Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131072 06/03/2013 ONDER FOR MISSOURI John OBrien 7 Kemper Court Lake Saint Louis MO 63367 Associated Dealer Services, Inc 6/3/2013 $5,001.00

[emphasis added]

That extra dollar is a very public opening fundraising salvo.

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131072: Onder For Missouri

2090 Key Harbour Drive Committee Type: Candidate

Lake St Louis Mo 63367 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….]

Established Date: 05/13/2013

[….]

Candidate

Robert Onder

[….]

Election Year Political Office

2014 State Senator District 2

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[emphasis added]

Senator Scott Rupp (r) is term limited out in 2014. Maybe he can run for State Auditor.

A bit of Robert Onder’s (r) previous political history (via the Missouri Ethics Commission):

Election History

Election Year Primary Outcome General Outcome Political Office

2008 State Representative District 13

2006 Successful Successful State Representative District 13

Send in the clones. A bill prefiled in the Missouri Senate yesterday:

SB 84 Provides for the conscience rights of individuals who provide medical services

Sponsor: Rupp

LR Number: 0610S.01I Fiscal Note not available

Committee:

Last Action: 12/17/2012 – Prefiled

[….]

Current Bill Summary

SB 84 – This act provides medical freedom of conscience protection for medical professionals and health care institutions with respect to the provision and participation of specified medical procedures or research. “Specified medical procedures or research” is defined as “abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, sterilization which is not medically necessary, assisted reproduction, human cloning, human embryonic stem-cell research, human somatic cell nuclear transfer, fetal tissue research, and non-therapeutic benefit fetal experimentation and no longer includes any phase of patient medical care.” Medical professional is defined as a physician, physician’s assistant, nurse, medical assistant, medical researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student or applicant for studies or training in any program in the health care professions. The definition for health care institution is in the act as well.

No medical professional or health care institution shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for declining to participate in or provide specified medical procedures or research that violates the professional’s or institution’s conscience. However, a health care institution shall provide a consent form to be signed by a patient before admission to the institution stating that it reserves the right to decline to provide such specified medical procedures or research.

“Conscience” is defined as religious, moral or ethical principles. For purposes of this act, a health care institution’s conscience shall be determined by reference to its existing or proposed religious, moral, or ethical guidelines, mission statement, constitution, bylaws, articles of incorporation, regulations, or other relevant documents. A medical professional’s conscience means a sincere and meaningful belief in God or in relation to a supreme being, or a belief which, though not so derived, occupies in the life of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by God among adherents to religious faiths.

It shall be unlawful for a medical professional or health care institution to be discriminated against based on the professional or institution declining to participate in specified medical procedures or research that violate the professional’s or institution’s conscience. The act prescribes the list of prohibited discrimination against a medical professional or institution. An employee asserting a right not to participate in specified medical procedures or research shall provide reasonable notice under the circumstances of his or her intent not to participate.

A cause of action for damages or injunctive relief, or both, may be brought for the violation of any provision of this act. It shall not be a defense to any claim arising out of the violation of this act that such violation was necessary to prevent additional burden or expense on any other medical professional, health care institution, individual or patient. It shall be an affirmative defense for an employer that the specified medical procedure or research was so integral to the duties of the employee’s position and to the central business purpose of the business or enterprise that a person of ordinary intelligence understood that participating in the specified medical procedure or research at issue was a requirement of the employee’s position.

Upon a finding of a violation of this act, the aggrieved party shall be entitled to treble damages, including pain and suffering, the costs of the action and reasonable attorney’s fees. In no case shall recovery be less than five thousand dollars for each violation in addition to the costs of the action and reasonable attorney’s fees.

Nothing in the act shall be construed to authorize any medical professional or health care institution to withhold emergency medical treatment or services imminently necessary to save the life of a patient under the professional’s or institution’s care. Nor shall the act be construed to relieve a medical professional from any duty which may exist under current law to inform a patient of the risks, prognosis, medical options and resources available to the patient, including information required to be given under the abortion regulation chapter.

