459

6/24/2014

$1,200.00

Citizens To Elect Rocky Miller

PO Box 393

Osage Beach MO 65065

6/27/2014

$500.00

Wallace Architects, LLC

120

Sedalia MO 65301

6/24/2014

$1,000.00

T J Berry Campaign

19800 128th St

Kearney MO 64060

6/27/2014

$400.00

William Riggins

225 E Harrison

Marshall MO 65340

Saline County Economic Development

6/27/2014

$400.00

Friends of Todd Richardson

PO Box 1226

Poplar Bluff MO 63902

6/30/2014

$500.00

Grow Missouri

308 E. High St., Ste. 301

Jefferson City MO 65101

6/30/2014

$2,000.00

Citizens for Hoskins

PO Box 118

Warrensburg MO 64093

6/15/2014

$120.00

[emphasis added]

That’s the entire list of contributions. It doesn’t quite inspire grassroots confidence, does it?

Some of the contributions for the Democratic Party candidate:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

GRIGSBY FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $6.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

Missouri NEA-PAC

1810 E. Elm Street

Jefferson City MO 65101

6/28/2014

$1,000.00

Better Schools For Missouri – MSA PAC

3550 Amazonas Dr.

Jefferson City MO 65109

6/30/2014

$600.00

Committee To Elect Tony Miller

PO BOX 7030

Kansas City MO 64113

6/30/2014

$250.00

Heavy Constructino Laborers’ Local #664 – PAC

7820 Prospect Avenue

Kansas City MO 64132

6/30/2014

$1,000.00

Teamsters Local #245 PAF

1850 E. Division St.

Springfield MO 65803

6/30/2014

$150.00

Teamsters Local #41 PAC

4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blevd.

Kansas City MO 64130

6/30/2014

$190.00

Teamsters Local #541 PAC

4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blevd.

Kansas City MO 64130

6/30/2014

$200.00

Teamsters Local #688 PAC

4349 Woodson Rd. STE 200

St. Louis MO 63134

6/30/2014

$200.00

[emphasis added]

Working people! But that’s not all. There were thirty-eight small(ish) dollar contributions from individuals:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

GRIGSBY FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 7/15/2014

Miller Peg

102 E. Green Meadows Rd. # 6

Columbia MO 65203

Not Employed — None

5/11/2014

$25.00

Owsley J.C.

Rt. 91 BOX 1894

Cross Timbers MO 65634

Farmer — Self

5/12/2014

$25.00

Willmarth Paula

1516 Fox Moor Ct.

Jefferson City MO 65109

Retired — None

5/12/2014

$25.00

Weinschenk Kathleen

1504 Sylvan LN.

Columbia MO 65202

Retired — None

5/12/2014

$35.00

Grigsby Gary

110 E. Market St.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Small Business Owner — Self

5/12/2014

$0.59

Swisher Frank

22689 N Saline 65 Hwy

Marshall MO 65340

Retired — None

5/12/2014

$100.00

Brooks Doug

3734 Chipmunk

Joplin MO 64804

Psychologist — Self

5/12/2014

$100.00

Skaggs Billy G and Sandra

3509 N. Park

Kansas City MO 64116

Retired — None

5/12/2014

$50.00

Rubino Robert and Susan

2051 N. Carriage Dr.

Nixa MO 65714

Unemployed — None

5/22/2014

$50.00

Gilliam Mildred

600 E Yerby St

Marshall MO 65340

Retired — None

6/2/2014

$200.00

Holden Bob and Lori

1937 Windriver Dr.

Jefferson City MO 65101

Retired — None

6/14/2014

$100.00

Stephan Karol

405 W Seventh

Appleton City MO 64724

Retired — None

6/21/2014

$50.00

Kahoe Dick and Cathy

109 Grant Dr.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/27/2014

$50.00

Wilson Paul O.

1402 Orchard St.

Alexandria VA 22302

Advertising — Wilson Grand Consultants

6/27/2014

$100.00

Brooks Deems and Babs

PO BOX 777

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Yunt Terry and Mary

1407 Northfiled Park Blvd

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Brown Peggy and Kenneth

614 Darrow St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$30.00

Williams Deleta

110 E Hale Lake Rd

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Wilson Fred and Geraldine Ann

108 Meadow Ln

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — IBEW

6/30/2014

$50.00

Yates Bob

207 W Market

Warrensburg MO 64093

Professor — University Central Missouri

6/30/2014

$50.00

True Wes and Marilyn

532 Hamilton St.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$100.00

Wiss Kari and Matt

3024 S Black Forest Ave

Blue Springs MO 64015

Operations Director — Developing Potentioal Inc.

