14 Sunday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a PAC:
C171334 10/14/2018 MOVE Ballot Fund America Votes 1155 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20036 10/11/2018 $250,000.00
[emphasis added]
Progressive interests. Turning out the vote, eh?
“My God, they’re using our own weapons against us…”
Funny that.
13 Saturday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Nicole Galloway, Saundra McDowell, State Auditor
The republican candidate for State Auditor is well on the way to setting a Missouri record when it comes to a dollars to votes ratio in campaign fundraising and spending for a statewide candidate from a major party.
Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C171374: Saundramcdowellformissouri.Com
Committee Type: Candidate
3854 South Ave
Springfield Mo 65807
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 12/06/2017
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – October Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $5,006.96
Monetary Receipts + $38,927.52
Monetary Expenditures – $16,745.05
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $731.85
Subtotal $21,450.62
Ending Money On Hand $26,457.58
[emphasis added]
So far, so good.
You can feel the enthusiasm of the six individuals who contributed the maximum of $2,600.00 to the campaign in the quarter ending on September 30th.
Previously:
About that State Auditor race (August 18, 2018)
If you don’t pay your bills, you’re just a deadbeat (September 15, 2018)
How not to run for State Auditor (October 6, 2018)
12 Friday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
At the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180050: Middle Class Missouri Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 428
Columbia Mo 65205
Established Date: 01/27/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 30 Day After Special Election-6/5/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $14,004.28
Monetary Receipts + $5,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $18,888.43
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $13.90
Subtotal ($13,902.33)
Ending Money On Hand $101.95
Now they have a lot more. Today:
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Missouri AFL-CIO COPE 227 Jefferson Street Jefferson City MO 65101
10/11/2018 $25,000.00C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 36 2319 Chouteau Ave Suite 100 St Louis MO 63103 10/12/2018 $12,500.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC MO Organizing & Voter Engagement Action 4526 Paseo Blvd Kansas City MO 64110 10/12/2018 $25,000.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 300 Weidman Road Ballwin MO 63011 10/12/2018 $25,000.00
C180050 10/12/2018 Middle Class Missouri PAC Missouri NEA PAC 1810 East Elm Street Jefferson City MO 65101 10/12/2018 $30,000.00
[emphasis added]
It was a good day. Because of working people.
11 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance, Claire McCaskill, US Senate
Tags
campaign finance, Claire McCaskill, Cynthia Gula, FEC, Federal Election Commission, Josh Hawley, missouri, Ron Gula, U.S. Senate
The Ivy League vision of a flatbed truck.
Contributors to Josh Hawley (r), via the Federal Election Commission:
Contributor information
Name GULA, RONALD J
City and state ELLICOTT CITY, MD, 210421326
Occupation PRESIDENT
Employer GULA TECH ADVENTURES
Year to date $5,400.00
Contribution information
Amount $2,700.00
Receipt date May 29, 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type GENERAL
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri
[emphasis added]
Contributor information
Name GULA, CYNTHIA
City and state ELLICOTT CITY, MD, 210421326
Occupation MANAGING DIRECTOR
Employer GULA TECH ADVENTURES
Year to date $5,400.00
Contribution information
Amount $2,700.00
Receipt date May 29, 2018
Memo CONTRIBUTION
Reported on Form 3 on line 11AI
Election type GENERAL
Recipient information
Committee JOSH HAWLEY FOR SENATE
Political party REPUBLICAN PARTY
Type Senate
State Missouri
[emphasis added]
They’re all in.
The same people from Maryland who maxed out with individual contributions to Josh Hawley’s ladder climbing U.S. Senate campaign dropped $500,000.00 on a PAC which is paying for right wingnut door hangers distributed in Warrensburg, Missouri.
Interestingly, these individuals didn’t contribute to Josh Hawley’s (r) 2016 campaign for Attorney General. We looked.
Welcome to campaign finance in 21st Century America.
Previously:
Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – town hall in Warrensburg – Press Q and A – August 17, 2017 (August 17, 2017)
Claire McCaskill (D) clubs a baby harp seal… (August 8, 2018)
Some really wealthy people in Maryland are paying for the right wingnut doorhangers placed on our doors here in Warrensburg, Missouri (October 10, 2018)
09 Tuesday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
Amendment 1, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, CLEAN Missouri, Ethics Reform, lobbying reform, Missori Ethics Commission, redistricting reform, Rex Sinquefield
Self interest.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the entity opposed to the CLEAN Missouri ethics reforms on the November ballot:
C180581 10/09/2018 Missourians First Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 The Show Me Institute President 10/9/2018 $200,000.00
[emphasis added]
You’d think he’d spend $10,000,000.00, but then, that would be really ironic.
