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Campaign Finance: “NO” on Proposition A

10 Saturday Oct 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Congress

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the group fighting mid-decade congressional right wingnut initiated gerrymandering on the November ballot:

C253606 10/10/2026 People Not Politicians The Fairness Project 2300 18th St NW Washington DC 20009 10/9/2026 $985,000.00

C253606 10/10/2026 People Not Politicians The Fairness Project 2300 18th St NW Washington DC 20009 10/9/2026 $1,250,000.00

[emphasis added]

Vote “NO” on Proposition A.

“Gerrymander This”

Previously:

HB 1: Gerrymander this (September 9, 2025)

Can play with AI, can’t be bothered to certify petition signatures (June 7, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) is a pre-eminent legal scholar and final arbiter of the Missouri Constitution, said no one ever… (August 4, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Favorite whine (September 3, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) thinks we’re all ignorant and stupid (September 3, 2026)

What the Missouri Supreme Court said (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court slaps down Denny Hoskins (r)….again (September 4, 2026)

Tears in the rain (September 4, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r): “…unclean hands…” (September 7, 2026)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh – SCOTUS: “Yeah, no.” (September 8, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court order to Denny Hoskins (r): “…show cause…” (September 9, 2026)

Missed it by that much (September 9, 2026)

Salus populi suprema lex esto (September 10, 2026)

Stupid is as stupid does (September 10, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (September 10, 2026)

So sad (September 10, 2026)

Judicial contempt has a way of making one focus (September 11, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and friends whiff at the U.S. Supreme Court (September 25, 2026)

A paragraph for Missouri history (September 25, 2026)

Being obtusely wrong still makes you wrong, Denny

Denny’s Dirty Ball (September 28, 2026)

What color is the sky in Denny’s (r) world? (0ctober 3, 2026)

We Get Mail – “NO” on Proposition A (October 5, 2026)

We Get Mail – “NO” on Proposition A

05 Monday Oct 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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In today’s mail:

In Missouri,
We Decide.
Not Politicians.

Prop a would throw out the current map and spread Kansas City voters across three congressional districts deep in rural Missouri.

Prop A means DC politicians picking their voters, when we should be the ones who choose our politicians. We lose our say and politicians get even more power.

Vote NO on A
Stop Election Rigging

What is Prop A?

Rigs our current maps in favor of DC politicians

Splits Kansas City (which includes multiple counties) into 3 districts stretching all the way to the Illinois border, Mizzou campus, and Lake of the Ozarks

Dilutes rural Missourians power and protects politicians who fail us on immigration, taxes, and costs

Vote NO on A
Stop Election Rigging

Paid for by People Not Politicians, Mike Pridmore, Treasurer

Paid for by the coalition that kicked right wingnut ass in the Missouri and United States Supreme Courts.

Vote “NO” on Proposition A.

Previously:

HB 1: Gerrymander this (September 9, 2025)

Can play with AI, can’t be bothered to certify petition signatures (June 7, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) is a pre-eminent legal scholar and final arbiter of the Missouri Constitution, said no one ever… (August 4, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Favorite whine (September 3, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) thinks we’re all ignorant and stupid (September 3, 2026)

What the Missouri Supreme Court said (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court slaps down Denny Hoskins (r)….again (September 4, 2026)

Tears in the rain (September 4, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r): “…unclean hands…” (September 7, 2026)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh – SCOTUS: “Yeah, no.” (September 8, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court order to Denny Hoskins (r): “…show cause…” (September 9, 2026)

Missed it by that much (September 9, 2026)

Salus populi suprema lex esto (September 10, 2026)

Stupid is as stupid does (September 10, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (September 10, 2026)

So sad (September 10, 2026)

Judicial contempt has a way of making one focus (September 11, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and friends whiff at the U.S. Supreme Court (September 25, 2026)

A paragraph for Missouri history (September 25, 2026)

Being obtusely wrong still makes you wrong, Denny

Denny’s Dirty Ball (September 28, 2026)

What color is the sky in Denny’s (r) world? (0ctober 3, 2026)

What color is the sky in Denny’s (r) world?

03 Saturday Oct 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Denny Hoskins (r) [2023 file photo].

Denny Hoskins

[October 3, 2026]

I will always stand up to the East Coast liberals and their out-of-state Sugar Daddies to fight for our Missouri values!
[….]

Are those East Coast liberals in the room with you now? Just asking.

