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Campaign Finance: a friend with lots of money

30 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, Jay Ashcroft, missouri, Secretary of State

Hoover: Kent is a legacy, Otter. His brother was a ’59, Fred Dorfman.
Flounder: He said legacies usually get asked to pledge automatically.
Otter: Oh, well, usually. Unless the pledge in question turns out to be a real closet-case.
Otter, Boon: Like Fred.

Jay Ashcroft (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Jay Ashcroft (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Jay Ashcroft’s (r) 2016 Secretary of State campaign:

C151004 11/30/2015 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products, Inc. President and CEO 11/28/2015 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

There’s that nice round number again.

Previously:

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

Family ties (May 27, 2015)

Campaign Finance: you can always count on your mom (October 9, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 17

30 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151053 11/30/2015 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI William Draper III 91 Tallwood Court Atherton CA 94025 Draper International Venture Capital 11/30/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Nope, can’t vote in the republican primary either.

Heh.

Previously:

Eric Greitens (r) – quarterly campaign finance report – April 15, 2015 (April 19, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – July 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (July 15, 2015)

Campaign Finance: there goes the whole “it’s a populist grassroots campaign” ad package (September 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 8 (October 14, 2015)

Eric Greitens (r) – October 2015 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report (October 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 9 (October 21, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 10 (October 30, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 11 (November 3, 2015)

Campaign Finance: can’t vote in the republican primary (November 4, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 12 (November 5, 2015)

Campaign Finance: add water, stir (November 9, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 13 (November 13, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 14 (November 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 15 (November 19, 2015)

Campaign Finance: it’s like a campaign contribution, only smaller – part 16 (November 20, 2015)

We never get out of junior high school (November 24, 2015)

Campaign Finance: a senate candidate, a lobbyist, a state representative, and a wealthy contributor walk into a bar…

29 Sunday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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23rd Senate District, Anne Zerr, campaign finance, Carl Bearden, David Humphreys, Mark Parkinson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, William Eigel

The punch line isn’t very funny. It is expensive.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for William Eigel’s (r) 2016 23rd Senate District primary campaign:

C151102 11/29/2015 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Self-Employed Manufacturing 11/28/2015 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a nice round number.

From William Eigel’s (r) October 2015 quarterly campaign finance report:

C151102: Eigel For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 39 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Peters Mo 63376 Established Date: 06/05/2015
[….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – October Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $135,581.00
Monetary Receipts + $15,195.00
Monetary Expenditures – $14,287.01
Contributions Made – $500.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $407.99
Ending Money On Hand $135,988.99

[emphasis added]

There’s quite an interesting group sitting around that campaign kitchen table:

C151102: Eigel For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 39 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Peters Mo 63376 Established Date: 06/05/2015
[….]

Candidate Treasurer Deputy Treasurer
William Eigel Carl Bearden Mark Parkinson

Election History
Election Year Primary Outcome General Outcome Political Office
2016 State Senator District 23

That probably doesn’t make Anne Zerr (r) who also running in the 23rd Senate District in 2016 very happy. But, then again, she’s probably not too worried:

C071253: Anne Zerr For Missouri

Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1191 Party Affiliation: Republican
St Charles Mo 63302-1191 Established Date: 09/28/2007
[….]

Information Reported On: 2015 – October Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $168,677.78
Monetary Receipts + $48,285.00
Monetary Expenditures – $4,483.88
Contributions Made – $5,500.00
Other Disbursements – $5,242.05
Subtotal $33,059.07
Ending Money On Hand $201,736.85

[emphasis added]

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: 23rd Senate District – now there are three (June 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: Voilà! An instant campaign in the 23rd Senate District… (June 23, 2015)

It’s cold…

29 Sunday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Fall, missouri

…and wet.

Late Fall in west central Missouri.

Late Fall in west central Missouri.

A good day to stay in.

It is better to remain silent and thought a fool than to tweet and remove all doubt

28 Saturday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Colorado, Jane Cunningham, missouri, Planned Parenthood, shooting, social media, Terrorism, Twitter

We almost used the headline: “We never thought we’d be thankful for Ed Martin…” Just couldn’t do it.

From Jane Cunningham (r), former state representative and former state senator:

JaneCunningham112715

Jane Cunningham
‏@JCunninghamMO Shooter at CO Springs Planned Parenthood. Reporting “loss of life”. Tragedy, but loss of life is a daily event at Planned Parenthood. 8:10 PM – 27 Nov 2015

We rest our case.

