The republican majority in the Missouri General Assembly, you know, the ones who brought you Proposition A – “right to get paid less”…
This past weekend at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the HRCC:
C091068 08/19/2018 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, INC Uniting Missouri PAC PO Box 444 Farmington MO 63640 8/18/2018 $50,000.00
How nice for them. There were quite a few more contributions for the HRCC in this batch.
That particular contribution is from a new PAC:
C180490: Uniting Missouri Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 444
Farmington Mo 63640
Established Date: 06/29/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $100.00
Monetary Receipts + $225,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $75.70
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $224,924.30
Ending Money On Hand $225,024.30
[emphasis added]
That’s a significant remaining balance.
“John Hancock, Chairman” Heh.
And where does Uniting Missouri PAC get its money?:
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MARK GARDNER 4803 S NATIONAL AVE STE 300 SPRINGFIELD MO 65810 GARDNER CAPITAL INC 7/18/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MACO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC PO BOX 68 CLARKTON MO 63837 7/18/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC SPIRE MISSOURI INC 700 MARKET ST ST LOUIS MO 63101 7/18/2018 $20,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC EXPRESS SCRIPTS ONE EXPRESS WAY 5226 STATE ROAD H ST LOUIS MO 63121 7/18/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC PHOENIX HOME CARE 3033 S KANSAS EXPRESSWAY SPRINGFIELD MO 65807 7/18/2018 $20,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 18500 N ALLIED WAY PHOENIX AZ 85054 7/18/2018 $10,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC TORCH ELECTRONICS LLC 17650 GARDEN RIDGE CIRCLE WILDWOOD MO 63038 7/18/2018 $10,000.00
C180490 07/19/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC STERLING BANCSHARES INC 1100 STERLING DRIVE POPLAR BLUFF MO 63901 7/18/2018 $20,000.00
C180490 07/25/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC RIGHTCHOICE MANAGED CARE INC 3075 VANDERCAR WAY AP OH3403-A300 CINCINNATI OH 45209 7/25/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 08/15/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC ANHEUSER BUSCH ONE BUSCH PLACE ST LOUIS MO 63118 8/13/2018 $10,000.00
Uniting Missouri under corporate special interests is more like it.
It’s their world, the rest of us get to live in it.
If only there was an initiative on the November ballot…
Previously:
Campaign Finance: teaching your children well (August 20, 2018)