Welcome to Missouri.

An addendum [pdf] filed with a Statement of Committee Organization for the “MO Opportunity PAC” on July 5, 2018 with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MO Opportunity PAC is a Missouri nonprofit corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Missouri Nonprofit Corporation Act, and is an independent expenditures only political action committee created primarily for the purpose of influencing the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to Missouri public office.

At the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

Name MO Opportunity PAC
[….]
Type Nonprofit Corporation
Charter No. N000708926
Domesticity Domestic
Registered Agent REGISTERED AGENT, LTD. 2345 GRAND BLVD., STE. 2800 KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
Status Good Standing
Date Formed 7/2/2018
Duration Perpetual
[….]

How nice.

The PAC filed an amended [pdf] Statement of Committee Organization with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 14, 2019.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180492 02/22/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 2/22/2019 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

We noticed.

Also in February at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180492 02/04/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Daniel J Ludeman 15 Pine Valley Drive Saint Louis MO 63124 Retired Retired 2/4/2019 $10,000.00

C180492 02/11/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Xcaliber International LTD., LLC One Tobacco Road Pryor OK 74361 2/11/2019 $15,000.00

C180492 02/18/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Rudolph E Farber 100 North Wood Street Neosho MO 64850 Community Bank and Trust Banker 2/18/2019 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

Interesting company.

In 2018 at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180492 07/27/2018 MO Opportunity PAC GJ Grewe Inc 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard St Louis MO 63026 7/25/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/05/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Anheuser-Busch Companies One Busch Place St Louis MO 63118 9/4/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/17/2018 MO Opportunity PAC McBride & Son Management LLC 16091 Swingley Ridge Road Chesterfield MO 63017 9/17/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/17/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Kevin K Knasel 1 Claychester Drive St Louis MO 63123 PMA Holdings, LLC Executive 9/17/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/25/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Cheyenne International, LLC 701 S Battleground Ave Grover NC 28073
9/25/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/28/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Timothy Drury 15 Squires Lane St Louis MO 63131 Drury Development Corporation President 9/28/2018 $10,000.00

C180492 09/28/2018 MO Opportunity PAC KBA Investments LLC 2808 Thole Plocher Road Highland IL 62249 9/28/2018 $25,000.00

C180492 10/01/2018 MO Opportunity PAC David L Steward P.O. Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology Chairman and Founder 10/1/2018 $25,000.00

$25,000.00 C180492 10/22/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Roy Pfautch 52 Portland Place Saint Louis MO 63108 Civic Service Inc. Consultant 10/22/2018 $15,000.00

C180492 11/07/2018 MO Opportunity PAC David L Steward P.O. Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology Chairman and Founder 11/7/2018 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

And how has the “MO Opportunity PAC” spent some of its resources?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 9/6/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 8/8/2018 Consulting Fee $3,000.00

[emphasis added]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 10/25/2018 [amended – original 10/11/2019]
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 9/11/2018 Consulting Fee $5,000.00

[emphasis added]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 10/25/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 10/2/2018 Consulting Fee $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 12/3/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 10/31/2018 Consulting Fee $11,000.00

[emphasis added]

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 1/14/2019
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 12/6/2018 Fundraising Services $11,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total of $40,000.00 through December 2018.

Wait, what?

The PAC’s latest summary:

C180492: Mo Opportunity Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
2345 Grand Blvd Ste 2200
Kansas City Mo 64108
Established Date: 07/02/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $132,480.89
Monetary Receipts + $1,500.00
Monetary Expenditures – $11,146.00
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($9,646.00)
Ending Money On Hand $122,834.89

Also at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MECID Committee Name Report Expenditure Name/Address Purpose Expenditure Date Expenditure Amount Paid/Incurred

C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Campaign Worker Compensation 01/31/2018 $917.50 Paid

C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Campaign Worker Compensation 03/02/2018 $917.50 Paid

C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Travel Reimbursement 03/05/2018 $562.98 Paid

[emphasis added]

I know something kind of important happened on May 29, 2018, I just can’t exactly recall…