And the ads are on television in the Kansas City media market. There’s more money for and from the campaign promoting the health research tax on the November ballot in Jackson County. At the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C131107 10/31/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Walter Porter 14675 Caenen Lane Olathe KS 66062 Deloitte Consulting Principal 10/31/2013 $10,000.00
C131070 11/01/2013 CONTINUE TO CARE PAC Committee for Research Treatments and Cures 4131 Mulberry Dr Ste 200 Kansas City MO 64116 10/31/2013 $25,000.00
C131107 11/01/2013 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES Paul DeBruce 411 Nichols Rd Suite 217 Kansas City MO 64112 Requested 11/1/2013 $15,000.00
C081339 11/01/2013 JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COALITION Committee for Research Treatments and Cures 4131 North Mulberry Drive Suite 200 Kansas City MO 64116 10/31/2013 $15,000.00
[emphasis added]
There’s money moving every which way.
As the election grows close the required time frames for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures tighten into an eight day before the election report and then into twenty-four hour reports.
From the Committee for Research Treatments and Cures [pdf] eight day report:
ADDENDUM STATEMENT M.E.C. ID NO. C131107
The payments to the Continue to Care PAC were for campaign support services to be rendered by the organization. They are reported here as expenditures and not contributions pursuant to MEC Opinion NO. 2010.08.CF.004.
Some of the other expenditures:
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH TREATMENTS AND CURES 10/28/2013
Axiom Strategies LLC
1251 NW Briarcliff Parkway
Suite 85
Kansas Cityi MO 64116
10/1/2013
campaign strategy and po box rental
$15,598.07
amanda de leon
1819 Baltimore
#201
Kansas City MO 64108
10/1/2013
Management fees
$5,000.00
FPI Strategies LLC
P O Box 16504
Alexandria VA 22302
10/1/2013
Video shoot and production
$54,376.00
Groundswell Public Strategies
100 E Grand
Suite 380
Des Moines IA 50309
10/1/2013
Production of online ads
$19,950.00
Smart Media Group LLC
814 King St
Suite 400
Alexandria VA 22314
10/4/2013
TV ads
$143,175.00
ONeill Marketing
4049 Central
Kansas City MO 64111
10/8/2013
Polling research
$6,431.75
Wilson Perkins Allen
1319 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City OK 73103
10/8/2013
Campaign survey questionairs
$17,650.00
Midwest Mediation & Consulting
P O Box 3314
Independence MO 64055
10/8/2013
Grassroots efforts in Jackson Co
$7,500.00
Smart Media Group LLC
814 King St
Suite 400
Alexandria VA 22314
10/15/2013
TV ads
$109,775.00
Kansas City Call
1715 E 18th St
Kansas City MO 64108
10/15/2013
Newspaper ads
$4,625.00
Kansas City Globe
615 E 29th
Kansas City MO 64109
10/15/2013
Newspaper ads
$2,489.42
Groundswell Public Strategies
100 E Grand
Suite 380
Des Moines IA 50309
10/17/2013
production of online ads
9,600.00
ONeill Marketing
4049 Central
Kansas City MO 64111
10/20/2013
Focus group services and management
$8,000.00
Candidate Command LLC
1831 NW Vivion
Suite 101
Riverside MO 64150
10/20/2013
Video shoot
$4,362.50
FP1 Strategies
P O Box 16504
Alexandria VA 22303
10/20/2013
Production of TV spot
$10,000.00
Smart Media Group LLC
814 King St
Suite 400
Alexandria VA 22314
10/21/2013
Media Broadcasts
$69,775.00
Wilson Perkins Allen
1319 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City OK 73103
10/21/2013
Survey phone calls
$18,000.00
The Dover Group
43 L Street
Lake Lotawana MO 64086
10/23/2013
Direct mail pieces
$201,800.92
Northeast News
5715 St John Ave
Kansas City MO 64123
10/23/2013
Newspaper ads
$698.84
Independence Examiner
401 S Liberty
Independence MO 64050
10/23/2013
Newspaper ads
$2,356.00
Lees Summit Journal
415 SE Douglas St
Lees Summit MO 64063
10/23/2013
Newspaper ads
$1,800.00
Dos Mundos
902 Southwest Blvd
Kansas City MO 64108
10/23/2013
Newspaper ads
$2,402.00
KC Hispanic
2918 Southwest Blvd
Kansas City MO 64108
10/23/2013
Newspaper ads
$2,040.00
Candidate Command LLC
1831 NW Vivion
Suite 101
Riverside MO 64150
10/23/2013
Robo calls
$4,879.83
[emphasis added]
Television ads, polling, focus group(s), direct mail(!), newspaper ads, robo calls.
Some of the expenditures from the opponent(s) eight day report:
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/28/2013
Image Line Productions
1220 N. Poinsettia Place
West Hollywood CA 90046
10/10/2013
Advertising
$1,841.25
Bluff Ridge Communications
6221 S. Bluff Ridge Rd.
Ozark MO 65721
10/11/2013
Advertising
$7,306.41
GravesGarrett LLC
1100 Main Street
Suite 2700
Kansas City MO 64105
10/11/2013
Professional Services
$3,911.50
Time Warner Cable
9225 Indian Creek Parkway
Suite 500
Overland Park KS 66210
10/11/2013
Advertising
$9,213.15
KMBC
6455 Winchester Avenue
Kansas City MO 64133
10/11/2013
Advertising
$4,930.00
KCTV
4500 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Fairway KS 66205
10/11/2013
Advertising
$6,285.75
WDAF
3030 Summit
Kansas City MO 64108
10/11/2013
Advertising
$8,461.75
KSHB
4720 Oak Street
Kansas City MO 64112
10/11/2013
Advertising
$5,376.25
Time Warner Cable
9225 Indian Creek Parkway
Suite 500
Overland Park KS 66210
10/24/2013
Advertising
$5,926.20
Image Line Productions
1220 N. Poinsettia Place
West Hollywood CA 90046
10/24/2013
Advertising
$2,091.25
[emphasis added]
Television ads. Not quite the same scale, eh?
And further detail:
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR EXPENDITURE SUPPLEMENTAL
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH [pdf] 10/28/2013
The Borich Group
3630 Holmes
Kansas City MO 64109 10/21/2013
Direct Mailings
$7,310.00
The Borich Group
3630 Holmes
Kansas City MO 64109
10/23/2013
Direct Mailings
$31,196.78
The Borich Group
3630 Holmes
Kansas City MO 64109
10/17/2013
Print Media
$903.00
[….]
[emphasis added]
Direct mail.
We’ll all find out how this turns out on Tuesday night.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: not quite plural (August 22, 2013)
Campaign Finance: make it an even $50,000.00 (August 28, 2013)
Campaign Finance: counter volley (August 30, 2012)
Campaign Finance: a citizen keeps contributing (September 3, 2013)
We’re big enough to take care of ourselves (September 4, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! (September 4, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! again (September 6, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Wham! and again (September 7, 2013)
Campaign Finance: it looks like a contribution, only smaller (September 11, 2013)
Campaign Finance: trying to do something (September 17, 2013)
Campaign Finance: and still (September 19, 2013)
Campaign Finance: now that’s what you call research money (September 27, 2013)
Campaign Finance: definitely not holding anything back (October 2, 2013)
Campaign Finance: dueling interests (October 13, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch (October 19, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 2 (October 20, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 3 (October 20, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 4 (October 22, 2013)
Campaign Finance: a last minute, big money player (October 23, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 5 (October 24, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 6 (October 25, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 7 (October 29, 2013)
Campaign Finance: Jackson County health care tax home stretch, part 8 (October 30, 2013)