6/30/2014

$200.00

Penrose Brett and Monica

1693 NW 615 Rd.

Kingsville MO 64061

Dep. Prosecuting Attorney — Cass County

6/30/2014

$150.00

Doyle Ruth

302 Johnson Dr.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$300.00

Beard Harold and Wanda

425 NE State Route 13

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Brown Mary Lovell

348 E Gay St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Accounting Clerk — Assicuate Consumer Evaluations LLC

6/30/2014

$25.00

Caskey Harold and Kay

Rt 1 Box 172

Butler MO 64730

Attorney — Caskey Law Firm

6/30/2014

$100.00

Chapman Susan

1605 S. Market St.

Holden MO 64040

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$100.00

Curtis Barb and David

319 W Gay St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Dandurand Mary

1222 Pembrooke Dr

Warrensburg MO 64093

Realtor — Self

6/30/2014

$100.00

Duncan Donna

113 Grant Dr

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$30.00

Mitten Gina

1615 Hunter Avenue

Saint Louis MO 63117

State Representative — State of Missouri

6/30/2014

$100.00

Jaeger Gene and Maxine

712 S. Holden

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Pentlin Floyd

515 Southwest Dr.

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$50.00

Seigfreid Jim and Nancy

1108 Kismet St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Retired — None

6/30/2014

$35.00

Self Kristen

208 Madison St

Jefferson City MO 65101

Campaign Director — Missouri Democratic Party

6/30/2014

$20.00

Squiric Rick and Laurie

903 S Holden St

Warrensburg MO 64093

Small Business Owner — Letter Craft Printing

6/30/2014

$25.00

Sullivan Cameron

1412 Karen Drive Unit B

Jefferson City MO 65101

Reasercher — Progress Missouri

6/30/2014

$25.00

[emphasis added]

There is a difference.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Grigsby (D) and Dohrman (r) in the 51st Legislative District – 3rd Quarter 2013 (October 16, 2013)

Campaign Finance: the race in the 51st Legislative District is going to be quite interesting (January 1, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Grigsby (D) and Dohrman (r) in the 51st Legislative District – 4th Quarter 2013 (January 20, 2014)

Campaign Finance: this is what happens when Democrats fail to file for legislative seats (March 28, 2014)

Numbers tell stories. Based on statistics from 2010, 24/7 Wall St. ranked Missouri eighth for overall gun violence. Missouri had 14 gun injury deaths per each 100,000 people – only 11 states had a higher rate: Louisiana (19.2); Alabama (16.2); Mississippi (16.1); Montana (15.4); Wyoming (15.1); New Mexico (14.9); Nevada (14.5);Arizona (14.6); Arkansas and Oklahoma (14.4); West Virginia (14.1). The story these numbers tell isn’t surprising. Almost all of these states are poor, Southern or Western and deep red or getting redder. Missouri isn’t quite as poor or – maybe – as red as some, but given the inclinations of the Republicans who run our legislature, we’ll soon be charter members of the hard-scrabble, hand-to-mouth, red-state contingent. (You want to see what red-state economic theory does in action, read about the Kansas experiment – which our own GOPers are eager to emulate).

This is true when it comes to rational gun policy as well. Like Missouri, none of the states listed above require permits to purchase handguns or, for that matter, most other types of guns. In Missouri, under the rubric of an almost universally misunderstood 2nd amendment, the good ol’ boys in the state legislature take turns trying to see who can introduce the most extreme laws to deregulate gun ownership. Governor Jay Nixon just vetoed this year’s iteration, Senate Bill 656, which would have “forced Missouri cities to allow teenagers to carry loaded firearms in public, would have allowed school districts to arm teachers, and would have made it impossible for parents to find out if someone is carrying a concealed firearm in their children’s classrooms.”

The bill would also have denied local jurisdictions their current right to forbid open carry which, in the absence of local restrictions, is legal for those who hold a concealed carry permit. Gun religionists claim with – some justification – that a patchwork of local laws can lead to confusion, but more often they just repeat the 2nd amendment mantra and scoff at the fearful reaction that most sane people have when they see guns casually displayed in a commercial setting, often taking major umbrage at what they characterize as “the indoctrinated response in America” to notify the police when folks are scared. I suppose the unindoctrinated response to fear would be to pull out your own gun and start shooting. Somehow, it doesn’t strike me as preferable.

