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17 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Governor

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Someone is running for governor again. In 2020.

Former Governor Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

At the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C151053: Greitens For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 144
Jefferson City Mo 65102
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 02/24/2015
[….]
Candidate Eric Greitens
Treasurer

Jack Neyens
Po Box 144
Jefferson City Mo 65102
[….]
Election History

Election Outcome Political Office
8/4/2020 Primary Election Governor Office of the Governor

C151053: Greitens For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 144
Jefferson City Mo 65102
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 02/24/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – July Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $737,084.16
Monetary Receipts + $1,053.16
Monetary Expenditures – $33,447.93
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $295.38
Subtotal ($32,690.15)
Ending Money On Hand $704,394.01

A candidate can do a lot of damage with that kind of money.

Campaign Finance: odd numbers

11 Thursday Jul 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190777 07/11/2019 Unite STL Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/9/2019 $180,366.34

C190777 07/11/2019 Unite STL Pelopidas, LLC 1034 South Brentwood Blvd. Saint Louis MO 63117 7/11/2019 $66,265.07

[emphasis added]

Doesn’t anyone just give $250,000.00 anymore?

Campaign Finance: “State demographer? State demographer! We don’t need no stinkin’ state demographer.”

03 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC supporting repeal of the redistricting reform in CLEAN Missouri that voters overwhelmingly approved last November:

C180700 07/03/2019 Fair Missouri Missouri Alliance for Freedom 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Parkway Ste 300 Kansas City MO 64153 7/3/2019 $40,978.36

[emphasis added]

Fair. Heh.

These folks? The address is the same:

C171144: Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Ste 300
Kansas City Mo 64153
Established Date: 05/17/2017
[….]
Treasurer
James C Thomas Iii
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Ste 300
Kansas City Mo 64153
[….]

Also today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171144 07/03/2019 Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC Herzog Technologies 600 South Riverside Drive St Joseph MO 64507 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171144 07/03/2019 Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC Herzog Railroad Services 600 South Riverside Drive St Joseph MO 64507 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171144 07/03/2019 Missouri Alliance For Freedom – Grace River PAC Herzog Contracting Corp 600 South Riverside Drive St Joseph MO 64507 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Corporations don’t get to vote. Yet.

Previously:

Gerrymander (November 16, 2018)

Gerrymander – illustrated (November 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: the smell of fear (November 21, 2018)

Campaign Finance: they Gerrymandered fair and square (January 17, 2019)

Campaign Finance: a busy little PAC

01 Monday Jul 2019

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In the past week, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180536 06/26/2019 Old Drum Conservative PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive St Louis MO 63105 6/26/2019 $10,000.00

C180688 06/30/2019 Freedom’s Promise PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive Saint Louis MO 63122 6/28/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C171173 07/01/2019 Show Me Growth PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Dr. St Louis MO 63105 7/1/2019 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

In the past month they’ve received:

MECID Committee Name Report Contributor Name/Address Employer/Occupation Contribution Date Contribution Amount Monetary/In-Kind Committee

C171291 CL PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Steward PO Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc. – Executive 06/03/2019 $50,000.00 Monetary No

C171291 CL PAC 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 Nexus PAC 714 Locust Street Saint Louis MO 63101 06/27/2019 $10,000.00 Monetary Yes

[emphasis added]

In the past they’ve contributed to:

MECID Contributing Committee Report Receiving Committee Name/Address Employer/Occupation Contribution Date Contribution Amount Monetary/In-Kind Committee

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report BILL PAC 1020 S Benton Ave St Charles MO 63301 02/18/2019 $2,000.00 Monetary Yes

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report Citizens for Hoskins PO Box 118 Warrensburg MO 64093 02/18/2019 $2,000.00 Monetary Yes

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report Eigel for Missouri 398 Patriotic Trail Weldon Springs MO 63304 02/18/2019 $2,000.00 Monetary Yes

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report Freedoms Promise PAC 10260 Manchester Road Saint Louis MO 63122 02/18/2019 $2,500.00 Monetary Yes

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report Old Drum Conservative PAC PO Box 277 Warrensburg MO 64093 02/18/2019 $2,000.00 Monetary Yes

C171291 CL PAC April Quarterly Report Friends of David Nelson 26 Mill Brooke Drive St Peters MO 63376 03/28/2019 $1,000.00 Monetary Yes

Previously:

Campaign Finance: follow the dog (June 24, 2019)

Campaign Finance: For who and what now?

