Late this afternoon in west central Missouri:
Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/2000, ISO 1600, 400 mm.
Cardinalis cardinalis
18 Thursday Apr 2019
Posted in Uncategorized
Tag Archives: missouri
Governor Mike Parson (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019
17 Wednesday Apr 2019
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
C091129: Parson For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1004
Bolivar Mo 65613
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 06/15/2009
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $935,597.65
Monetary Receipts + $198,931.69
Monetary Expenditures – $45,097.93
Contributions Made – $1,250.00
Other Disbursements – $6,747.59
Subtotal $145,836.17
Ending Money On Hand $1,081,433.82
[emphasis added]
$198,931.69 in one quarter for a sitting governor? Meh.
A private residence fundraising event on February 15th in Poplar Bluff that raised $58,100.00, a private residence fundraising event in Springfield on March 16th that raised $19,750.00, a fundraising event at the St. Louis Club on March 20th that raised $16,000.00, and a private residence fundraising event in Cape Girardeau on March 22nd that raised $47,236.00.
It’s like no one is mailing it in.
One of the expenditures:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Parson For Missouri 4/14/2019MVI Air LLC 4200 Somerset Dr Prairie Village KS 66208 1/22/2019 Flights $14,900.00
[emphasis added]
Well, okay. Someone gets around.
And, of course, there’s a PAC which supposedly exists to prop up Governor Parson (r):
C180490: Uniting Missouri Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 444
Farmington Mo 63640
Established Date: 06/29/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $2,044,233.48
Monetary Receipts + $354,154.10
Monetary Expenditures – $88,526.29
Contributions Made – $10,000.00
Other Disbursements – $5,000.00
Subtotal $250,627.81
Ending Money On Hand $2,294,861.29
[emphasis added]
Well, isn’t that special?
And not particularly grassrootsie:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
Uniting Missouri PAC 4/15/201912. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSON GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
It must be a really special PAC. And how did this PAC spend some of its money?:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Uniting Missouri PAC 4/15/2019C. Contributions Made (Regardless of Amount)
20. Name and Address of Candidate or Committee Name: 21. Date 22. AmountTATE FOR GOVENOR PO BOX 24355 JACKSON MS 39225 2/6/2019 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
Well, Mississippi. Maybe that’s how they spell things in Mississippi. It’d be fun to go check the campaign finance reports in Mississippi and wonder at the contribution from “Uniting Missouri PAC”. Heh.
There are plenty of expenditures for fundraising and consulting. And:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Uniting Missouri PAC 4/15/2019VICTORY ENTERPRISES 5200 30TH STREET SW DAVENPORT IA 52802 3/25/2019 SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
We swear, it wasn’t us.
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019
16 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in campaign finance
The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
Jay Ashcroft (r) [2017 file photo].
From Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s (r) campaign committee:
C151004: Ashcroft For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 1554
Jefferson City Mo 65102
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 01/06/2015
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $113,246.70
Monetary Receipts + $95,700.00
Monetary Expenditures – $2,793.96
Contributions Made – $75.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $92,831.04
Ending Money On Hand $206,077.74
[emphasis added]
Not a lot in expenditures. 2022 is a while away.
About those small contributions:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
Ashcroft For Missouri 4/15/201913. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $150.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $60.00
[emphasis added]
That’s out of $95,700.00 raised in the quarter.
State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019
16 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in campaign finance
The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) [2018 file photo].
From State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s (D) campaign committee:
C111091: Nicole Galloway For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 11723
St Louis Mo 63105
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 04/20/2011
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $37,041.87
Monetary Receipts + $114,194.00
Monetary Expenditures – $84,397.51
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,040.00
Subtotal $28,756.49
Ending Money On Hand $65,798.36
[emphasis added]
That’s some burn rate – for a potential 2022 election.
One of the expenditures:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
4/15/2019 Nicole Galloway For MissouriHart Research Associates 1724 Connecticut Ave NW Washington DC 20009-1103 2/25/2019 Research $46,500.00
That would explain a lot. Polling. Numbers. A baseline. A data driven campaign for whatever. We should expect that from our State Auditor.
That’s got to be one hell of a sample.
At sunrise
13 Saturday Apr 2019
Posted in Uncategorized
This morning in west central Missouri:
House Sparrow (female). Passer Domesticus.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/640, ISO 1600, 400 mm.