Just for funsies take a look at this trio who were arrested in Cape Girardeau while wandering around a mall sporting holstered handguns. These folks look basically normal if a bit on the hard side and they may be pussycats once one gets to know them, but if I met any of them (including the baby gunsel) in the aisle of a local store with guns on their hips, I’d quickly go the other way and call the police asap. Better safe than sorry. I’ve seen Natural Born Killers – and those folks were downright pretty. There’s something about a carrying a gun in a non-threatening, non-sporting environment that brands the mildest seeming folks as paranoid fools.

You want to get an idea about who belongs to the Missouri gun culture, just note the reaction of some citizens of Lake Ozark when the city recently decided to prohibit open carry in the interest of not scaring away tourists, the main source of local prosperity:

The city should not be treading on the Second Amendment for any reason, said Alderwoman Betsey Browning, who voted against the ordinance. “There are bad people in the world, and by golly if I need a gun I’m going to have a firearm at my side or in my purse,” Browning said. “I’m absolutely against this.”

Audience member Gail Maeder was even more direct.

“Just because somebody felt scared is not a good enough reason to pass an ordinance that violates the Second Amendment,” she said.

Now I would be interested in just how Alderwoman Browning knows that she is surrounded by so  many bad people that she has to go armed, what criteria she employs to recognize them so that she can shoot them, and when or if she ever actually encounters an aggressive bad person, I wonder whether said bad person’s badness will have been enhanced by the ready availability of guns just like that carried by the alderwoman. I seem to read of a constant stream of innocent people who are mistakenly shot when people like Alderwoman Browning get themselves worked up (see, for instance,  here). And guess what else happens in states with lots of guns:

People of all age groups are significantly more likely to die from unintentional firearm injuries when they live in states with more guns, relative to states with fewer guns. On average, states with the highest gun levels had nine times the rate of unintentional firearms deaths compared to states with the lowest gun levels.

Makes you feel real secure knowing that Alderwoman Browning has that gun, doesn’t it?

I ask you, do you want these folks, with their rigid, comic-strip understanding of the 2nd amendment, coupled with their total lack of respect for others, running around playing at being tough guys and gals in public places, not to mention dictating decisions about perfectly legal, 2nd amendment-compatible restrictions of gun ownership? Thanks to Governor Nixon, and barring an override of his veto, we have staved off the flood of gun craziness for one more year – or to put it more accurately, it won’t get any crazier than it is now – but unless something changes in Jefferson City, that may not continue to be the case and Missourians could find themselves regularly taking shelter from myriad shoot-outs of the O.K. Corral variety.

Next to last paragraph restored after being inadvertently omitted.  

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the folks promoting a regressive tax on the ballot:

C131133 07/18/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Chamber PAC PO Box 149 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/18/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/18/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Heavy Constructors Assoc of the greater Kansas City Area 3101 Broadway, Suite 780 Kansas City MO 64111 7/18/2014 $50,000.00

C131133 07/18/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Capital Quarries Co., Inc. PO Box 105050 Jefferson City MO 65110 7/18/2014 $20,000.00

C131133 07/18/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Chester Bross Construction Company PO Box 430 Hannibal MO 63401 7/18/2014 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Keeping up with this is like trying to take a sip from a firehose.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Goliath and David (July 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 4 (July 10, 2014)

Campaign Finance: there is no end (July 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 3 (July 4, 2014)

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 2 (July 2, 2014)

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)

The July quarterly campaign finance reports in the 24th Senate District have been filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141179: Ashcroft For Missouri

Party Affiliation: Republican

Information Reported On: 2014 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $0.00

Monetary Receipts + $227,590.00

Monetary Expenditures – $19,331.95

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $9.00

Subtotal     $208,249.05

Ending Money On Hand   $208,249.05

[emphasis added]

It is good to be a republican legacy candidate.

Libertarians, occupying space on the ballot since…

C141209E: Jim Higgins

Party Affiliation: Libertarian

No Full Disclosure Reports with financial information have been filed for the current year.

How quaint, a republican candidate without much campaign money:

C141383: Robb Hicks For Senate

Party Affiliation: Republican

Information Reported On: 2014 – AMENDED July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $0.00

Monetary Receipts + $51,125.00

Monetary Expenditures – $6,738.26

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $10.00

Subtotal     $44,376.74

Ending Money On Hand   $44,376.74

[emphasis added]

Well, it is a state senate race and it’s all relative.