27 Thursday Jun 2019

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for a very well off republican oriented PAC:

C180490 06/27/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY 2500 LOU MENK DRIVE AOB-2 FORT WORTH TX 76131 6/27/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Ah, Texas.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they intend to make the rubble bounce (June 11, 2019)

Campaign Finance: For what now? (June 21, 2019)

Campaign Finance: follow the dog

27 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C180536 06/26/2019 Old Drum Conservative PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive St Louis MO 63105 6/26/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Where doe CL PAC get some of its money?:

C171291 06/04/2019 CL PAC David Steward PO Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc. Executive 6/3/2019 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Okay.

Back to the Old Drum Conservative PAC. Where do they get their money?:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
10/29/2018 [Amended] Old Drum Conservative PAC

Responsible Building PAC 101 East High St Jefferson City MO 65101 8/17/2018 $2,000.00
Spire Missouri 700 Market Street St Louis MO 63101 8/2/2018 $1,893.68
Golden Entertainment, Inc 6595 S. Jones Boulevard Las Vegas NV 89118 9/11/2018 $678.22
HealthPAC PO Box 60 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/28/2018 $2,600.00

Las Vegas, Nevada?

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
10/26/2018 Old Drum Conservative PAC

Douglas Mitchell 500 NW 301 Rd Warrensburg MO 64093 Self-employed — Private Investigator 10/1/2018 $150.00
Clifford Harris 1309 Hollandale Drive Warrensburg MO 64093 Self-employed — Owns several vehicle dealerships 10/1/2018 $1,000.00
Quarter Master LLC 61 NW OO Hwy Warrensburg MO 64093 10/1/2018 $400.00
Robert Winkelman 1245 County Road 621 Linn MO 65051 Johnson Controls 10/1/2018 $880.00
Stephen Abney 700 Club House Dr Warrensburg MO 64093 Central Bank 10/1/2018 $150.00
Geter Done HVACR LLC 820 S Main St Warrensburg MO 64093 10/1/2018 $500.00
Hallmark Cards Inc. PO Box 419580 Kansas City MO 64141 10/1/2018 $1,000.00
Truman Title Inc. 313 N. Holden St Warrensburg MO 64093 10/1/2018 $400.00
Missouri Corn Growers Association State PAC 3118 Emerald Ln Jefferson City MO 65109 10/1/2018 $500.00
W-K Chevrolet 3310 W. Broadway Sedalia MO 65301 10/1/2018 $1,000.00
F & C Bank 1006 Eagle Crest Dr Holden MO 64040 10/1/2018 $500.00
Centurytel Inc. PO Box 4065 Monroe LA 71211 10/1/2018 $1,500.00
Missouri Soybean Association 3337 Emerald Ln Jefferson City MO 65109 10/1/2018 $2,500.00
Burns & McDonnell PO Box 219308 Kansas City MO 64141 10/2/2018 $5,000.00
Relax PAC 1675 Fenpark Fenton MO 63026 10/2/2018 $500.00
J & J Ventures Gaming of MO LLC 1400 S Raney St Effingham IL 62401 10/2/2018 $5,000.00
Kum & Go 6400 Westown Pkwy West Des Moines IA 50266 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Missouri Realtors PAC Inc. PO Box 30635 Columbia MO 65205 10/19/2018 $1,000.00

Illinois and Iowa?

