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Getting ironical about Greitens

13 Friday Apr 2018

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Are Republicans cynical, confused, or just outright hypocrites?

Cynical: The White House spokespeople, folks who work for Donald Trump, P****-grabber and sexual predator extraordinaire, who are claiming that they find the abuse allegations against the Missouri Governor, who is, compared to Trump, a junior-grade sexual predator, “very concerning.”

Confused: The three Missouri legislators, Republican Senators. Rob Schaaf, Doug Libla and Gary Romine, who are appealing to the same White House predator – who will never in a thousand years resign himself – to force Greitens to go gently into the looming political night. I guess our state-level pols just haven’t been paying attention. Read their letter – except for the parts that glorify Geitens’ Navy SEAL past, it could be describing the antics that have been imputed to the Orange Buffoon himself. Of course, the fool in the White House could end up doing just about anything, depending on the state of his “gut,” so maybe their gambit will pay off.

Outright hypocrite: Then, finally there’s the case of Rep. Ann Wagner (R-2). Wagner couldn’t wait to declare that when it comes to Greitens, she is “disgusted,” and asserts that he “is unfit to lead our state.” But I’m betting that a few of you remember when, in the wake of the Access Hollywood tape, she called on Trump to withdraw and labeled him “predatory and reprehensible.” Didn’t take her too long to reverse herself, though, when she realized which way the wind was blowing among the crazy reds in the Missouri GOP base. Nor is it surprising that she’s spent the last year kissing up to the Orange Buffoon who has showered her financial industry patrons with goodies. So much for her country-club rectitude.

Don’t ever doubt that our Annie will do whatever it takes when it comes to going along to get along. So we’ll wait and see if Greitens manages to hang on whether or not, in the end, all will be forgiven.

Sen. Rob Schaaf kinda, sorta wants partial public financing of elections

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Tn a column in Sunday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch State Senator Rob Schaaf writes about his soon to be introduced Senate Bill 1: The Taxation With Representation Act. (Get it? “with” representation. Cute, Huh?) He seems to believe that because Eric Greitens and Donald Trump managed to get themselves elected while dropping a few comments about cleaning up ethical “swamps,” now is the time to do something to stop big money from cracking the whip in Jefferson City:

This Election Day, we Missourians voted overwhelmingly against pay-to-play politics and in favor of anti-corruption reform. We reinstated contribution limits at the state level, elected a governor committed to fighting corruption in Jefferson City, and chose a president who ran against the status quo, promising he would return government to the people.

All I can do is shake my head sadly and look away. Poor naif. Schaaf think we elected a governor “committed to fighting corruption,” whereas, from where I sit, we elected a governor who allowed dark money interests to buy him the governorship – which, I assume, is the reason he opposes limits on campaign contributions, and likely part of the reason he’s been so eager to put his signature on a right-to-work bill lots of the big money types really want. And while the president-elect did run “against the status quo,” the particular status quo he opposes doesn’t seem to have had anything to do with corruption if we are to judge by his personal conflicts of interest, or his emerging plans to engineer one of the biggest corporate giveaways in U.S. history by privatizing just about everything from Medicare and Education to highways and bridges.

Somebody ought to tell Schaaf that it might not be the best time for campaign finance reform after all.

Nevertheless, Schaaf should still get some credit for proposing to redirect public tax revenue to partially fund political campaigns – not a position with which your garden variety GOPer is often very comfortable. The bill would allow Missourians to “subtract up to $100 per year from their state income taxes, letting them claim a dollar-per-dollar credit for donations to county-level party committees and to candidates for state representative, state senator and statewide office.” Well and good. Almost anything is better than the status quo in Missouri where many public office holders seem to be up for sale to the highest bidder. Schaaf’s may be a back-door approach to public funding, but any movement in that direction has some potential, no matter how small, to dilute the influence of wealthy special interests.

And Schaaf might just get some GOP support for this plan since it does not mandate any effort to allocate public funds equitably or based on some special criteria, but instead allows public tax revenue to be redirected in a partisan fashion – and right now, given the sun-blistered shade of the state’s politics, that could be a plus for GOPers. Whether or not underwriting public spending in a lopsided partisan way is a real reform is, of course, another question.