C180581: Missourians First
Committee Type: Campaign
Po Box 7971
Columbia Mo 65205
Established Date: 08/10/2018Ballot Measure History
Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/OpposeAmendment 1 11/06/2018
Ballot Title: Shall The Missouri Constitution Be Amended To: •Change Process And Criteria For Redrawing State Legislative Districts During Reapportionment; •Change Limits On Campaign Contributions That Candidates For State Legislature Can Accept From Individuals Or Entities; •Establish A Limit On Gifts That State Legislators, And Their Employees, Can Accept From Paid Lobbyists; •Prohibit State Legislators, And Their Employees, From Serving As Paid Lobbyists For A Period Of Time; •Prohibit Political Fundraising By Candidates For Or Members Of The State Legislature On State Property; And •Require Legislative Records And Proceedings To Be Open To The Public?
Oppose
[emphasis added]
They’re opposed to ethics reforms. Fancy that.
07 Sunday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Andrew Carnegie gave money to help build public libraries.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the initiative on the November ballot to raise the minimum wage (Proposition B) in Missouri:
C171196 10/07/2018 Raise Up Missouri Sixteen Thirty Fund 1201 Connecticut Ave. Suite 300 Washington DC 20036 10/5/2018 $641,000.00
[emphasis added]
From who?
The good that the evil of money can do.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: raise that minimum wage (October 28, 2017)
Campaign Finance: about raising that minimum wage (September 22, 2018)
04 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance reform, CLEAN Missouri, Ethics Reform, initiative, lobbying reform, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commision, redistricting reform
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the CLEAN Missouri initiative (Amendment 1) addressing campaign finance, lobbying, ethics and redistricting reform on the November ballot:
161298 10/04/2018 CLEAN Missouri Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action 2725 Clifton Ave St Louis MO 63139 10/3/2018 $12,453.41
C161298 10/04/2018 CLEAN Missouri Action Now Initiative 1717 West Loop S Houston TX 77027 10/4/2018 $87,000.00
[emphasis added]
And it keeps coming.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: teaching your children well (August 20, 2018)
Campaign Finance: the same fight (August 27, 2018)
Campaign Finance: getting schooled (August 28, 2018)
Campaign Finance: it all adds up (August 30, 2018)
Campaign Finance: but, wait, there’s more (September 7, 2018)
Campaign Finance: “My God, they’re using our own weapons against us…” (October 3, 2018)
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance, campaign finance reform, CLEAN Missouri, Ethics Reform, initiative, lobbying reform, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the CLEAN Missouri initiative (Amendment 1) addressing campaign finance, lobbying, ethics and redistricting reform on the November ballot:
C161298 10/03/2018 CLEAN Missouri Action Now Initiative 1717 West Loop S Houston TX 77027 10/2/2018 $300,000.00
[emphasis added]
Alrighty then. They’re using their evil powers for good.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: teaching your children well (August 20, 2018)
Campaign Finance: the same fight (August 27, 2018)
Campaign Finance: getting schooled (August 28, 2018)
Campaign Finance: it all adds up (August 30, 2018)
Campaign Finance: but, wait, there’s more (September 7, 2018)
29 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the initiative campaign (Proposition B) to raise the minimum wage:
171196 09/29/2018 Raise Up Missouri The Fairness Project 1348 Florida Ave. NE Washington DC 20009 9/28/2018 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Definitely Fair.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: about raising that minimum wage (September 22, 2018)
26 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in campaign finance
There’s an election in November.
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a pair of right wingnut PACs:
C171144 09/25/2018 Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC Herzog Contracting Corp 600 South Riverside Dr. St Joseph MO 64507 9/24/2018 $100,000.00
C171141 09/25/2018 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC Herzog Contracting Corporation 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 9/24/2018 $100,000.00
They’ll have all the money they need. And more.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: it’s in their nature (July 15, 2017)
Campaign Finance: Well, they certainly saved on postage (October 27, 2017)
Campaign Finance: You were expecting anything else? (April 4, 2018)