The General Assembly may, by concurrent resolution, appoint one or more of its members who sponsored or co-sponsored this act in his or her official capacity, to intervene as a matter of right in any case in which the constitutionality of this law is challenged. This act contains a severability clause.

This act is identical to SCS/HCS/HB 1541 (2012) and SCS/SB 657 (2012).

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“…contraception…”

Right wingnuts sure do like the concept of using the power of the state and law to enforce religious dogma.

“…human cloning…”

Really? Not with state funds:

Missouri Revised Statutes

Chapter 1

Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes

Section 1.217

Cloning–use of state funds prohibited, definition.

1.217. No state funds shall be used for research with respect to the cloning of a human person. For purposes of this section, the term “cloning” means the replication of a human person by taking a cell with genetic material and cultivating such cell through the egg, embryo, fetal and newborn stages of development into a new human person.

Jobs, anyone?  

Via the Missouri Ethics Commission. Jason Kander (D) had a very good fundraising quarter and healthy cash on hand:

C071012: Kander For Missouri

Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $648,567.02

Monetary Receipts + $229,598.75

Monetary Expenditures – $80,949.79

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $148,648.96

Ending Money On Hand   $797,215.98

[emphasis added]

Shane Schoeller (r) had a very good fundraising quarter, but has a high burn rate:

C061132: Schoeller For Missouri

Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $161,893.78

Monetary Receipts + $280,496.12

Monetary Expenditures – $135,441.08

Contributions Made – $100.00

Other Disbursements – $5,046.32

Subtotal     $139,908.72

Ending Money On Hand   $301,802.50

[emphasis added]

Bill Stouffer (r):

C041627: Friends Of Bill Stouffer

Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $247,157.64

Monetary Receipts + $76,126.27

Monetary Expenditures – $48,016.96

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $38,000.00

Subtotal     ($9,890.69)

Ending Money On Hand   $237,266.95

[emphasis added]

Scott Rupp (r):

C111045: Rupp For Missouri

Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $148,375.78

Monetary Receipts + $88,045.70

Monetary Expenditures – $60,100.84

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $27,944.86

Ending Money On Hand   $176,320.64

[emphasis added]

There are some interesting details.

Some of Bill Stouffer’s (r) expenditures:

ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM

FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER 7/16/2012

AXIOM STRATAGES 1251 NW BRIARCLIFF PKY KANSAS CITY MO 64116 4/12/2012 CONSULANT/BUMPER STICKERS $2,891.11

AXIOM STRATAGES 1251 NW BRIARCLIFF PKY KANSAS CITY MO 64116 5/7/2012 CONSULANT $3,300.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 5/21/2012 BILLBOARDS $2,016.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/11/2012 BILLBOARDS $5,775.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/13/2012 BILLBOARDS $4,200.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/13/2012 BILLBOARDS $4,725.00

AXIOM STRATAGES 1251 NW BRIARCLIFF PKY KANSAS CITY MO 64116 6/13/2012 CONSULANT $3,300.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/27/2012 BILLBOARDS $6,300.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/27/2012 BILLBOARDS $1,575.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/29/2012 BILLBOARDS $4,800.00

WAITT OUTDOOR 4725 “F” STREET OMAHA NE 68117 6/27/2012 BILLBOARDS $3,450.00

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That would explain this:

Huh?

Will that dog hunt?

Oh, this is very interesting. A few in-kind contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER 7/16/2012

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/6/2012 $5,313.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/13/2012 $3,864.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/15/2012 $5,796.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/16/2012 $12,000.00

DDI MEDIA 8315 Drury Industrial Pky St Louis MO 63114 6/25/2012 $8,200.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/26/2012 $25,500.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/11/2012 $4,347.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/1/2012 $4,500.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/19/2012 $4,575.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/21/2012 $4,060.00

The Lamar Companies 7108 East 48th Terrace KANSAS CITY MO 64129 6/28/2012 $2,415.00

PORLIER 1027 N SERVICE ROAD WEST FORISTELL MO 63348 6/15/2012 $1,900.00

PORLIER 1027 N SERVICE ROAD WEST FORISTELL MO 63348 6/18/2012 $4,750.00

PORLIER 1027 N SERVICE ROAD WEST FORISTELL MO 63348 6/19/2012 $800.00

PORLIER 1027 N SERVICE ROAD WEST FORISTELL MO 63348 6/21/2012 $450.00

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Well, what do you know? An interlocking billboard strategery.