C141148: Spooner For Senate

Party Affiliation: Republican

Information Reported On: 2014 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $104,574.01

Monetary Receipts + $48,440.00

Monetary Expenditures – $40,605.07

Contributions Made – $600.00

Other Disbursements – $2,500.00

Subtotal     $4,734.93

Ending Money On Hand   $109,308.94

[emphasis added]

Interesting burn rate, that.

And, finally, the Democratic Party candidate:

C131081: Schupp For Senate

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Information Reported On: 2014 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $316,326.60

Monetary Receipts + $225,010.04

Monetary Expenditures – $81,999.03

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $50.00

Subtotal     $142,961.01

Ending Money On Hand   $459,287.61

In a league of her own.

Who’s doing some of the contributing?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

Janet Ashcroft

5491 W Farm Road 54

Willard MO 65781

Self — Attorney

4/5/2014

$10,000.00

Sam Fox

7701 Forsyth Blvd Suite 600

St Louis MO 63105

The Harbour Group — Founder

4/10/2014

$10,000.00

August Busch III

1 Mid Rivers Mall Dr

St Peters MO 63376

None — Retired

4/10/2014

$10,000.00

Roy Pfautch

52 Portland Place

St Louis MO 63108

Civic Service Inc — Owner

4/12/2014

$5,000.00

W Thomas Fowler

3940 St Andrews Dr

Springfield MO 65809

None — Retired

5/10/2014

$3,000.00

Rex Sinquefield

244 Bent Walnut

Westphalia MO 65085

None — Retired

6/6/2014

$25,000.00

Peter Herschend

538 Oak Bluff Circle

Branson MO 65616

Silver Dollar City — Principal

4/24/2014

$5,000.00

Sharpe Holdings Incorporated

6417 Shelby 150

Bethel MO 63434

6/9/2014

$10,000.00

Lawrence Collett

1231 Glen Eagle Lane

St Albans MO 63073

None — Retired

6/9/2014

$5,000.00

H E Whitener

11764 N Farm Road 177

Fair Grove MO 65648

None — Retired

5/28/2014

$5,000.00

Janet Ashcroft

5491 W Farm Road 54

Willard MO 65781

Self — Attorney

6/30/2014

$20,000.00

Richard Baalmann

11743 Manchester Road

St Louis MO 63131

Bramm Inc — President

6/23/2014

$3,000.00

Evelyn Williams

701 Barnes Road

St Louis MO 63124

None — Homemaker

6/20/2014

$5,000.00

Menlo Smith

14 Ballantrae Court

St Louis MO 63131

None — Retired

6/17/2014

$5,000.00

Robert Ferguson

25275 River Drive

Franklin MI 48025

Self — Physician

4/20/2014

$5,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s what you call “friends and family”. We did see a few itemized $50.00, $35.00, $25.00, and $20.00 individual contributions.

And for another republican candidate:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

ROBB HICKS FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

Robb III and Lenore Hicks

2829 Windy Hill Drive

Quince IL 62305

Retired

6/20/2014

$1,000.00

Robb Hicks

11511 Craig Ct., Ste 320

Saint Louis MO 63146

Self-employed — Physician

6/13/2014

$100.00

19. SUBTOTAL: LOANS FROM ANY ATTACHED PAGES $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That certainly saves on the thank you note postage.

And for yet another republican candidate:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

SPOONER FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

19. SUBTOTAL: LOANS FROM ANY ATTACHED PAGES $20,000.00

George Weber IV

818 Charlotte

Columbia IL 62236

George Weber Chevrolet

5/20/2014

$2,000.00

David R Spence

2021 S Warson Rd

Saint Louis MO 63124

Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging

6/25/2014

$1,000.00

Apex Oil Company, Inc.

8235 Forsyth Blvd

St Louis MO 63105

6/26/2014

$2,500.00

Fred J Zaegel III

8405 Saint Charles Rock Rd

Saint Louis MO 63114

Self — Sales

6/30/2014

$1,000.00

Peter Pierotti

11 Fielding Rd

Ladue MO 63124

Saint Louis University — Director of Real Estate

6/30/2014

$1,000.00

James Barton

14 Greenway Plz Unit 21 R

Houston TX 77046

Bechtel Corp

6/30/2014

$1,500.00

[emphasis added]

There is also a significantly higher proportion of those small dollar contributions.