There is much hilarity in the responses:

Great, but how about you do your job in Missouri. Should there be another referendum follow the Law.

Denny, if you decide to run in a Missouri election will you promise not to take any outside Missouri cash? Will you disavow any outside PAC money used against your opponent?

Hoskins took a beating from both Supreme Courts that left him more delusional than he already was. It’s time to remove his dead weight from our taxpayer payroll. How about another petition, Denny?

300k Missouri signed said petition. You’re standing up to your own constituency

How about standing up for the Missouri Constitution?

Oh Denny, bless your little heart. I can’t wait until the opportunity to vote you out!

What is your problem man? Do you just hate everyone who isn’t like you?

have you not been paying attention? Him and the entire Missouri government consider citizen led initiatives to be “mob rule” and attempt to block them if they are not Republican approved. They are putting Trump and MAGA above what the people want.

“Please rise for the honorable State of Missouri and US Supreme Courts.”

Does Missouri values include following the State supreme court? Or running to out of state help?

Is sharing bullshit your thing?

The red coat speaks and no one cares to listen to a cheater

If there ever was a dirtbag, Hoskins is it.

And it also seems like you will always stand up for the disenfranchisement of the voters who gave you your job. You know the ones, they pay your salary, and according to the Missouri Constitution, you are to serve them, not your trumpian-authoritarian masters. Get right with the voters of Missouri, Hoskins, or pack your bags.

Secretary of State for Missouri SHOULD be for all Missourians…not just the Republican Party. This is abhorrent, and reprehensible.

Radical Right Republican who will do anything for power. No integrity, no class, no ethics

You are such a liar. Do you seriously think there aren’t people here who are intelligent enough to see through the MAGA bullshit?

What a moron

Please get another jacket you clown! Know when to shut up.

If you didn’t know, you’re supposed to serve all Missourians

Sugar Daddies 😂🤣😂🤣 as you lick the boots of all the tech billionaires. Too funny

So who funds all the dark money PACS that fund MO Republican Campaigns? Who Funds ALEC?

Your values suck!

Fuck you fascist

MAGA boot licker!!! Show some damn dignity.

None of that described the valet shown here. He doesn’t like when the people out number him on issues and tries to force it through by cheating and lying. Hence why he got put in contempt. He’s a little bitch is all

Standing up for everyone, except the people of Missouri! 🙄

Who’s your sugar DADDY!

So, now you’re trying to blame your betrayal of Missouri residents on your own insanity?

God you’re an idiot

You’re a lying piece of shit. Show me otherwise

What does East Coast liberals have to do with your job in Missouri? And what about upholding the Missouri state Constitution and respecting the Will of voters? What about the games you played to wait till the very last day to address the voter referendum on redistricting?
Sounds like you don’t care who you stand up for unless it’s the far right and benefit your own specific ideology.
Get a different job if you can’t do the one you’re pointed to and represent all of Missouri and the wheel of voters regardless of what side they’re on.
Seems you forgot who you work for?

And we will always stand up to our yahoo Missouri elected officials that refuse to follow the will of the people.
What a weiner.

You are such a douche. Truly.

You’re such a hypocrite. And you look ridiculous in that red jacket

You are trash

Oh dear, here’s another one of your posts where everyone replies negatively. Give it up, Denny.

You are an idiot and a trump loving POS!

You wouldn’t know Missouri values if it bit you in your ass!

You know, Misourians voted the Republican amendments down.

Clown show.

‘East coast’? Out of state? Dude, over 300,000 of your fellow citizens signed the petition. Read the room, er, state!

Jesus, Denny. Knock it off.

If you really cared about this state you would just leave your job and let someone that actually gives any thought to the constituents and what they desire the weight that it deserves. You only bow down to the tangerine tyrant and his minions!

Awe, look at you, Batman, you know you’re not standing FOR your constituents. So, you say your standing up to made up bad guys. Fucking loser.

Contempt of court should have given you a clue the first time. You represent Trump and the Republicans not the Missouri residents.

Ridiculous

You’re so damn dumb it stopped being funny a long time ago!

Told you the Elias Law Group was going to make you their bitch. And god, did they ever.

So a group with money decided to stand up for Missouri voters, when you consider citizen led iniatives to be “mob rule”… What a terrible thing! 🙄 When the people approve things that you don’t like, you MAGA bastards do everything you can to overturn it… But that will soon change! 😂😂😂

He’s got the whole package- ugly, stupid, and a horrible wardrobe. Try to hold back, ladies.

