Probably not.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Eric Greitens’ (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Gerald Cook JR 5632 S Castlebay Dr Springfield MO 65809 Loren Cook Company Sales 9/30/2016 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Can write a big check, can vote in the election.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Digital Monitoring Products 2500 N. Partnership Blvd. Springfield MO 65803 9/30/2016 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
Can write a really big check, but corporations can’t vote. Yet.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Jerry Cook 2340 E Cottage Blvd Ozark MO 65721 Loren Cook Company President 9/30/2016 $50,000.00
[emphasis added]
Can write a really big check, can vote in the election.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Emerson’s Missouri Responsible Government Fund 8000 W Florissant Ave St Louis MO 63136 9/30/2016 $25,000.00
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Ameren Missouri PAC PO Box 780 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/30/2016
$10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Can write big checks, can’t vote in an election. Yet.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI David Hogan 353 Conway Lake Dr St Louis MO 63141 Hogan Transports/Transportation Executive 9/30/2016 $10,000.00
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Brian Hogan 2740 Turnberry Park Ln St Louis MO 63131 Hogan Transports/Transportation Executive 9/30/2016 $10,000.00
Can write big checks, can vote in the election.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Midwest Products Group Inc 221 Bolivar St Suite 200 Jefferson City MO 65101 9/30/2016 $5,001.00
[emphasis added]
That’s just like a campaign contribution, only smaller.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Kansas City Power & Light PO Box 418679 Kansas City MO 64141 9/30/2016 $15,000.00
[emphasis added]
Hedging their bets? Just asking.
C151053 09/30/2016 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI Republican Governors Association – Missouri 1747 Penn. Ave. NW Suite 250 Washington DC 20006 9/30/2016 $750,000.00
[emphasis added]
Well, okay then. We have no idea who wrote all the checks to get there.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: an average (September 21, 2016)
Campaign Finance: ante up (September 22, 2016)
Campaign Finance: ante up – part 2 (September 28, 2016)
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