And some of the contributions for the Democratic Party candidate:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

SCHUPP FOR SENATE [pdf] 7/15/2014

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $7,892.14

Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis and

Vicinity

1401 Hampton Ave

Saint Louis MO 63139-3159

6/18/2014

$5,000.00

UFCW Local 655 Elect Political Fund

300 Weidman Rd

Manchester MO 63011-4433

6/26/2014

$1,000.00

Branch 343 National Association of Letter Carriers

Political Action Fund

612 Charleston Oaks Dr

Ballwin MO 63021-7387

5/28/2014

$250.00

Missouri Health Care Association PAC

236 Metro Dr

Jefferson City MO 65109-1103

6/30/2014

$3,000.00

Clint Zweifel For Missouri

PO Box 11245

Saint Louis MO 63105-0045

6/30/2014

$20,000.00

Teamsters Local 600 DRIVE PAC

161 Weldon Pkwy

Maryland Heights MO 63043-3106

6/26/2014

$2,000.00

Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local No.

1 -Political Fund Account

3325 Hollenberg Dr

Bridgeton MO 63044-2433

6/13/2014

$250.00

Missouri Democratic State Committee State Account

PO Box 719

Jefferson City MO 65102-0719

6/30/2014

$20,000.00

Eastern Missouri Laborers Educational and Benevolent

Fund

3450 Hollenberg Dr

Bridgeton MO 63044-2405

6/30/2014

$500.00

Teamsters Local 41

4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd

Kansas City MO 64130-2368

6/26/2014

$4,750.00

Missouri NEA

1810 E Elm St

Jefferson City MO 65101-4100

6/30/2014

$2,500.00

Operating Engineers Local 101 Political Action Committee

6601 Winchester Ave

Kansas City MO 64133-4678

6/2/2014

$1,000.00

Planned Parenthood Votes

4251 Forest Park Ave

Saint Louis MO 63108-2810

5/28/2014

$500.00

Teamsters Local 610 Political Action Committee

11472 Schenk Dr

Maryland Heights MO 63043-3417

6/30/2014

$500.00

Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glassworkers

5916 Wilson Ave

Saint Louis MO 63110-2725

4/3/2014

$100.00

Teamsters Local Union No. 541

4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd

Kansas City MO 64130-2368

6/26/2014

$4,000.00

United Transportation Union Pac

222 Madison St

Jefferson City MO 65101-3230

6/28/2014

$650.00

Electrical Workers Voluntary Political

5850 Elizabeth Ave

Saint Louis MO 63110-2804

6/16/2014

$500.00

Missouri State Council of Machinist PAC

12365 Saint Charles Rock Rd

Bridgeton MO 63044-2503

6/26/2014

$500.00

Sprinkler Fitters Local 268 Political Ed and Leg.

Committee

1544 S 3rd St

Saint Louis MO 63104-3826

6/30/2014

$500.00

Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 3

4656 Baumgartner Rd

Saint Louis MO 63129-2818

6/20/2014

$200.00

Teamsters 245 PAF

1850 E Division St

Springfield MO 65803-4515

6/27/2014

$2,000.00

Missouri State Teachers Assn Legislative Impact Committee

PO Box 458

Columbia MO 65205-0458

6/20/2014

$2,500.00

Teamsters Local Union 688 PAC

4349 Woodson Rd

Saint Louis MO 63134-3719

6/23/2014

$5,000.00

SEIU Missouri State Council PAC

2725 Clifton Ave

Saint Louis MO 63139-2712

6/30/2014

$1,500.00

IBEW Local Union 1439 PAC Fund

2121 59th St

Saint Louis MO 63110-2807

5/19/2014

$250.00

Building Trades Political Education Fund

2300 Hampton Ave

Saint Louis MO 63139-2909

6/28/2014

$500.00

International Union of Elevator Constructors Local No. 3 –

PAC Fund

5916 Wilson Ave

Saint Louis MO 63110-2725

5/5/2014

$500.00

St. Louis Labor Council AFL-CIO

3301 Hollenberg Dr

Bridgeton MO 63044-2433

6/24/2014

$250.00

MO Association of Nurse Anesthetists

205 E Capitol Ave

Jefferson City MO 65101-3166

6/26/2014

$500.00

Working people. Oh yes, there is a difference.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: end of quarter confidence in the 24th Senate District (July 3, 2014)

Campaign Finance: 24th Senate District – April quarterly campaign finance reports (April 19, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Friends of the family?  (April 11, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Make room for daddy? (April 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: trying to catch up in the 24th Senate District (March 31, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 4th quarter 2013 (January 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Schupp (D) and Lamping (r) in the 24th Senate District – 3rd quarter 2013 (October 21, 2013)

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141373 07/17/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS James Fitzpatrick 1209 W 64th Terrace Kansas City MO 64113 retired reporter 7/16/2014 $7,500.00

[emphasis added]

Who?:

C141373: Missourians For Better Transportation Solutions

5056 Westminster Place Committee Type: Campaign

St Louis Mo 63108

[….] Established Date: 06/09/2014

[….]