Kind of weird seeing as how the republican push for the primary ballot initiatives 2 monthes ago were funded primarily by east coast dark money PACs? But im sure that why you only clarify you stand up to the liberal east coast sugar daddy’s because the conservative east coast sugar daddy’s might take away your little bat and put you in time out if you dont make that distinction?

When you order doctor Evil from Temu and get Denny Hoskins

Fool, you’re just as willing to take money from your conservative out-of-state as well as your in-state “sugar daddies.” You just fought against “our” Missouri values and got your a** handed to you. The party of the dirtbags.

So if they were say DC conservative values that’d be a okay. Like seriously why keep going with this lie when we all know this entire thing being prompted because Trump asked Republicans to aggressively gerrymander. It’s not for Missouri values it’s for your God king.

You’re not here because of the “east coast liberals” you’re here because of the Missouri citizens, and they are who you defrauded.

You’re not here because of the “east coast liberals” you’re here because of the Missouri citizens, and they are who you defrauded.

What a bunch of bullshit.

Election integrity??? Denny wouldn’t know that if it stood in front of him and danced.

Out of State sugar daddies??? Grrrl!

Please. You’re an idiot.

But you don’t stand up for Missouri citizens

He’s telling you what he and the Republican state legislature are going to do. If they don’t like the answers they get on Prop A, or Amendments 3 & 6, they are going to do whatever they want to try to take that vote away from you. Just like they did for the sick-leave mandate and reproductive-rights. Missouri needs to be prepared for that.

Hoskins and Schmitt. What did this state do to deserve such incompetent public servants?

Missouri republicans have been embarrassing themselves over the last month… all just to please their cult leader Donald

Fuck you. No means no.

You are a fascist POS.

You are a legend in your own mind 🤦🏻‍♀️

The total direct cost to Missouri taxpayers for the chaotic congressional map redistricting process and its immediate legal aftermath is projected in the millions of dollars

Your east coast sugar daddy put this whole redistricting mess in motion.

THe Republican Party has become so corrupt -it’s all
About making the rich richer and they have done nothing for the middle class except fuel pockets of hate over stupid issues could care less
About -like sharia law, trans sports communism—
They have done nothing for groceries gas or healthcare – we are suffering and they are making millions on crypto…
I can’t support this party

Just shut up and go home Denny. You are embarrassing yourself and the entire state. You and Hanaway have done us all a disservice. The mostly conservative Missouri Supreme Court and the mostly Conservative US Supreme Court have all told you MULTIPLE times that what you did to our election was wrong and that using that map for the November election is also wrong. Give it up. In November the people will choose the map, despite your best efforts to keep us from doing so.

Sir, pretty sure you have no idea what I value.

Not everyone who doesn’t approve of your antics is liberal

By not following the laws with our elections?

He just doesn’t get it does he?

Sadly, no.

Gak! You are so dumb.

How much have your shenanigans cost Missouri citizens?

Hey Denny, it appears you’re so full of yourself that that red jacket won’t pull closed.
If you’re concerned about illegal donations I’d start with Eric Schmitt. It appears he has some ‘splainin to do.

Nobody likes you, constitution breaker

Thank you sir, may I have another. – Hoskins to the Supreme Court

The “east coast liberals”
Is anti-Semitic.
So you’re a grown man still a bully of vulnerable children and…
Despite your party’s definition of Anti-Semitism constantly being used to persecute students, you managed to still be good old fashioned Anti-Semite.

You’re still talking about that?

Ignorance of the law and general illiteracy are not Missouri values. That’s a Republican Party thing.

Just give it a rest dude

Previously:

HB 1: Gerrymander this (September 9, 2025)

Can play with AI, can’t be bothered to certify petition signatures (June 7, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) is a pre-eminent legal scholar and final arbiter of the Missouri Constitution, said no one ever… (August 4, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court: “HB 1 congressional redistricting, yeah, no.” (September 3, 2026)

Favorite whine (September 3, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r) thinks we’re all ignorant and stupid (September 3, 2026)

What the Missouri Supreme Court said (September 3, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court slaps down Denny Hoskins (r)….again (September 4, 2026)

Tears in the rain (September 4, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r): “…unclean hands…” (September 7, 2026)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh – SCOTUS: “Yeah, no.” (September 8, 2026)

Missouri Supreme Court order to Denny Hoskins (r): “…show cause…” (September 9, 2026)