Schaaf claims several advantages to this system of funding: (1) it would encourage both candidates and parties (via the option to contribute to political committees) to be more responsive to “everyday citizens” as opposed to the big donors who have dominated Missouri political funding over the past few years. (2) He asserts that the bill would encourage engagement in the political process and empower individuals who feel sidelined by the influence of big money. He envisions his everyday donors evolving into mini “bundlers,” who solicit “friends, family and neighbors” to donate – which is not universally regarded as a good thing.

Schaaf also tells us that “such a system has worked in other states. However, while it is true that there are four states , Ohio, Virginia, Arkansas, and Oregon, that currently offer a similar tax credit, the evidence that it has widened political participation and lessened the influence of big money donors is not readily evident.

Oregon, for example, offers a loosely applied tax credit of up to $100 for households. According to PolitiFact Oregon, as of 2013, “the credit gets claimed most often during presidential election years, according to the Secretary of State’s office, but even at it’s [sic] peak, only about 7.8 percent of filers took advantage.”

Nor is Oregon exceptional in this instance. In Ohio the credit has been available for the last 26 years, but few Ohioans are aware of it. Among those who do know about the credit, “only 14 percent of donors said it was a factor in their decision to donate and only 5 percent of those who did not contribute said they would have been very likely to give if they had known about the credit.” Efforts to publicize the tax credits in Ohio have been shown to increase their use by a small percentage, it did so at a disproportionate cost.

The experience of Hilliary Clinton’s Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Kaine, the former governor of Virginia, makes it clear that the Virginia tax credit does little to rein in the influence of big donors. In the 2012 cycle he raised $18,000,000 for his senate bid, with only 17% coming from small donors who contributed $200 or less, but “28 percent of his $18 million came from 1 percent of the 1 percent, a subgroup of America’s most elite political givers.” If you look at political spending in each of the other four states, I think you will find that the imbalance between large and small donors persists and that the preferences of the former often set the governing agenda.

If Schaaf is really serious about evening the political playing field for big and small donors, there are lots of other, better approaches. According to the information on the Website of the National Conference of State Legislators, there are two main systems of public financing in use over thirteen states, clean elections programs, or matching funds programs, . Both of these types of public financing collect money which is disbursed to candidates who must meet requirements such as agreeing to limit total expenditures to agreed upon limits, and/or demonstrating their viability by either collecting signatures from potential supporters or meeting a specified fund raising threshold. Public funds are also often restricted to candidates for specific offices and only four states allow money to be disbursed to political parties to help with organizing activities.

The League of Women Voters notes that the experience of jurisdictions that have evolved systems of public funding over time shows that the following elements are likely to produce the best results: a customized system for small- donor fund matching; eligibility criteria for receiving funds; voluntary expenditure limits; accurate and timely disclosure requirements. And, of course, we all know in our secret heart of hearts that there’s no real political spending reform without limits on giving that cut down the volume of the free-speech megaphone that wealth gives to some donors in these sad, money-is-speech days.*

But don’t hold your breath waiting for any of these requirements to be incorporated into Schaaf’s bill – if it even makes it to the floor where the GOP bottom-feeders will poke and prod it into a shape more to their liking, just as they have done with most of the half-hearted ethics reform bills introduced over the past couple of years. As a matter of fact, as Schaaf’s new president, that enemy of the status quo, gets going, look for him to make sure that he puts all the people in place to ensure that he meets the GOP campaign platform promise to do away with all campaign finance laws.

Which leaves us with poor Rob Schaaf, a Republican pol in the wrong place at the wrong time.

*Addenda: Of course, Missourians did vote for limits on campaign donations, but enforcement protocols or lack thereof remains important question for the future; also the current scuttlebutt is that the money will just go “dark.” The problem goes deep.

The Sound of Silence: Health care exchanges in Missouri

07 Wednesday Aug 2013

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Remember the Simon and Garfunkel oldie, “The Sound of Silence”? Very existential, as I remember. Here in Missouri the sound of silence isn’t, however, a symptom of urban twenty-something angst. It’s simply what we’re hearing as the October 1 deadline for implementing the Affordable Health Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) health care exchange nears.

Actually, included in this sound of silence is the sound of the proverbial Zen one hand clapping. That single hand would be the non-profits that are stepping up to help get the word out about the Obamacare health care exchange that is due to open on October 1, going it alone while state and local governments are M.I.A. The Missouri Hospital Association has set up a great Website with information about the exchanges: http: //www.enrollmissouri.org/. Other private groups have also stepped up. Missouri Health Care for All has been working to help educate people in the state about the provisions of the law, and the Missouri Foundation for Health will dedicate $8 million dollars to assist uninsured Missourians. These agencies are on the side of the angels, but the fact remains that, as the New York Times observes about Missouri that “looking for the new health insurance marketplace, set to open in this state in two months, is like searching for a unicorn.”