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

Constitutional Amendment 7 08/05/2014 Enact Temporary Sales Tax Of Three-Quarters Of One Percent To Fund State And Local Highways, Roads, Bridges, And Transportation Projects For Ten Years W/ Priority Given To Repairing Unsafe Roads And Bridges / Statewide Oppose

[emphasis added]

That would be David.

Working friends of Goliath:

C131133 07/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Construction & General Laborers Local Union NO 660 2633 W Clay Street Saint Charles MO 63301 7/15/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Eastern MO Laborers District Council 3450 Hollenberg Drive Bridgeton MO 63044 7/15/2014 $15,000.00

You’ve probably already met Goliath:

C131133 07/11/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Robertson Contractors, Inc. 1909 South Westwood Blvd. Poplar Bluff MO 63901 7/10/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/11/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC New Prime 2740 N. Mayfair Ave. Springfield MO 65803 7/10/2014 $25,000.00

C131133 07/11/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Cretex Concrete Products 6655 Wedgewood Rd. Suite 130 Maple Grove MN 55311 7/11/2014 $15,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Buzzi Unicem USA 100 Brodhead Road Suite 230 Bethlehem PA 18017 7/14/2014 $15,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Mississippi Lime Company 3870 South Lindbergh Blvd Suite 200 St Louis MO 63127 7/14/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Realm Construction Inc PO Box 1236 Blue Springs MO 64013 7/14/2014 $15,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC CH2M Hill Inc. 9191 S Jamaica Street Englewood CO 80112 7/14/2014 $11,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Phillips 66 Company 601 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 1150 Washington DC 20004 7/14/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/15/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Regional Business Council 7701 Forsyth Boulevard Suite 205 St Louis MO 63105 7/14/2014 $75,000.00

C131133 07/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC DLH Services Inc PO Box 880 Cape Girardeau MO 63702 7/15/2014 $25,000.00

C131133 07/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC MO Truck PAC PO Box 89 PO Box 89 Eldon MO 65026 7/15/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/17/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Lockton Companies LLC Kansas City Series 444 W 47th Street Suite900 Kansas City MO 64112 7/16/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 07/17/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Kiewit Infrastructure Co. 7926 S Platte Canyon Rd Littleton CO 80128 7/16/2014 $50,000.00

C131133 07/17/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 6330 Knox Industrial Dr St Louis MO 63139 7/17/2014 $20,000.00

[emphasis added]

Here’s the thing. In an environment where SB 509 happened to Missouri, this regressive tax is an obscenity. If only these numerous good corporate citizens had put as much cash, time and effort in opposing the veto override of SB 509. Yeah, right, that’s the whole point of regressive taxation…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 4 (July 10, 2014)

Campaign Finance: there is no end (July 7, 2014)

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 3 (July 4, 2014)

Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 2 (July 2, 2014)

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)

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) on the IRS, today via Twitter:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler ‏@RepHartzler

Just passed spending bill which stops IRS Conferences & videos, stops targeting by IRS, & prohibits IRS from enforcing Obamacare. 12:47 PM – 16 Jul 2014

I suppose in the future the IRS will just have to rely on spontaneous confessions from tax scofflaws.

As has become the norm, a few very interesting replies:

Alexandra ‏@aliemalie

.@RepHartzler aren’t you suing to enforce Obamacare? why are you now telling the IRS not to enforce Obamacare? so confusing! 12:48 PM – 16 Jul 2014

Heh. Good questions. You were expecting consistency?

Bob Yates ‏@OldDrum

@RepHartzler And is a great boon to tax cheats. 3:37 PM – 16 Jul 2014

For the right wingnut republicans in Congress that’s a feature, not a bug.

Missouri’s Food for America hosted a presentation in St Joseph Tuesday night.  Video by Jerry Schmidt.