Today at  the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141581 12/08/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Self Retired 12/8/2014 $1,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Who?

Oh.

Via the Twitterverse it appears this is all about Bev Randles. We’ll find out soon enough.

C141581: Missourians For Randles

5823 North Cypress Ave Committee Type: Exploratory

Kansas City Mo64119

[….] Established Date: 12/08/2014

  Termination Date:

Treasurer

Bill Randles

[….]

[emphasis added]

Brand spanking new. And a million dollars on the first day. It can only go downhill from there.

Today, from Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r):

WTF? Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder Wants ‘Anglo-American’ Justice In Ferguson

By David August 19, 2014 1:10 pm

[….]

“We have legal processes that are set in motion, that are designed after centuries of Anglo-American jurisprudence tradition, they’re designed to protect the rights and liberties of everyone involved.”

[….]

A protest sign from over a decade ago:

A paraphrase of lyrics from a Canadian punk rock group’s song –

Subhumans (Canada), “Firing Squad” (Mike Graham), “Firing Squad” b/w “No Productivity”, 1980.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C091145 04/14/2014 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Roy Pfautch 52 Portland Place Saint Louis MO 63108 Civic Service, Inc. Consultant 4/12/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s nice to have friends.

In the previous couple of weeks:

C091145 03/31/2014 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Lewis & Clark Ozarks Mountain Forum 1736 E Sunshine St Ste 402 Springfiel MO 65804 3/29/2014 $10,000.00

C091145 03/31/2014 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER Lewis & Clark Regional Leadership Forum Po Box 1013 St Charles MO 63302 3/29/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Must be running for something sometime, right?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for Senator Brad Lager (r) who is term limited:

C091011 03/14/2014 CITIZENS FOR BRAD LAGER Smithfield Foods Inc P O Box 9004 Smithfield VA 23431 3/13/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

He’s running for something:

C091011: Citizens For Brad Lager

15898 Hwy 71 Committee Type: Candidate

Savannah Mo 64485 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 01/08/2009

  Termination Date:

[….]

Election History

Election Year Primary Outcome General Outcome Political Office

2016 Lieutenant Governor

[emphasis added]

And he’s checking it out:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

CITIZENS FOR BRAD LAGER [pdf] 1/14/2014

[….]

Axiom Strategies

1251 NW Briarcliff Pkwy

Suite 85

Kansas City MO 64116

11/4/2013

Poling survey $19,986.00

[….]

[emphasis added]

Did they ask, “If the candidates for Lieutenant Governor in 2016 were…?”

And we’re not even past the 2014 election cycle. What’s good for a 2016 gubernatorial campaign is good for a 2016 ieutenant governor campaign. Apparently.

Previously: Uh, if you’re not afraid to be around gay people in public it just means you’re not a bigot… (October 26, 2012)

“…Susan Montee claims she’s conservative. No way. Here she is at the St. Louis gay pride parade…”

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111177 10/26/2012 MONTEE FOR MISSOURI McCaskill for Missouri 2012 PO Box 300077 Saint Louis MO 63130 10/26/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity.

In the Lieutenant Governor race incumbent Peter Kinder (r) has fired off an attack ad against Susan Montee (D):

Announcer: Susan Montee claims she’s conservative. No way. Here she is at the St. Louis gay pride parade. She’s a real liberal activist. Montee’s pro-abortion. She backs Obamacare. No wonder the NRA opposes her…

Timeout. Uh, there’s a prohibition against abortion and health care reform written somewhere in the 2nd Amendment?

Peter Kinder’s the conservative. He sued to block Obamacare….

Timeout. That didn’t turn out so well, did it?

…cut taxes three hundred twenty million dollars, delivered the back to school sales tax holiday. Peter Kinder for Lieutenant Governor. It’s the conservative results that count.

Heh. These kind of conservative results? Just asking.

Update:

Susan Montee ‏@SusanMontee

Equality. Why would anyone be against that? http://bit.ly/TL3RdC 5:38 PM – 26 Oct 12

clinton ‏@SECbest

Why does @peterkinder think its bad for @susanmontee to be @ pride parade but ok for campaign contributor AB-InBev to sponsor it? #MOLtGov 5:50 PM – 26 Oct 12

Good questions.

No surprise here:

Susan Montee well-qualified to be lieutenant governor

Kansas City Star Editorial

Republican Peter Kinder spent his second term as Missouri’s lieutenant governor improperly spending taxpayers’ money for political travel, challenging the federal health reform law in a clumsy lawsuit and getting in trouble with visits to a bawdy nightclub.

No wonder Kinder was unable to put together a campaign for governor. But now he wants to warm the lieutenant governor’s seat for a third term.

Fortunately, voters have a much better option in Democrat Susan Montee.

As a former state auditor, Montee knows every nook and cranny of state government.

She would be eminently qualified to fill in for the governor if needed – which, after all, is the primary function of the office….

….Voters can expect Montee to carry out her duties in a responsible, conscientious way. The same cannot be said for Kinder.

A video from Susan Montee’s campaign:

Announcer: Peter Kinder misused tax dollars on his personal lifestyle…staying at luxury hotels.

[329 nights in a luxury hotel on taxpayers’ dollars]

He dropped out of the governor’s race amidst allegations of aggressive behavior towards a stripper.

[Regular at east St. Louis strip clubs, spending $200 a visit]

A career politician, Kinder has been pocketing gifts from lobbyists for twenty years.

[Kinder pockets thousands from lobbyists every year]

Vote for a true fiscal conservative, Susan Montee. As State Auditor she uncovered wasteful spending and saved taxpayers millions. Susan Montee, Lieutenant Governor.