Just another day, right?
Campaign Finance: merging traffic
12 Friday Apr 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
campaign finance, initiative, merger, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, St. Louis, St. Louis County
An initiative to create The Metropolitan City of St. Louis. [pdf]
Unite St. Louis [pdf]:
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C190777 04/12/2019 Unite STL John McDonnell 1 Serendipity Ln. Saint Louis MO 63131 Retired 4/11/2019 $300,000.00
Now they’re flying.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: “The Metropolitan City of St. Louis” (March 21, 2019)
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
11 Thursday Apr 2019
Posted in media criticism, meta, Missouri Governor
Tags
Curious.
Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].
St. Louis reporter duped into writing Eric Greitens comeback story
By Jason Hancock
April 11, 2019 10:28 AM
[….]
Oh, really?
A number of e-mails were sent to a reporter stating that Eric Greitens (r) was talking about running for governor. Again. The reporter ran with the story. Wait, haven’t we heard this one before?
Oh yeah, the story fell apart almost immediately, but not before stirring the instant reactions you’d expect in various political circles in Missouri.
Burned by confidential sources, even fake ones? Make the full [“fake”] emails in this story public. Somebody else might recognize the rat&%$#^@’s style of writing.
Was it someone’s bad idea for an epic dirty political trick? Who benefits from all of this? There is a real story in there somewhere.
Clapback
09 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
Representative Crystal Quade (D) – House Minority Leader [2019 file photo].
This afternoon from House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D):
Crystal Quade @crystal_quade
As of today revenue is down $251 mil
HB 548 adds a $180 mil loss by 2023 by giving more tax cuts to the wealthiest
We still have tax cuts from SB 509 on the way- $450 mil in losses per year, or $630 mil fully phased in
Zero debate allowed on the underlying bill. Passed 78 to 72
4:30 PM – 9 Apr 2019
The Missouri GOP:
Missouri GOP @MissouriGOP
Taxpayers keeping more of their own money!
[….]
5:33 PM – 9 Apr 2019
Too many emojis there.
Heh. Big mistake. Big. Huge.
And:
Crystal Quade @crystal_quade
Replying to @MissouriGOP
Don’t clap too hard, Missouri bridges might collapse.
7:36 PM – 9 Apr 2019
Mic drop.
Move over
09 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in Uncategorized
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This afternoon, after a scuffle with a few Grackles:
Robin. Turdus migratorius.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 300 mm, 2x III.
F 11, 1/1000, ISO 1600, 600 mm.
It’s Spring. For now.
Campaign Finance: Even more happiness!
09 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
$5,200.00 at a time.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC created to prop up Governor Mike Parson (r):
C180490 04/09/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC THOMPSON COBURN LLP ONE US BANK PLAZA ST LOUIS MO 63101 4/8/2019 $5,200.00
C180490 04/09/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC STOCK & ASSOCIATES CONSULTING ENGINEERS INC 257 CHESTERFIELD BUSINESS PKWY CHESTERFIELD MO 63005 4/8/2019 $5,200.00
C180490 04/09/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC CLAYCO 2199 INNERBELT BUSINESS CENTER DR ST LOUIS MO 63114 4/8/2019 $25,000.00
C180490 04/09/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC ICON MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR LLC 1616 CLEVELAND BLVD GRANITE CITY IL 62040 4/8/2019 $5,200.00
C180490 04/09/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC NATIONAL DESIGN BUILD SERVICES LLC 11840 BORMAN DRIVE ST LOUIS MO 63146 4/8/2019 $5,200.00
[emphasis added]
If $1,000,000.00 gets you a face to face lunch, what does $5,200.00 get you? Soda crackers and water on the front porch? Just asking.
Get on board that train.
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
Previously:
Campaign Finance: “Ash nazg durbatulûk…” (December 13, 2018)
Campaign Finance: “…Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul” (December 14, 2018)
Campaign Finance: “…make just one someone happy…” (December 18, 2018)
Campaign Finance: Oh, Santa, you shouldn’t have! (December 26, 2018)
Campaign Finance: Happy New Year! (January 2, 2019)
Campaign Finance: You think he’s happy? (March 27,2019)