Missed it by that much (September 9, 2026)

Salus populi suprema lex esto (September 10, 2026)

Stupid is as stupid does (September 10, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (September 10, 2026)

So sad (September 10, 2026)

Judicial contempt has a way of making one focus (September 11, 2026)

Denny Hoskins (r) and friends whiff at the U.S. Supreme Court (September 25, 2026)

A paragraph for Missouri history (September 25, 2026)

Being obtusely wrong still makes you wrong, Denny

Denny’s Dirty Ball (September 28, 2026)

Hey, Denny (r)…

19 Saturday Sep 2026

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Congress

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“Gerrymander This”

At the Missouri Ethics Commission for the committee opposed to Proposition A, the referendum on the November ballot on right wingnut Governor Mike Kehoe’s (r) and the right wingnut controlled General Assembly’s mid-decade congressional redistricting scheme:

C253606 09/17/2026 People Not Politicians Let It Resound 80 M Street SE Suite 1000 Washington DC 20006 9/15/2026 $25,000.00

C253606 09/18/2026 People Not Politicians Green Advocacy Project 6218 Georgia Avenue, N.W., No. 1-556 Washington DC 20011 9/17/2026 $1,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Dayam.

Denny Hoskins (r) [2022 file photo].

We can’t wait for the ads.

“Mike Kehoe is Trump’s Bitch”

No on Proposition A.

Previously:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – on Donald Trump’s (r) early redistricting scam (August 29, 2025)

Hey, Brandon Phelps (r), are you going to vote for this gerrymandered bullshit? (August 30, 2025)

Gaslighting and Gerrymandering (September 28, 2025)

Gerrymander this, Denny (March 23, 2026)

Renee Hoagenson (D) in the 4th Congressional District: finish the job

23 Tuesday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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4th Congressional District, campaign mail, finish the job, missouri, Proposition A, Renee Hoagenson, right to get paid less, Right to work, Vicky Hartzler

If you voted “No” on Proposition A in August you vote for Renee Hoagenson (D) in the 4th Congressional District in November.

Finish the job. Otherwise, you’ll be facing “right to get paid less” again in the near future.

The results in August, defeating Proposition A, which would have imposed “Right to Work” in Missouri:

Proposition A
3228 of 3228 Precincts Reported
YES 453,283 32.534%
NO 939,973 67.466%
Total Votes: 1,393,256

And, of course, on the wrong side of Missouri voters:

Cosponsors: H.R.785 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
[….]
Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] 10/26/2017
[….]
Introduced in House (02/01/2017)
National Right-to-Work Act
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers or labor organizations, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).

We received campaign mail from Renee Hoagenson (D) today:

Finish the job.

They will not quit – in November you cannot forget what they did and will do

23 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly

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A social media meme circulation for working people:

If you think the overwhelming defeat of Proposition A on the August 7th ballot ends “right to get paid less” in Missouri, you’re wrong. From the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on August 8, 2018:

Statement on Proposition A
Posted on August 8, 2018
The following statement is from Daniel P. Mehan, president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Using a roughly $20 million war chest, union bosses have blocked Missourians from having the freedom to decide whether or not they join a union and pay dues. As our state became a national battleground over worker freedom, millions of union dollars poured into Missouri to persuade voters. These out-of-state groups sent money to Missouri because they were fearful of losing out if Missourians had the power to stop their paychecks from being siphoned to pad union coffers and play politics.

While supporters of Proposition A were vastly outspent, we still believe freedom to work is right for Missouri.
Most states have already passed worker freedom laws. In addition to empowering individual workers in regards to union membership, these laws are important for competitiveness and economic development. In the lead up to today’s vote, the Missouri Chamber used statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis to decisively show that freedom to work states are outperforming their non-freedom to work counterparts.

The numbers don’t lie. Missouri will continue to fall behind until we pass freedom to work into law.

Unfortunately, the unions used their massive cash advantage to drown out our positive economic message. They spread misinformation and lies, which misled many Missourians about what Proposition A would do for them and for our state’s economy.

This statement is not a concession. With the future of our state’s economy on the line, we cannot concede hope that Missouri will soon join most other states and pass freedom to work protections.

Missouri has taken positive steps to improve our economy in recent years. We have passed tax reform and worked to improve our state’s legal climate. We are making great strides toward making our workforce one of the most competitive in the world. Freedom to work remains an important and worthy goal that the Missouri Chamber will continue to pursue.