And Shane Schoeller’s (r) fundraising success was largely because of four people:

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

SCHOELLER FOR MISSOURI 7/16/2012

DAVID HUMPHREYS PO BOX 4050 JOPLIN MO 64803 UNKNOWN 4/3/2012 $25,000.00

ETHELMAE HUMPHREYS 2505 E 11TH STREET JOPLIN MO 64801 UNKNOWN 5/18/2012 $25,000.00

REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 6/22/2012 $150,000.00

MENLO SMITH 15009 MANCHESTER RD #284 BALLWIN MO 63011 RETIRED 4/12/2012 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s so grassrootsie.

Via a pastoral letter, Archbishop Robert Carlson has formally added his name to the roster of American Catholic heavyweights who oppose the Obama administration’s new rule that would widen access to contraception. He claims he is doing so in the name of “rights of conscience.” The Missouri legislature is also jumping into the fray because “religious groups should not have to pay for birth control or abortions for their employees if that would violate their beliefs.” Specifically, GOP Senator Scott Rupp “introduced a measure Tuesday to amend the state’s constitution and forbid state laws or rules that force an individual, employer or health care provider to cover the costs of birth control or abortions.”

All this gum-flapping on the topic of “conscience” and “religious freedom” leaves me with few questions and observations:

— Does this rule force anyone to buy or use contraception?  

— Does this rule force any specifically religious organization staffed by members of the church in question to field health care plans that cover contraception?

— Does anything in the new rule, Senator Rupp, mention abortion or even drugs such as the morning after pill (RU486)?

— Are any insurance providers required to provide coverage for contraception?

The answer in all cases is emphatically no.

The new rule does, though, require that contraceptives be included in insurance plans offered by religiously-affiliated organizations with a non-religious mission that employ individuals who are not necessarily members of the affiliated churches. If such organizations do not comply, they stand to forfeit federal funds or tax credits. The argument offered by the Archbishop and by Senator Rupp is that, by offering such a health care plan, the church in question is being forced to indirectly subsidize (horror of horrors) contraception. That this reasoning is, at the very least, questionable is obvious when one considers a number of questions that it gives rise to:

— Don’t many of these religiously affiliated organizations derive income from public payments for services they render, or from the federal government? So why are the churches carrying on like they bear the brunt of paying for the health care these institutions provide their employees and, in the case of colleges and universities, students.

— The whole issue of indirect culpability is problematic. For instance, if a religiously affiliated hospital were to have saved the life of Hitler – knowing that he was was in the process of instituting the final solution – is the affiliated church indirectly responsible for Hitler’s crimes? If so, should the doctors have let Hitler die? Or, perhaps, even hasten his death? You can, doubtless come up with numerous parallel if less extreme examples. (I only mention Hitler because already some right-wing fools have predictably started comparing the new rule to the rise of the German Nazis. We can all play at rhetorical overkill.)

— How expansive should arguments about rights of conscience be? What about a religious businessman who thinks contraception is the devil’s tool and  wants his business to be granted the same religious exemption the churches are demanding in order to curtail his female employees’ access to birth control?

— To narrow the frame of reference of the question above, why are some religions and religious issues privileged over others? As Katha Politt puts it in regard to Catholic opposition:

Are Quakers, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other pacifists exempt from taxes that pay for war and weapons? Can Scientologists, who abhor psychiatry, deduct the costs of the National Institute of Mental Health?

— Should conscience rights take precedence over public welfare? Certainly, the courts don’t always think so. Consider, for instance, the Supreme Court decision that found polygamy illegal because it was successfully argued not to be in society’s interests.  