Anyone think this one will air on television and cable?

Today’s the day that October quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission. In the Lieutenant Governor race we’re taking a look at the reports for Susan Montee (D), Peter Kinder (r), and, just for kicks, Cynthia Davis (whatever).

First, the summary for Susan Montee (D):

REPORT SUMMARY

MONTEE FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/15/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $911,817.87

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $125,510.27

8. Total All Receipts This Election $1,037,328.14

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $270,117.38

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $505,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s decent cash on hand. The campaign indebtedness is a definite “ouch”.

The summary for Peter Kinder (r), the tweeting, hotel staying, and other interesting things incumbent:

REPORT SUMMARY

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER [pdf] 10/15/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $3,989,554.83

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $279,778.00

8. Total All Receipts This Election $4,273,615.60

14. Total Expenditures This Election $2,379,950.13

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $267,911.03

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $43,086.01

[emphasis added]

You’ve just gotta love those nasty (but true) republican primaries, flushing millions of dollars down the republican campaign consultant industrial complex. The cash on hand is roughly at parity.

The summary for Cynthia Davis (whatever):

REPORT SUMMARY

ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS [pdf] 10/5/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $31,913.67

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $5,345.12

8. Total All Receipts This Election $37,298.91

14. Total Expenditures This Election $18,827.93

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $12,684.89

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $30,000.00

Heh. That’s less than 1% of the total raised by the republican incumbent. You’d think…

Some of the interesting contributions:  

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

MONTEE FOR MISSOURI 10/15/2012

John Schofield 618 N Union St Independence MO 64050-2673 N/A/retired 9/5/2012 $5.00

Clay F. Jordan 620 Hillcrest Dr Knob Noster MO 65336-1529 None 9/10/2012 $25.00

[emphasis added]

Yeah, there are some high dollar (not as high as the republican incumbent) contributions, but there are a significant number of small dollar contributions. Organized labor (working people!) and attorneys have kicked in to Susan Montee’s campaign, too.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 10/15/2012

Kansas City Chiefs One Arrowhead Drive Kansas City MO 64129 9/25/2012 $2,500.00

[emphasis added]

1-5, folks, 1-5. There are a lot of committee and corporate contributions and a relatively small number of small dollar contributions.

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS 10/5/2012

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $865.12

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,855.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $40.12

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

James Clymer 301 Letort Road Millersville PA 17551 Self- employed — Attorney 9/28/2012 $1,000.00

James Jerri White 205 Casey Drive Rosseville TN 38066 Retired 9/22/2012 $275.00

[emphasis added]

Some people in Pennsylvania and Tennessee must have a soft spot in their checkbooks for lost political causes.

Some of the expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

MONTEE FOR MISSOURI 10/15/2012

Baughman Company 1782 Union Street San Francisco CA 94123 9/17/2012 Printing and Copying $7,500.00

The Competence Group 1248 West Altgeld Chicago IL 60614 9/12/2012 Fundraising Expense $6,500.00

Berrick Partnership 2914 Milton Blvd Saint Louis MO 63104-1636 9/17/2012 Research $2,500.00

Kilt Boy Productions PO Box 9216 Peoria IL 61612-9216 9/2/2012 Communications & Video Production $1,500.00

Kilt Boy Productions PO Box 9216 Peoria IL 61612-9216 9/14/2012 Communications & Video Production $1,500.00

Lane Studios 1900 Mersington Court Kansas City MO 64127 9/26/2012 Advertising $2,710.00

Maria Ponce Photography 4553 North Wolcott Ave Chicago IL 60640 9/14/2012 Advertising $2,304.91

Ninth Street Tactics LLC 1625 S 9th St. Saint Louis MO 63104 9/6/2012 Research $2,500.00

[emphasis added]

We like research. We do it all the time.

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER 10/15/2012

Axiom Strategies 1251 Northwest Briarcliff Pkwy #85 Kansas City MO 64116 9/13/2012 Polling $1,500.00

David Barklage 7925 Clayton RD Ste 200 St Louis MO 63105 9/15/2012 Consultant $2,500.00

636 Media 429 N Main St Ofallon MO 63366 9/25/2012 Advertsing $2,000.00

Capitol Consulting PO Box 931 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/15/2012 Fundrasier $3,500.00

Lindsey Kolb 1021 E Harrison St Room 804A Springfield MO 65807 9/17/2012 Research $300.00

Jaret Jensen 1501 S Independence Harrisonville MO 64701 9/25/2012 Research $2,500.00

[emphasis added]

What kind of research? Political research, sir!

EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY – SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS 10/5/2012

Dues $10.00

Fees – Online Contributions $105.35

Parking $8.00

Postage $21.48

Public Relations $73.77

Social Media $30.00

Supplies $144.15

[emphasis added]

$73.77 for public relations. Outstanding!

Susan Montee, the Democratic party candidate for Lieutenant Governor, just released her first general election campaign television ad:

Announcer: Susan Montee.

Susan Montee (D): My father was a Marine, missing in action in Vietnam. My childhood shaped me to be an advocate for veterans and their families, the way our Lieutenant Governor is supposed to be. When they’re done with their service our soldiers should know they a home, quality health care, and a job. Stand with me and I will make sure our veterans get everything they earn and deserve.    

Announcer: Susan Montee, Lieutenant Governor.

Now, we just have wait for Peter Kinder’s (r) ad assault to start. When the republican sugar daddies come through with the campaign contribution cash.