The use of “Freedom to work” is an interesting acknowledgement that “right to work” is now damaged branding.

“…union bosses have blocked Missourians…” Dudes, the voters decided, and your defeat at the ballot box was epic.

Whining about money in Missouri politics, eh? We look forward to the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry endorsing the Clean Missouri initiative on the November 2018 ballot.

Limits for thee, but not for me. Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180291 05/31/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry PO Box 149 Jefferson City MO 65102 5/31/2018 $100,000.00

C180291 06/29/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Avenue Jefferson City MO 65101 6/29/2018 $10,716.97

C180291 07/17/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Jefferson City MO 65102 7/16/2018 $100,000.00

C180291 07/30/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Avenue Jefferson City MO 65101 7/30/2018 $8,993.08

[emphasis added]

“…This statement is not a concession…” You heard them.

The enablers and funders of the anti-worker majority in the Missouri General Assembly will continue to prevail upon them to bring back “right to get paid less”. The only way to stop this is to vote out those State Representatives and State Senators who do their bidding.

Remember that in November. They’re planning on you forgetting.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone (July 24, 2018)

Campaign Finance: one week (July 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: they will pay for this (August 1, 2018)

Campaign Finance: not particularly “grassroots” (August 2, 2018)

Proposition A – “Right to Get Paid Less” – loses big (August 7, 2018)

Proposition A – “Right to Get Paid Less” – loses big

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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initiative, missouri, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work

Proposition A, the anti-worker, anti-union “right to get paid less” initiative went down to defeat. Big time.

At the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

State of Missouri – State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 07, 2018
Unofficial Results
as of 8/7/2018 11:51:34 PM

Proposition A
3080 of 3228 Precincts Reported

YES 432,103 32.655%
NO 891,126 67.345%

Total Votes: 1,323,229

[emphasis added]

The thing is, working people had to spend over $15,000,000.00 for that victory. In November every working person needs to remember who in the General Assembly voted for this and vote for their opponent. Otherwise, it’ll be back.

Campaign Finance: the home stretch

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Vote “No” on Proposition A mailer – from We Are Missouri.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri Western States Issue Education Fund, Inc. 8630 Stanton Ave Suite 2A Buena Park CA 90620 8/2/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations 815 16th St NW Washington DC 20006 8/3/2018 $123,122.64

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri Heavy Constructors Association Industry Advancement Fund 1100 Walnut Suite 2950 Kansas City MO 64106 8/3/2018 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Update:

There’s more.

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri CHIPP Political Account 1401 Hampton Ave St Louis MO 63139 8/3/2018 $36,295.14

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 513 3449 Hollenberg Dr St Louis MO 63044 8/2/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 08/03/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 101 General Fund 6601 WInchester Ave Suite 280 Kansas City MO 64133 8/2/2018 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

It’s the home stretch.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone (July 24, 2018)

Campaign Finance: one week (July 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: they will pay for this (August 1, 2018)

Campaign Finance: not particularly “grassroots”

02 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Actually, not in the least.

At the Missouri Ethics Commission, the 8 Day Before Primary Election Report for a committee supporting the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C180291: Missourians For Freedom To Work
Committee Type: Campaign
239 Rock Industrial Blvd Suite 108
Union Mo 63084
Established Date: 04/18/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $539,960.00
Monetary Receipts + $848,300.00
Monetary Expenditures – $1,193,618.27
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,264.36
Subtotal ($346,582.63)
Ending Money On Hand $193,377.37

[emphasis added]

Missourians For Freedom To Work – Contributions – 8 Day Before Primary Election Report-8/7/2018 – data from the Missouri Ethics Commission

The contributions:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
7/30/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work