— What about the right of non-believing employees to be free from religiously motivated interference in their personal lives, “freedom from religion” if you will, which is arguably implicit in the construct “freedom of religion”?  Senator Rupp and the Archbishop would, presumably, answer that such individuals are free not to seek employment at religiously affiliated institutions. In a time of massive unemployment, most of us can readily see that this response is both callous and unrealistic, and, even from the point of view of the institutions in question, would lead to undesirable consequences.

Actually, to get an idea about why this argument fails, just turn the tables. If the issue is really one of conscience, aren’t religiously affiliated organizations free to give up the federal funds that are tied to their compliance with the rule? No fuss, no bother. One could even argue that it hardly behooves tax-exempt organizations like churches to take taxpayer dollars in the first place. Conscience does not operate in a vacuum.

— To take the question of rights one step further yet, what about the conscience rights of women to plan their families for the benefit of their children? Why should Archbishop Carlson’s Catholic conscience rights have more standing than that of an agnostic nurse in a Catholic hospital?

— If the issue is so pressing that the august leaders of the Catholic Church and GOP lawmakers have to leap in wearing their heavy stomping boots, why have religiously affiliated organizations, such as, for instance, Depaul University, Boston College and Caritas Christi Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts, been willing to offer their employees, without handwringing and undue melodrama, insurance plans that cover contraception? Several states, in fact, have enacted similar mandates:

Over half of Americans already live in the 28 states that require insurance companies cover contraception: Several of these states like North Carolina, New York, and California have identical religious employer exemptions. Some states like Colorado, Georgia and Wisconsin have no exemption at all.

— Finally, could there be hidden agendas on the part of folks like the Archbishop and Senator Rupp?

In the context of the Archbishop’s righteouos indignation, I’ll point out that according to a recent poll, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, 58% of Catholics support requirements that Catholic affiliated colleges, hospitals and charities offer access to birth control in their insurance plans. It is well-known that many, if not most, Catholics use birth control – 98% according to the Guttmacher Institute. If Church leaders like Archbishop Carlson cannot control their wayward flocks, why should the U.S. government be subborned into doing so via state edict?

As for Senator Rupp, maybe he smells an opportunity to make trouble for the opposition while reaping some pander points. He can ga
rner credit with sex-obsessed zealots by opposing contraception, and he can do it by making ostensibly high-minded claims about “freedom of conscience.” He has to know that the claims are weak; why else would he evoke abortion – a non-issue in the new rules, but a guaranteed alarm bell to the aforesaid zealots?

No matter how you slice it, the  self-congratulatory, high-minded dudgeon of the anti-birth control crowd ignores the welfare of real people while limiting the right of all women, all individuals actually, to make their own health choices in private.  I wouldn’t want to ask my boss if I could use birth control and I don’t think you should have to do so either.  

The October 2011 quarterly campaign finance reports are showing up at the Missouri Ethics Commission. The active Secretary of State campaign committees:

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) has announced that she is not running for reelection.

Jason Kander (D) filed his filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:

REPORT SUMMARY

KANDER FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/17/2011

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $65,015.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $2,195.56

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $232,888.45

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a healthy cash on hand. And that does not include:

Campaign Finance: Jason Kander (D) continues…part 3 (October 13, 2011)

….A total of $80,406.00 since September 30th. And that’s just the big dollar contributions (over $5000.00) that must be reported within 48 hours.

There are two republican candidates.

Scott Rupp (r) filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:

REPORT SUMMARY

RUPP FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/17/2011

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $85,700.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $16,759.94

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $96,210.60

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a relatively paltry cash on hand.