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
12/4/2018 Old Drum Conservative PAC

HealthPAC P.O. Box 60 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/29/2018 $2,500.00
Smithfield Foods, Inc. 200 Commerce Street Smithfield VA 23430 10/29/2018 $1,000.00
Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC 2400 SW 145th Avenue Miramar FL 33027 11/8/2018 $2,000.00
Progress In Video Electronics PAC P.O. Box 2302 Jefferson City MO 65102 11/8/2018 $500.00

Virginia and Florida?

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
1/15/2019 Old Drum Conservative PAC

Alliance For Progress LLC 230 W McCarty St Jefferson City MO 65101 12/20/2018 $2,600.00
John Simon 32 Grantwood Lane St Louis MO 63123 The Simon Law Firm, P.C. — Attorney 12/20/2018 $1,000.00

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
4/8/2019 Old Drum Conservative PAC

CL PAC 440 Medina Drive St Louis MO 63105 2/22/2019 $2,000.00
Carey & Danis LLC 8235 Forsyth Blvd St Louis MO 63105 2/22/2019 $4,000.00
Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C. 156 N. Main St. Edwardsville IL 62025 2/22/2019 $4,500.00
Holland Law Firm LLC 300 N. Tucker St Louis MO 63101 2/22/2019 $4,999.00
Schlichter Bogard & Denton, LLP 100 S. 4th St St Louis MO 63102 2/22/2019 $4,000.00
OnderLaw LLC 110 E. Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 2/22/2019 $4,500.00
Weitz & Luxenberg PC 700 Broadway New York NY 10003 2/22/2019 $2,500.00
Penn National Gaming, Inc. 825 Berkshire Blvd Wyomissing PA 19610 2/22/2019 $500.00

Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania?

And what did they spend it on?

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE 10/29/2018 [Amended] Old Drum Conservative PAC

A. Expenditures of $100 or Less by Category
Deluxe Checks 25.75
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
AuBuchon Law Firm, LLC 121 Madison Street Jefferson City MO 65101 9/5/2018 July-Sept Admin Fee $250.00✔
C. Contributions Made (Regardless of Amount
Luetkemeyer For Senate PO Box 14360 Parkville MO 64152 8/29/2018 $1,000.00
Luetkemeyer For Senate PO Box 14360 Parkville MO 64152 9/28/2018 $1,600.00

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE – SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
10/26/2018 Old Drum Conservative PAC

Team Justin Brown 1419 Huntleigh Drive Rolla MO 65401 10/3/2018 $2,600.00
Wieland Now 1015 Castleman Dr Imperial MO 63052 10/19/2018 $1,500.00
Missourians for Mike Cierpiot 214 NE Landings Circle Lees Summit MO 64064 10/19/2018 $1,500.00
Friends of Sandy Crawford PO Box 332 Buffalo MO 65622 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Committee To Elect Dean Dohrman State Representative PO Box 234 La Monte MO 65337 10/19/2018 $2,600.00
Elect Bill White 2122 E 47th Street Joplin MO 64804 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Friends of Eric Burlison 4879 South Tanager Ave Battlefield MO 65619 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Friends of Lincoln Hough 1373 East Commercial Street Springfield MO 65803 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Missourians For O’Laughlin 499 North 4th Shelbina MO 63468 10/19/2018 $1,000.00
Friends of Michael Bernskoetter 429 West Miller Jefferson City MO 65101 10/19/2018 $1,000.00

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE – SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
12/4/2018 Old Drum Conservative PAC

Wieland Now 1015 Castleman Dr Imperial MO 63052 11/6/2018 $1,100.00
Missourians for Mike Cierpiot 214 NE Landings Circle Lees Summit MO 64064 11/6/2018 $1,100.00
Friends of Sandy Crawford P.O. Box 332 Buffalo MO 65622 11/6/2018 $1,600.00
Friends of Andrew Koenig 741 Sherwick Terrace Manchester MO 63021 11/6/2018 $1,000.00

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
4/8/2019 Old Drum Conservative PAC

B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
P.O. Box 931 Jefferson City MO 65102 1/14/2019 Fundraising Services $7,306.57
AuBuchon Law Firm, LLC 121 Madison St Jefferson City MO 65101 1/18/2019 December & January Admin Fee $200.00

C. Contributions Made (Regardless of Amount)

Johnson County Republican Committee P.O. Box 276 Warrensburg MO 64093 3/7/2019 $700.00
Warrensburg High School 201 S. Holden St. Warrensburg MO 64093 3/14/2019 $480.00

Heh. Corporate and PAC money for corporatists.