If Obamacare is going to work, the exchanges are vital. They’ll provide online shopping for offerings from participating insurers, and, if properly implemented, they’ll offer a good deal for everybody who isn’t already insured through their employer, Medicare or Medicaid. Subsidies will be available for those who meet the income requirements. Many of the 850,000 uninsured Missourians will qualify for coverage through the state’s exchange, but it might not happen if Missourians don’t get reliable information about what is on offer and what they need to do to get it.

Since the exchanges are so important, everybody must want them to be implemented in the best way possible, right? Wrong. Let me count for you the ways our state Republican pols are trying to sabotage the Obamacare health care exchange in Missouri:

1.Refusing to create a state exchange and hindering formation of the federal exchange for Missouri: The legislature passed a law forbidding the state to build it’s own exchange, leaving the job to the federal government. The law, however, goes an extra step, revealing the extent of GOP anti-Obamacare spite. It stipulates that “state and local officials cannot provide ‘assistance or resources of any kind’ to a federal exchange.” A final measure of GOP virulence is the provision that would make any government officials liable to wingnut lawsuits should they attempt to cooperate with the exchanges.

2. Refusing federal funds to extend Medicaid coverage in Missouri: Not only will this mean-minded action deny health care coverage to many poor Missourians, it will affect perceptions of the exchanges among members of a population that has already been lied to again and again about what the law will do. While the exchanges will offer subsidies based on income to insure that eligible individuals can afford coverage, it will not subsidize coverage for those below a certain income point since the intent of the law was to provide health care to those individuals through the Medicaid expansion that the GOP jackasses in Jefferson City have so far squelched.

3. Controlling and limiting information about the Missouri exchange: GOP lawmakers have learned a thing or two from their “War on Women” strategy of regulating reproductive choice almost out of existence, and seem to be using the same regulatory approach to sabotage the Obamacare exchange. Otherwise religiously anti-regulation GOPers have decided that they must rigorously regulate individuals, known as navigators, hired to help Missourians use the exchanges lest they engage in “fraud.” And if they manage in the process to slow the information stream to a trickle, well, what can you do? Requiring unnecessary “on-going” training – all navigators are already required to take extensive federally provided training and pass a test – charging wannabe navigators a fee, and requiring a bond ought to do the trick nicely. Add into the mix a prohibition on actually helping citizens decide which choice works best for their needs and you’ve got a real killer. An added bonus – there’s currently no regulatory framework to define the extra training content, administer it, or handle the licensing process, and, if I were you, I wouldn’t hold my breath expecting it to be in place really soon – certainly not before the October 1 deadline for the exchanges.

What all this obstruction aims to do is retain the unacceptable status quo where far too many Missourians lack access to good health care. No matter how loud folks scream about extreme rhetoric, no or poor health care can be a death sentence. And, no, emergency rooms don’t cut it. Think about dealing with cancer through emergency room services, early detection is unlikely in that scenario and coordinating the often messy and complicated cancer treatment regimes in such ad hoc settings is almost unthinkable.

Why are Republicans trying their best to do the worst thing for their constituents? A partial answer lies in the traditional deference they show corporate allies – the law to “regulate” exchange navigators was based on model legislation drafted and distributed to several states by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, which opposes federal involvement in the insurance industry. Insurance agents and brokers are “worried about losing market share” so compliant GOPers have come to their aid.

A more potent reason, though, may be the cruel, brain-dead, conservative ideology that animates today’s radicalized Republican party. For example:

State Senator Rob Schaaf, the Republican author of a 2012 ballot measure that prevented the state from setting up its own insurance exchange, said: “We can’t afford everything we do now, let alone provide free medical care to able-bodied adults. I have a philosophical problem with doing that, and I’m also worried about our country’s financial situation.

This is wrong on so many levels that it makes one’s head hurt to contemplate the many layers of stupidity. First, to restate the obvious, our country’s financial situation is far from dire, and its structural problems will not be improved by killing Obamacare – actually the opposite is probably true as long as the implementation goes well. As Jonathan Cohn observes:

Obamacare can help a great many people, while improving the short- and long-term budget oulook. But its success will depend, at least partly, on the willingness of states to go along. And although they should, if only for pure self-interest, that doesn’t mean that they will.