Bill Stouffer (r) filed his filed his filed his filed his quarterly report on October 17th:

REPORT SUMMARY

FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER [pdf] 10/17/2011

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $28,805.00

3. All Loans Received This Period $150,000.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $19,095.14

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $170,614.39

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $150,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a decent cash on hand, but most of it is from a loan:

SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN INFORMATION

FRIENDS OF BILL STOUFFER [pdf] 10/17/2011

1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF LENDER

WILLIAM H STOUFFER

NAPTON MO 65340

4. DATE OF LOAN 9/30/2011

5. AMOUNT OF LOAN $150,000.00

6. ANNUAL RATE OF INTEREST 6%

7. TIME PERIOD OF LOAN 1 YEAR

[emphasis added]

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D), while not running for reelection, has not terminated her committee yet and must still file a quarterly report (and did so on October 15th):

REPORT SUMMARY

ROBIN CARNAHAN FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 10/15/2011

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $3.00

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $7,841.14

27. Money On Hand at the close of this reporting period $203,002.39

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a significant cash on hand.

It’s almost 11:30 and after looking at today’s election results, it’s clear that what we all knew would happen has happened and Propostion C is winning in the range of 70% to 30%. I promise, I’ll try not to fall into a mad rage every time I hear some wannabe media wise man solemnly talking out of his nether anatomy about what this means for Democratic electoral hopes. I’ve actually got no problem with Tea Party gloating – these fools know as well as I do that they won this one because they’re the biggest part of the tiny fraction that turned out to vote – and they have every right to stick it to us, since we gave it away. Anyway, there’s no way they can be more outrageous and dishonest than they already are.

Of course, there’s always a silver lining – and today it’s the fact that Cynthia Davis went down in her primary, losing to Scott Rupp 45% to his 55%. I’m sure that Rupp is a total ass, but I can’t possibly believe that he could be as offensive as Davis. The only problem with Davis’ defeat is that it means that we lose the most perversely amusing member of the Missouri version of the Insane Clown Posse, also known as our Republican-led state legislature. I’m sure, though, that somehow, someway, she’ll keep right on performing her own special brand of horrorcore in order to change our evil ways –  but not, thank God, in Jefferson City.

This showed up yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C010984 ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS [pdf] 6/30/2010

Bernie Davis

O’Fallon MO

Back to Basics Christian Bookstore

6/30/2010

$26,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s a lot more than the perks you get from working at a national fast food chain franchise, don’t you think?

Yes, one of the most incomprehensible right wingnut members of the Missouri House (and that’s saying a lot) is running for the seat in the 2nd Senate District, challenging a republican incumbent in the primary. The candidates on the August 3rd primary ballot:

State Senate – District 2

Democrat

DON CROZIER O FALLON MO 3/29/2010

Republican

SCOTT T RUPP WENTZVILLE MO 696 2/23/2010

CYNTHIA L DAVIS O FALLON MO 874 2/23/2010

Let’s take a look at their campaign finance reports (in alphabetical order).

Cynthia Davis (r) filed her first quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $4,800.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $13,784.00

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $4,000.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $24,884.00

5. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $19,139.45

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $9,985.07

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $4,000.00

[emphasis added]

And the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS

Report Date: 4/10/2010

Robert Knodel Chestfield, MO 01/11/2010 $1,000.00

James Finch Defiance, MO 01/09/2010 $1,000.00

Mark Andrews Jr. Sanibel FL 02/15/2010 $1,000.00

High Way Media O’Fallon, MO 03/31/2010 $2,100.00 In-Kind

Michelle Fitch Defiance MO 02/16/2010 $5,000.00

2. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $604.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $3,275.00

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: ELECT CYNTHIA DAVIS

ReportDate: 4/10/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Public Relations $572.88

Fees $209.00

Postage $24.62

Supplies $8.48

Media $100.00

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Universal Printing St. Louis, MO 01/26/2010 Tabloid ed1, vol 1 $7,366.51

Allegra Print & Imaging Louis, MO 01/14/2010 Donation envelopes $251.00

I Heard The People Say Chesterfield, Missouri 02/22/2010 Booth at Rally $295.00

Marks Quick Print St Louis. MO 03/15/2010 Bumper Stickers $220.00

I wonder if we could get one of those bumper stickers. I bet Stephen Colbert would appreciate one – it could be a collector’s item.