Black Friday

27 Friday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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4th Congressional District, missouri, refugees, social media, Syria, Thanksgiving, Twitter, Vicky Hartzler

We can’t blame it on a food coma.

The republican controlled House of Representatives moved quickly:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 643
[….]
H R 4038 RECORDED VOTE 19-Nov-2015 1:55 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act
—- AYES 289 —
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Long
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner
—- NOES 137 —
Clay
Cleaver

[emphasis added]

At the Washington Monthly:

November 21, 2015 5:57 AM
Syrian Refugees, the “SAFE” Act, and the Shortsighted Panic of Steve Israel
By David Atkins

….It goes without saying, of course, that all of this is yet another manufactured non-issue being ballyhooed by Republicans in order to stir up their xenophobic base and the occasional ignorant independent. Of all the ways for a terrorist to enter the United States, the refugee program is the slowest and the likeliest to get them caught. All of the Paris gunmen were European nationals, not refugees. If an Islamist terrorist group wants to come to the United States, all they need do is send European compatriots here on tourist visas. Meanwhile, ISIS also despises refugees and desperately wants western nations to reject them and send them back to Iraq and Syria to be used and exploited for skills, sex and labor. Once again, Republicans are acting in the most counterproductive way, doing ISIS’ dirty work for them while condemning thousands of people to near certain death—all so they can whip up the basest sentiments from America’s most fearful, least moral and most ignorant voters….

Well, those are salient points.

Yesterday via Twitter from Representative Vicky Hartzler (r):

Hartzler112615

Rep. Vicky Hartzler ‏@RepHartzler
What are you thankful for? I am thankful to serve you, and wish you a #happythanksgiving [….] 9:35 AM – 26 Nov 2015

You ain’t seen nothing yet. From the link in the tweet to Representative Hartzler’s (r) message:

….When I think of this holiday I think of the Pilgrims and that first Thanksgiving in 1621 when they gathered with their Native American friends to thank the Lord for His provision after surviving that first perilous year. So many had perished during the harsh winter but the dream lived on. That original dream is captured in one of the paintings displayed in the Capitol rotunda. The painting depicts the beginning of the Pilgrims journey and captures the essence of why they came….

….The Pilgrims came here for religious freedom and for a better life for their children…

Cognitive dissonance? You bet. Let’s celebrate a holiday which is ostensibly about persecuted peoples coming to the new world and at the same time vote to complicate or deny refuge to people who are being persecuted.

So far there are two responses:

Jalal112615

Jalal El-Jayyousi ‏@JUC_jalal
@RepHartzler I’m thankful for the safety of my family in spite of your fearmongering 9:39 AM – 26 Nov 2015

Touché.

Pomme112615

pomme_de_doodie ‏@pomme_de_doodie
@RepHartzler You seem to be more concerned about what’s going on in Louisiana than here in Mo. You voted against vets! How much subs$ u get? 9:41 PM – 26 Nov 2015

That’s quite a list.

Previously:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Quick, jump on that bandwagon of fear before it pulls away! (November 19, 2015)

White House Petitions: pants wetters (November 22, 2015)

Mike Morse wins the Internets today

26 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

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Thanksgiving, Twitter

The perfect political tweet for the day:

Morse112615

Mike Morse ‏@mikemorsesays
Fox News just reported that the turkey Obama pardoned yesterday flew to Syria and is now fighting for ISIS. #ThanksObama 11:35 AM – 26 Nov 2015

That just about sums up our times.

And it was good…

26 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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pie, Thanksgiving

Pie.

IMG_1037X7

“…our last slice?”

“No. There is another.”

Still, unlike others, it does have a place at the Thanksgiving table

26 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

Chris Koster, governor, missouri, refugees, social media, Syria, Thanksgiving, Twitter

From Chris Koster (D) today, via Twitter:

Koster112615

Chris Koster ‏@Koster4Missouri
This turkey did not receive a pardon. Happy Thanksgiving!
[….] 10:48 AM – 26 Nov 2015

Previously:

Hey, Chris Koster, are you really listening? (November 18, 2015)

Campaign Finance: back to business

25 Wednesday Nov 2015

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

≈ 2 Comments

It’s been an interesting week.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for John Brunner’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C151077 11/24/2015 MISSOURIANS FOR JOHN BRUNNER Daniel Ruda 245 S Wildwood Dr. Branson MO 65616 Thousand Hill Realty CEO 11/23/2015 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

We never get out of junior high school (November 24, 2014)

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