The more important point, though, has to do with Mr. Schaaf’s philosophical inclinations which reflect those of many in his party. Right now we’re all subsidizing, through our health care premiums, very expensive, but very bad care for low-income adults. I have a serious philosophical problem with that. I have an even greater philosophical problem with doing nothing at all and letting poor folks die while those who got rich off of government subsidized corporate welfare live high on the hog and enjoy the best health care on offer. Americans are better than that – or at least we should be.

If I shoot your kid, it's gonna be your fault.

07 Thursday Apr 2011

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That’s the rationale behind blaming Nixon if unemployed workers don’t get that extension to 99 weeks from the federal government. Four state senators–Lembke, Nieves, Schaaf, and Kraus–are filibustering to prevent Missouri from accepting free federal funds for the long-term jobless. If they succeed, we’ll be unique: the only state stupid enough to send its federal funds to some other state.

But the senators aren’t unreasonable. Oh no. If they can get Nixon to turn down other stimulus funds, they’ll give up the filibuster against jobless benefits. And if Nixon doesn’t kowtow, then:

“he’s more interested in paying for pet projects and pork than helping the families in Missouri that on Friday he said were his priority,” said Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.

Republicans have a nasty habit of holding somebody’s kid at gunpoint and making ransom demands. That’s bad enough, but then they blame the kidnapping on the parents (or on Obama or on Nixon).  

And they ain’t honest in other ways as well. When a reporter asked them about their assertions that these workers are “gaming the system”, Nieves got hot. (Well, that’s Nieves.) “Which one of us have EVER said anything remotely similar to that?” Lembke, who was standing next to Nieves at the podium didn’t say a word about this published quotation of his: “‘People need to get off their backsides and get a job.'” Furthermore, the reporter quoted Schaaf, 13 minutes earlier, saying that it’s outrageous to take money from one worker and give to another who should be working.

I’m past being surprised at wingnuts being wingnuts.

Are Lembke, Nieves, Kraus and Schaaf smarter than fifth graders?

01 Friday Apr 2011

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No.

They argue that cutting off unemployment benefits at 79 weeks for Missourians could help the employment picture in the longterm because it would force those the idlers collecting it until 99 weeks to get off their bums and find a job.

Let me explain it one more time: One job = six applicants. It’s true even at Wal-Mart, so let’s not hear any more about PhDs who won’t work in nursing homes. Lembke can just drop the anecdotal nonsense:

Lembke said some employers–such as a home-health care company and a Jefferson County manufacturer–have told him they have trouble finding workers willing to take $10- to $15-an-hour jobs.

Every fifth grader, not just the smart ones, can tell you that if you give money to a person who is desperate for it, he will spend it. And store owners who are desperate for customers will be glad to see the poor man come in with cash. Thus, the economy gets happier.

That’s fifth grade economics. I don’t see Lembke qualifying this June for a promotion from fourth grade.

Previously: Of cigars, port wine, and arrogant state senators

Jim Lembke: Mean and mad in Missouri

03 Thursday Mar 2011

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Think Progress‘ The Wonk Room spotlights more jackassery on the part of State Senator Jim Lembke (R-1) and a few of the impressionable, tea party cub scouts (Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-28), and Sen. Brian Nieves (R-98) have been mentioned) who made it into the legislature while the state’s adults weren’t paying attention:

In Missouri – where the unemployment rate is currently 9.5 percent – Republican state senators are filibustering legislation that needs to pass today in order to prevent unemployed workers from losing their benefits

With the aid of several conservative freshman senators, [Senator Jim] Lembke (R) managed to successfully hold up the debate on the bill, which funds unemployment benefits for those Missourian unemployed for between 79 and 99 weeks. The extension bill has already passed through the House and is expected to easily pass the Senate when it is called up for a vote.

“Ninety-nine weeks is too much,” Lembke said. “It’s too long. Enough is enough.”

The extended support actually affects folks who have been out of work for 79 weeks, but who’s counting, right? I hope a few of the more rational and informed types representing the unfortunate citizens of Missouri can manage to explain to Lembke that 79 weeks, 99 weeks, or 109 weeks would only be too much if he and his cohorts had done anything to address the lack of jobs that makes the unemployment compensation so crucial. It’s hard for Lembke to understand, perhaps, but non-existent jobs don’t provide paychecks for anyone. Maybe if he could get over his red light camera spleen fit (and, incidentally, face up to the fact that 70% of Missourians think they’re a great idea), he’d have a little more time to spare for crucial economic issues that face the state.

