What happens here should never dictate what happens here.
As a nurse I respect people’s freedom to make their own health care decisions.
Eric Schmitt believes otherwise. His mandate made Missouri the first state to ban abortion, no exceptions for rape or incest. Government mandating Women’s Health Care decisions is Un-American.
I’ll protect our freedoms. I’m Trudy Bush Valentine and I approve this message.
[….]
Right wingnuttia has started their air campaign against Representative Ike Skelton (D). I saw this particular ad on television this evening:
Announcer: Thirty-four years ago Rocky was in movie theaters, Missouri’s economy was humming along, and Ike Skelton first went to Washington. Today Skelton supports the Pelosi agenda ninety-five percent of the time. Under their control spending has skyrocketed, the defecit has tripled, and nearly one in ten Missourians are unemployed. Now they want to pass a new energy tax which could cost a Missouri family thousands. Tell Skelton he works for Missouri, not Nancy Pelosi.
[Paid for by Americans for Prosperity]
Apparently, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) is the personification of evil.
Uh, I was around for the Reagan and Daddy Bush administrations. All hype, no substance, and the economy sucked (except for people in certain tax brackets). It took Bill Clinton to turn it around.
And who was the President from January 2001 to January 2009 who left the big mess? Just asking.
“Americans for Prosperity” filed [pdf – click on “Filed Documents”] paperwork with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office on March 26, 2010 as a “Foreign Nonprofit Corporation”. The officers and board, as reported in the filing:
Art Pope, Chairman
Frayday Levy, Director
James C. Miller, Director
Jim Stephenson, Director
Tim Phillips, President
John Flynn, Secretary
John Flynn, Treasurer
I tried scraping around to find an IRS 990 form and have had no luck yet. Chalk that one up to my Internets searching skills.
Principal Name/Address/Phone Status Date Added Date Deleted
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY AND FOUNDATION
912 EAST BROADWAY
COLUMBIA MO
D 11/9/2007 7/3/2010
That’s interesting. And what happened on July 3, 2010?
An “Americans for Prosperity Foundation” filed [pdf – click on “Filed Documents”] an annual report with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office on September 11, 2009. The officers and board:
David Koch
Art Pope
Richard Fink
Walter Williams
Debra Gail Humphreys
Tim Phillips, President
John Flynn, Secretary
John Flynn, Treasurer
Well, there are a few names in common.
The 2008 IRS 990 [pdf] form for the Americans for Prosperity Foundation is chock full of interesting information:
1 Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activitiesEducate citizen leaders on ensuring economic freedom and opportunity.
19 Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 18 from line 12
Prior Year-1,072,849.
Current Year-684,765.
4a (Expenses $ 3,048,529. including grants of $ 0)National office – educate citizens in support of restraining federal government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits.
4b (Expensses $ 3,870,879. including grants of $ 0)State chapters – educate citizens in support of restraining state government growth, and returning government to its constitutional limits. State chapters are located in Kansas, Texas, North Carolina, California, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Virginia, Colorado, Oregon, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Carolina, Arizona, Louisiana, and New Hampshire.
Schedule A, Part II, Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
1 Gits, grants, contributions and membership fees received. (Do not include ‘unusual grants.’)
(a) 20041,140,151.
(b) 20053,349,739.
(c) 20063,954,449.
(d) 20075,476,046.
(e) 20087,500,059.
(f) Total21,420,444.
Schedule M, Non-Cash Contributions
4 Books and publications14,078. Fair market value
9 Securities-Publicly traded260,614. Fair market value
Schedule O, Supplemental Information to Form 990
Pt VI-A, Line 2 One board member is an employee of a company owned more than 35% by another board member.
[emphasis added]
I wonder, has anything in Representative Ike Skelton’s (D) political career ever not appeared to be all about following the Constitution? Just asking.