The statue of Old Drum in front of the Johnson County Courthouse in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Campaign Finance: For what now?

21 Friday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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In the past two day at the Missouri Ethics Commission for who knows what:

C180490 06/20/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC KANSAS CITY LIVE LLC 601 E PRATT STREET SUITE 600 BALTIMORE MD 21202 6/19/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C180490 06/21/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC RUDOLPH E AND DOROTHY FARBER 100 NORTH WOOD ST NEOSHO MO 64850 COMMUNITY BANK & TRUST 6/20/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Nice round numbers.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: they intend to make the rubble bounce (June 11, 2019)

Campaign Finance: GNDN

19 Wednesday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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So far.

GNDN – “Goes nowhere, does nothing” – the label on access panels and Jefferies Tubes (access passageways, named after the set designer) on the set of the 1960s science fiction television series Star Trek.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C190784 06/18/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC David Steward PO BOX 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc Executive 6/18/2019 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]

Other contributions reported in the PAC’s April quarterly report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission:

FORM CD-1 SUPPLEMENTAL
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
4/15/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC

Committee for Economic Liberty PO BOX 1661 St Charles MO 63302 1/27/2019 $150.00

Carey & Danis LLC 8235 Forsyth Blvd, 11th Flr St Louis MO 63105 2/22/2019 $4,000.00

Weitz & Luxenberg PC 700 Broadway New York NY 10003 2/22/2019 $2,500.00

Onder Law 110 E Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 2/1/2019 $4,500.00

Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP 100 South 4th Ste, Ste 1200 St Louis MO 63102 2/22/2019 $4,000.00

Holland Law Firm LLC 300 North Tucker, Ste 801 St Louis MO 63101 2/22/2019 $4,999.00

Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C. 156 North Main Street Edwardsville IL 62025 2/22/2019 $4,500.00

[emphasis added]

Law firms. St. Louis. Edwardsville, Illinois. New York City?

No expenditures were listed in the April quarterly report. The PAC was established on January 29, 2019. A search for committee contributions via the MEC database came up blank.

And, before:

C190784 02/04/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC David Steward PO BOX 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc Executive 2/4/2019 $75,000.00

C190784 03/13/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 retired retired 3/13/2019 $75,000.00

[emphasis added]

This PAC is sitting on around a quarter of a million dollars. It’ll be interesting to see who and what they eventually spend it on. Given their big dollar contributors we could probably make a good guess. For now the PAC goes nowhere and does nothing.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Because no one else does? (February 4, 2019)

Campaign Finance: millionaires need not apply (March 14, 2019)

Campaign Finance: Grass roots! Not.

18 Tuesday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Not at all.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171141 06/18/2019 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC Herzog Contracting Corporation 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 65407 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171141 06/18/2019 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. 700 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

C171141 06/18/2019 American Democracy Alliance – Ridgely PAC Herzog Technologies, Inc. 600 S. Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 6/17/2019 $50,000.00

Our Democracy will choke to death on $50,000.00 contribution checks.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: You were expecting nothing? (September 26, 2019)

Campaign Finance: they intend to make the rubble bounce

11 Tuesday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up Governor Mike Parson (r):

C180490 06/10/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC HEALTHPAC PO BOX 60 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 6/10/2019 $50,000.00

C180490 06/10/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC DEALERS INTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT PO BOX 245 JEFFERSON CITY MO 65102 6/10/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a total of $85,000.00 for the PAC in June.

Happy? Probably.