On second thought, I forgot – he has so much time for tantrums because the GOP in Missouri doesn’t have to do much about economic issues – all they need to do is put their brains on cruise control and follow instructions from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. Not that that particular anti-worker agenda is going to do much for those unemployed citizens Lembke believes have no need to eat or pay rent after ninety-nine weeks of fruitless job hunting have passed.

But it’s worth it, isn’t it, to let Jimmy Lembke and his playmates hold their breath, stamp their feet and send a message to mean old daddy …. I mean the federal government. Who wants to act like a grownup. Let them send all that taxpayer money to California instead of Missouri; just wait and see if Jimmy cares.

34th Senate District: “30 Day After Primary Election” campaign finance reports

10 Friday Sep 2010

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Previously: MoAvenger: a scrappy little Democratic broadsheet

We took notice of the race with this item at the MoAvenger:

…The primary race was so important that the Senate Republican committee (Majority Fund, Inc.), invested $113,000 to get DeStefano through the primary. Senator Shields added another $10,000 contribution to DeStefano’s race…

The establishment republican candidate lost in the primary. Big time.

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri Primary Election  – 2010 Primary Election

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

As announced by the Board of State Canvassers

on Tuesday, August 24, 2010

State Senator – District 34 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 66 of 66

Rucker, Martin T. DEM 8,806 100.0%

Schaaf, Rob REP 9,863 64.1%

DeStefano, John REP 5,513 35.9%

Total Votes   24,182

State Senator – District 34 – County

Rucker, Martin T. DEM

BUCHANAN 5,864

PLATTE 2,942

Schaaf, Rob  REP

BUCHANAN 4,988

PLATTE 4,875

DeStefano, John REP

BUCHANAN 1,716

PLATTE 3,797

The open seat race in November will be between Martin Rucker (D) and Rob Schaaf (r).

Martin Rucker (D) filed his amended “30 Day After Primary Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on September 9th:  

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: CITIZENS FOR RUCKER

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $112,004.43

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $16,307.13

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $128,311.56

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $10,161.43

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $124,337.05

[emphasis added]

It’s kind of nice to not have a primary.

Let’s take a look at the contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: CITIZENS FOR RUCKER

Report Date: 9/2/2010

Teamsters 245 PAF Springfield MO 08/27/2010 $700.00

IUPAT PAT 1750 Washington DC 08/27/2010 $1,000.00

St Joseph Bldg and Construction Trades Council St Joseph MO 08/27/2010 $300.00

I.B.E.W. Educational Committee Washington DC 08/07/2010 $1,000.00

Missouri State Council of Machinest PAC Bridgeton MO 08/07/2010 $250.00

Sheet Metal Workers Int’l Ass’n Local Union 36 St Louis MO 08/07/2010 $10,000.00

Missouri Renewable Fuels Association State PAC Jefferson City MO 08/07/2010 $650.00

Roofers Local #20 Raytown MO 08/07/2010 $250.00

Sheet Metal Workers Local #2 Kansas City MO 08/07/2010 $1,000.00

[emphasis added]

Organized labor (working people!).

Let’s take a look at the expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: CITIZENS FOR RUCKER

ReportDate: 9/2/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

US Bank – check printing $24.50

Office Depot – ink $34.46

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

Ward Printing St Joseph MO 08/02/2010 printing cost $212.17

Chamber of Commerce St Joseph MO 08/05/2010 $125.00

First Street Graphics St Joseph MO 08/05/2010 banner $143.24

Ward Printing St Joseph MO 08/27/2010 signs $2,122.77

Sam’s Club St Joseph MO 08/13/2010 food for campaign meeting $274.37

Yep, it’s nice to not have a primary.