The incumbent, Scott Rupp, filed his amended first quarter campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: RE-ELECT RUPP FOR SENATE

ReportDate:

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $231,613.69

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $27,520.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $259,133.69

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $145,933.01

20. TOTAL ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE THIS ELECTION (SUM 16B + 19A) $46,630.00

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $62,701.41

35. TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 29 + 30 + 31 – 32 – 33 – 34) $0.00

Uh, yeah, those are big numbers. But…

Let’s take a look at where the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: RE-ELECT RUPP FOR SENATE

Report Date: 4/15/2010

Home Building Industry PAC St. Louis, MO 03/03/2010 $1,000.00

Missouri Professional Mutual Saint Louis, MO 01/07/2010 $2,500.00

CenturyTel Inc Monroe, LA 01/27/2010 $1,250.00

Eli Lilly Indianapolis, IN 02/04/2010 $1,000.00

APS Healthcare Bethesda Inc Windsor Mill, MD 02/04/2010 $2,000.00

Consumer Lending Alliance Crawfordville, FL 02/25/2010 $1,000.00

Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center Assn PAC Lees Summit, MO 03/25/2010 $1,000.00

Missouri Petroleum Marketers & Conv Store Assn Jefferson City, MO 03/03/2010 $1,000.00

3. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $2,645.00

Uh, yeah, that’s a distinctly different donor base.

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: RE-ELECT RUPP FOR SENATE

ReportDate: 4/15/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Filing Fee $100.00

Dues $136.96

Publishing Fees $57.00

Food and Beverage $226.28

Office expense $59.52

Advertisement $516.65

Grassroots Expense $100.00

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Art Works Design Chesterfield, MO 01/25/2010 Website Design $2,150.00

Art Works Design Chesterfield, MO 02/12/2010 Website Design $250.00

Survey St. Louis Saint Charles, MO 01/07/2010 Website Domain $150.00

Westplex 100.7 Troy, MO 01/12/2010 Radio Ads $480.00

AT&T Mobility Lubbock, TX 01/04/2010 Phone Expense $295.29

AT&T Mobility Lubbock, TX 01/25/2010 Phone $283.14

AT&T Mobility Lubbock, TX 02/22/2010 Phone Expense $296.18

PM Printing Jefferson City, MO 03/15/2010 Printing Expense $858.82

Westplex 100.7 Troy, MO 02/01/2010 Radio Ads $300.00

Barat Academy O Fallon, MO 01/02/2010 Advertisement $150.00

NextFlood Publishing LLC St. Louis, MO 01/04/2010 Subscription $500.00

I Heard The People Say Chesterfield, MO 02/16/2010 Booth Rental $295.00

Lincoln County Fair Troy, MO 03/05/2010 Advertisement $450.00

City of Cottleville Cottleville, MO 03/03/2010 Parade fee $150.00

Capitol Consulting Jefferson City, MO 03/03/2010 Fundraising Expense $800.00

Capitol Consulting Jefferson City, MO 01/11/2010 Fundraising Expense $1,500.00

Capitol Consulting Jefferson City, MO 02/22/2010 Fundraising Expense $3,247.44

Embassy Suites 2 Convention Center Plaza St. Charles, MO 03/03/2010 Lodging Expense $178.69

C. MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT)

SHOW ME LEADERSHIP FUND ST CHARLES MO 03/25/2010 $2,000.00

DESTEFANO FOR SENATE PARKVILLE MO 64152 03/31/2010 $5,000.00

MO REPUBLICAN PARTY JEFFERSON CITY MO 65101 01/07/2010 $750.00

MO REPUBLICAN PARTY JEFFERSON CITY MO 65101 02/12/2010 $160.00

ST CHARLES COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL CO
MMITTEE ST CHARLES MO 01/02/2010 $250.00

ST CHARLES COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE ST CHARLES MO 01/02/2010 $500.00

“Grassroots Expense” of $100.00 in a campaign that’s raised over a quarter of a million? What will they think of next?

“I heard the people say”? Ah, teabaggers.

Paying a $150.00 to be in a parade in a small town?

There are no campaign finance reports available on-line at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Don Crozier, the Democratic Party candidate.