American Democracy Alliance Ridgely PAC 1100 Main St Suite 2700 Kansas City MO 64105 7/2/2018 $100,000.00
Gordon Kinne 1650 E Battlefield St Suite 300 Springfield MO 65804 MedPay — President 7/5/2018 $1,000.00
Howard Wood 203 N E Main St Bonne Terre MO 63628 Cequel III — Executive 7/9/2018 $2,000.00
Rudolph Farber 100 North Wood St Neosho MO 64850 Community Bank & Trust — Chairman 7/11/2018 $25,000.00
Associated Builders & Contractors 4035 Denton Road Kansas City MO 64133 7/12/2018 $25,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/13/2018 $200,000.00
Penmac Staffing Services Inc 447 South Ave Springfield MO 65806 7/14/2018 $1,000.00
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry 428 East Capitol Avenue Jefferson City MO 65101 7/16/2018 $100,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/18/2018 $300,000.00
Henson Electric Inc. 2525 Branch Ln Wentzville MO 63385 7/19/2018 $400.00
Independent Electrical Contractors STL 12704 Pennridge Dr Bridgeton MO 63044 7/19/2018 $300.00
Mid-America Electric Inc. 5950 Old State Rd Imperial MO 63052 7/19/2018 $500.00
Leo Vasquez 3808 Dunn Rd Hazelwood MO 63042 L Vasques & Sons — President/Owner 7/19/2018 $100.00
Evergreen Investments LLC PO Box 1600 Lebanon MO 65536 7/20/2018 $5,000.00
Faultless Healthcare 4244 Kansas Avenue Kansas City KS 66106 7/23/2018 $5,000.00
GJ Grewe Inc. 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard Suite D St Louis MO 63026 7/23/2018 $50,000.00
The National Right to Work Committee 8001 Braddock Rd Ste 500 Springfield VA 22151 7/23/2018 $33,000.00

Interesting group there, all concerned about “worker rights”.

That’s it. $848,300.00 from fifteen entities or individuals in the month of July.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
7/30/2018 Missourians For Freedom To Work

Palm Strategic Group LLC PO Box 2114 Jefferson City MO 65102 7/9/2018 Advertising expenses $37,000.00
Thompson Communications Inc. PO Box 5 Marshfield MO 65706 7/10/2018 Advertising expenses $398,261.00
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/11/2018 Palm Cards & Consulting $43,025.17
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/17/2018 Field Work $200,000.00
Victory Enterprises 5200 30th Street SW Davenport IA 52802 7/20/2018 Data Acquisition & Field Work $308,350.00
Thompson Communications Inc. PO Box 5 Marshfield MO 65706 7/24/2018 Advertising expenses $150,000.00
American Viewpoint Inc. 1199 North Fairfax Street Suite 808 Alexandria VA 22314 7/24/2018 Survey $24,200.00

[emphasis added]

They already know the outcome. Though they did get manage to get working people to spend millions defending their rights and their jobs.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they left off the last part (May 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Why are we not surprised? (May 31, 2018)

Campaign Finance: advocating for your right to get paid less (June 15, 2018)

Campaign Finance: because working people hold a disproportionate share of America’s wealth (June 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: no surprises here (July 13, 2018)

Campaign Finance: bad money after bad (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: uh, huh… (July 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: free to be a serf (July 25, 2018)

Campaign Finance: they will pay for this

01 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Proposition A, right to get paid less, Right to work

Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO – Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission from working people in support of working people opposed to the anti-union “right to get paid less” Proposition A on the August 7th ballot:

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 135 2001 Camino Del Rio South San Diego CA 92108 7/31/2018 $15,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers 753 State Ave Suite 565 Kansas City KS 66101 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Brotherhood of Teamsters 25 Louisiana Avenue NW Washington DC 20001 7/31/2018 $150,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local 1360 – Operating/Payroll 400 Commerce Lane West Berlin NJ 06091 7/31/2018 $8,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12 150 E. Corson St Pasadena CA 91103 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 General Fund 65 Springfield Ave Springfield NJ 07081 7/31/2018 $25,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri New England Retail Food Organizing Account 278 Silver Spring St Providence RI 02904 7/31/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust 1750 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20006 8/1/2018 $200,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri UFCW Local No. 88 Meat Cutters Union 5730 Elizabeth Ave St Louis MO 63110
8/1/2018 $50,000.00

C171127 08/01/2018 We Are Missouri Preserve Middle Class America 4501 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City MO 64130 8/1/2018 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Solidarity.

Vote “No” on the anti-Union Proposition A in the August 7th primary.

Previously:

A script, in one short act (June 29, 2018)

Vote “No” on Proposition A rally – Kansas City – July 10, 2018 (July 10, 2018)

Campaign Finance: less than four weeks to go (July 11, 2018)

Campaign Finance: electricity (July 12, 2018)

Campaign Finance: They Sing, the Collective Electric! (July 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “No” on Proposition A (July 18, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Oh, there’s a really big difference… (July 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: there are more of us (July 22, 2018)

Campaign Finance: everyone (July 23, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it really is everyone (July 24, 2018)

Campaign Finance: one week (July 31, 2018)

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