Rob Schaaf (r), the successful republican from the primary, filed his “30 Day After Primary Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on September 2nd:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: SCHAAF FOR SENATE

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $234,003.37

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $75,065.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $309,068.37

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $273,181.27

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $31,716.38

[emphasis added]

There’s nothing like a republican primary for burning through that campaign cash. But, being a republican candidate, there’s always plenty more where that came from. What do you know?:

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

C081041 SCHAAF FOR SENATE [pdf] 9/2/2010

MO Doctors Mutual Insurance Co

St Joseph MO 64502 9/2/2010

$20,000.00

[emphasis added]

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

C081041 SCHAAF FOR SENATE [pdf] 8/27/2010

Cunningham Campaign Committee

Chestefield MO 8/27/2010

$5,000.00

[emphasis added]

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

C081041 SCHAAF FOR SENATE [pdf] 8/31/2010

Engler for Missouri

Farmington MO 8/31/2010

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

It must be nice to have friends with healthy checkbook balances.

Back to the campaign contributions in the “30 Day After Primary Election” campaign finance report:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: SCHAAF FOR SENATE

Report Date: 09/01/2010

MAFP PAC MO Academy of Family Physicians Jefferson City, MO 07/31/2010 $500.00

MO Eye PAC Jefferson City, MO 07/31/2010 $500.00

UniGroup, INC Fenton, MO 08/28/2010 $1,000.00

Sandra Ahlum Hannibal, MO Hannibal Clinic Inc. Doctor 08/28/2010 $500.00

Sabates Eye Centers Leawood, KS 07/31/2010 $250.00

Tom Dempsey Dempsey For Senate Saint Charles, MO 08/17/2010 $10,000.00

Tom Dempsey Dempsey For Senate Saint Charles, MO 07/27/2010 $2,000.00

Kevin Engler Engler for Missouri Farmington, MO 08/17/2010 $10,000.00

Doug Ervin Citizens To Elect Doug Ervin Kearney, MO 08/28/2010 $2,500.00

Life Sciences Fund Greater KC Chamber Life Sciences Fund Kansas City, MO 07/28/2010 $4,000.00

Life Sciences Fund Greater KC Chamber Life Sciences Fund Kansas City, MO 07/30/2010 $4,500.00

Lynn Griswold Lake Ozark, MO Medical Transportation 07/27/2010 $500.00

John Hagan III Kansas City, MO Discover Vision Centers Eye Surgeon 07/31/2010 $500.00

Diamond Healthcare Corp Saint Joseph, MO 08/19/2010 $500.00

Thomas Highland Columbia, MO Columbia Spinal Center Doctor 08/28/2010 $500.00

John Holds Saint Louis, MO Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Inc  07/26/2010 $500.00

John Holds Saint Louis, MO Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Inc 07/31/2010 $250.00

Charles Hughes Saint Joseph, MO Self Employed/Physician 07/27/2010 $1,000.00

David Humphreys Joplin, MO Tomko Roofing Products, Inc 07/30/2010 $2,500.00

Timothy Jones Citizens for Timothy Jones Eureka, MO 08/17/2010 $1,000.00

MO Society Of Anesthesiologists Jefferson City, MO 07/29/2010 $2,500.00

MO Medical PAC Jefferson City, MO 07/28/2010 $1,000.00

MO Podiatry PAC Jefferson City, MO 08/28/2010 $300.00

PFHC Pac Union, MO 08/28/2010 $2,500.00

David Pearce Pearce For Senate Warrensburg, MO 08/28/2010 $1,000.00

Supporters Of Health Research & Treatmen Saint Louis, MO 607/26/2010 $4,000.00

Supporters Of Health Research & Treatmen Saint Louis, MO 07/28/2010 $4,500.00

Alfred Shaplin Ballwin, MO 63011-5115 Self-Employed/ Physician 08/19/2010 $1,000.00

The medical profession industrial complex and republican politicians.

Let’s take a look at the expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: SCHAAF FOR SENATE

ReportDate: 09/01/2010

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Credit Card Processing $15.75

Donation $16.00

Parade Fee $120.00

Postage $153.38

Printing $81.18

Voter Data $25.00

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

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/30/2010 Radio Buy $1,719.62

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 08/03/2010 Advocacy Calls $4,245.60

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/30/2010 Media Buy $5,017.50

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/30/2010 Radio Production $360.00

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/29/2010 Direct Mail $10,345.06

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/28/2010 Direct Mail $6,592.19

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/29/2010 TV Commercial Production $1,930.00

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/29/2010 Radio Buy $453.88

Victory Enterprises Davenport, IA 07/23/2010 Postage $12,163.03

Kevin Hageman Jefferson City, MO 07/30/2010 Printing $1,000.68

Kevin Hageman Jefferson City, MO 07/28/2010 Printing $3,741.79

Postmaster Jefferson City, MO 07/26/2010 Postage $117.04

Show Me Printing Jefferson City, MO 07/29/2010 Printing $409.36

Patrick Ishmael Kansas City, MO 08/10/2010 Travel Expense $121.00

AAA Mailing Service Jefferson City, MO 07/23/2010 Envelope Printing $356.03

Nicole Brown Jefferson City, MO 08/19/2010 Fundraising Commission $11,082.50

Nicole Brown Jefferson City, 07/28/2010 Printing $123.84

Nicole Brown Jefferson City, MO 08/19/2010 Primary Bonus $2,000.00

Nicole Brown Jefferson City, MO 08/19/2010 Fundraising Expense $250.00

Sandweiss Koster Kansas City, MO 07/30/2010 Radio Buy $1,150.00

Pittman Printing Liberty, MO 07/29/2010 Printing $6,674.69

Conquest Communications Group Richmond, VA 07/30/2010 Advocacy Call $1,493.10

Conquest Communications Group Richmond, VA 08/03/2010 Advocacy Call $635.60

Cornerstone Strategies Jefferson City, MO 08/02/2010 Data Management $500.00

Cornerstone Strategies Jefferson City, MO 08/20/2010 Fuel $219.00

Cornerstone Strategies Jefferson City, MO 08/13/2010 Primary Bonus $5,450.00

Cornerstone Strategies Jefferson City, MO 08/03/2010 Fuel $656.48

Cornerstone Strategies Jefferson City, MO 08/02/2010 Grassroots Strategy $1,730.00

Ethos Strategies Platte City, MO 08/10/2010 Primary Bonus $5,000.00

Ethos Strategies Platte City, MO 08/02/2010 Travel Expense $115.20

Ethos Strategies Platte City, MO 08/02/2010 Grassroots Strategy $1,500.00

Postmaster Saint Joseph, MO 08/26/2010 Postage $220.00

Postmaster Saint Joseph, MO 08/09/2010 Postage $1,142.76

Postmaster Saint Joseph, MO 07/24/2010 Postage $1,320.00

Kyle Blaylock Kansas City, MO 08/02/2010 Travel Expense $129.00

Direct Mail Strategies Inc Kansas City, MO 07/29/2010 Postage $2,069.86

Direct Mail Strategies Inc Kansas City, MO 07/29/2010 Printing $2,383.29

Adam Arredondo Kansas City, MO 08/02/2010 Travel Expenses $50.00

Dustin Mott Saint Joseph, MO 08/02/2010 Travel Expense $50.00

Michael Saunders Kansas City, MO 08/10/2010 Travel Expense $62.00

Nathaniel Rockett Saint Joseph, MO 08/24/2010 Travel Expense $42.50

Nathaniel Rockett Saint Joseph, MO 08/10/2010 Travel Expense $15.00

Joshua Johnson Kansas City, MO 08/10/2010 Travel Expense $15.00

Goin Postal Platte City, MO 08/19/2010 Signs $1,333.41

[emphasis added]

It must be nice work if you can get it.

John DeStefano (r), the unsuccessful republican from the primary, filed his “30 Day After Primary Election” campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on September 3rd:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: DESTEFANO FOR SENATE

ReportDate: 9/1/2010

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $137,905.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $90,545.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $228,450.00

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $227,138.81

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $411.19

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This is interesting:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: DESTEFANO FOR SENATE

Report Date: 7/25/2010

Majority Fund, Inc Jefferson City, MO 07/15/2010 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: DESTEFANO FOR SENATE

Report Date: 9/1/2010

Majority Fund Inc Jefferson City, MO 07/24/2010 $30,000.00

Re-Elect Rupp for Senate Wentzville, MO 07/28/2010 $10,000.00

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Well, somebody had to pay for all of this:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: DESTEFANO FOR SENATE

ReportDate: 9/1/2010

Axiom Strategies Kansas City, MO 07/29/2010 Direct Mails $12,265.05

Axiom Strategies Kansas City, MO 07/29/2010 Direct Mails $21,161.44

Axiom Strategies Kansas City, MO 07/29/2010 Phone Program $6,000.00

Axiom Strategies Kansas City, MO 08/02/2010 Walk Piece Creative and Printing $2,251.00

Axiom Strategies Kansas City, MO 08/02/2010 Consulting Fees, fliers, expenses $13,549.77

It must be nice work if you can get it.