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Campaign Finance: Attorney General Chris Koster (D) makes it through those August doldrums…

07 Wednesday Sep 2011

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…but it’s still quiet for Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r). You’ve got to wonder why.

This past week at the 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

C031159 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER [pdf] 9/2/2011

Express Scripts, Inc.

One Express Way

Saint Louis, MO 63121

9/1/2011

$10,000.00

[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

C031159 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER [pdf] 9/4/2011

Carey & Danis, LLC

8235 Forsyth Blvd. Suite 1100

Saint Louis, MO 63105

9/2/2011

$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

C031159 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER [pdf] 9/6/2011

Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher and

Hayes LLP

112 Madison Ave. 7th Florr

New York , NY 10016

9/6/2011

$20,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yep, for Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r) the high dollar drought continues…

1965 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/27/2011

1946 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/19/2011….

[emphasis added]

That August doldrums thing wasn’t just a convenient excuse, was it?

Kinder Camp Explains Recent Drop in Donations

Kevin Killeen

August 26, 2011 9:00 AM

….Kinder’s campaign says the lull in fundraising is intentional and was planned well before the scandal hit – to give donors a breather….

Campaign Finance: still no money for Peter?

03 Saturday Sep 2011

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Your Friday contribution reporting dump at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000960 09/02/2011 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE James Nutter Sr 1201 W 66th St Kansas City MO 64113 JB Nutter & Co 9/2/2011 $10,000.00

C000960 09/02/2011 MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Jay Nixon for Missouri PO Box 143 Jefferson City MO 65101 9/2/2011 $27,000.00

C091068 09/02/2011 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 9/2/2011 $15,000.00

C111073 09/02/2011 YOUR VOTE COUNTS The Humane Society of the United States 700 Professional Drive Gaithersburg MD 20879 8/31/2011 $10,981.25

C031159 09/02/2011 MISSOURIANS FOR KOSTER Express Scripts, Inc. One Express Way Saint Louis MO 63121 9/1/2011 $10,000.00

C001135 09/02/2011 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Cerner Corporation PAC 2800 Rockcreek Parkway Kansas City MO 64117 9/1/2011 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

And, still, for Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r) the drought continues…

1965 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/27/2011

1946 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/19/2011….

[emphasis added]

Campaign Finance: somebody's still raising big bucks for 2012, part 2

01 Thursday Sep 2011

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Previously: Campaign Finance: somebody’s still raising big bucks for 2012 (August 23, 2011)

It’s just that lately it hasn’t been Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r).

Today, at the 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

C001135 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 8/31/2011

UA Political Education Committee

3 Park Place

Annapolis, MD 21401

8/30/2011

$25,000.00

[emphasis added]

And, still, for Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r) the drought continues…

1965 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/27/2011

1946 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/19/2011….

[emphasis added]

You think the usual suspects are voting with their checkbooks? Just asking.

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (r): the republican cult of the victim

30 Tuesday Aug 2011

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Previously:

Okay, this is really funny in a schadenfreude kind of way (August 18, 2011)

Kinder losing brownie points with major donor (August 19, 2011)

Campaign Finance: somebody’s still raising big bucks for 2012 (August 23, 2011)

Peter Kinder sent a lengthy communication to his e-mail list today. Let’s see, God, guns, gays, abortion, and Obamacare. Check, check, check, check, and check. Did we mention Obamacare? Yes, and check. Oh, and Democrats are mean and everything. Jay Nixon, too.

Curiously, there was no mention of family values.  

From: Team Kinder (team@teamkinder.com)

To: [….]

Sent: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 [….]

Subject: Message from Lt. Governor Peter Kinder

Fellow Missourian:

I am communicating directly with you so you don’t have to sort through all the spin by the press and bloggers whose agenda have replaced the truth and facts….

Bloggers? Who, us?

…While my opponents’ operatives have taken advantage of a situation you may have heard of, I accept complete responsibility and apologize to you for my actions of almost 17 years ago as a single man.

With that being said, I strongly oppose the notion that Republicans should allow Democrat dirty tricks or media bias to disqualify or choose the Republican nominee for Governor.

Who should be the Republican nominee for Governor in 2012?

I believe that question should be answered by Republican voters and activists, not the media, and certainly not the self-described kingmakers, nor the special interests and insiders.  

There are 15 months until the election. I have not announced for Governor. I have not filed nor have I been nominated to be the Republican candidate; yet, some insiders and media pundits are calling for me to bow out of a race I have not even entered.

In my entire career nothing has been given to me.  I have never had an easy race. I first ran for state Senate in 1992. My opponent was a former First Lady of our state who had been her Party’s gubernatorial nominee four years earlier. With the help of hundreds of volunteers, I came from behind to win making me the first Republican ever to represent any Bootheel counties in the Missouri Senate.

I have had to fight and work hard to win every battle.  After almost 20 years of service, I am not going to quit now without letting the rank and file of our Party be part of the process. Part of that process is letting you and others know the REAL RECORD and the REAL REASON the Democrats supporting Jay Nixon have orchestrated these early personal attacks.

In the Missouri Senate, I sponsored, passed and worked to override the governor’s veto of Missouri’s first ban on partial-birth abortion.

I sponsored legislation defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

In 2001, I led Republicans to their first Senate majority in over 50 years. Upon my election to Senate President Pro Tem, I immediately bucked senior members of the party by instituting reforms, eliminating corruption, and cutting the budget by almost 20 percent.

As President Pro Tem, I sponsored and won approval for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a measure that restores the highest constitutional protections for the fundamental right to worship.  Under my leadership we passed Missouri’s Conceal and Carry Law, which gave law abiding citizens the right to carry a firearm.

I took on Jay Nixon when he was Attorney General, uncovering insider contracts where he paid trial attorneys over $20,000 an hour for work on the state’s tobacco settlement which robbed taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars.

I worked to pass legislation establishing a sales-tax holiday in Missouri giving families relief from sales tax for a three-day period to assist them with buying clothes and supplies for school. My innovative tax relief is helping Missouri’s economy by increasing retail sales at the same time it helps Missouri families.

For over almost two decades I have fought and successfully sponsored the creation of Charter schools that give urban children and parents a choice for the first time, and more importantly, a chance of succeeding.

In 2004, I faced the popular former Secretary of State and came from behind.  I was the first Republican to be elected Lt. Governor in nearly 30 years. In 2008, when Republicans across the country lost in the Democrat landslide election, I was the only Republican to win statewide.

As Acting Governor in 2005, I signed into law the Missouri Military Family Relief Fund.  The Fund makes grants available to families of persons who are members of the Missouri National Guard or Missouri residents who are members of the reserves and have been called into active duty as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Since being elected your Lt. Governor, I have returned money to taxpayers every year.  Last year alone I returned almost 10 percent of my budget to the state treasury.

Last August, Missourians rejected the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Healthcare Bill by passing Proposition C by over 70 percent. Despite this result, Governor Nixon refused to act on behalf of Missouri Taxpayers.  In-fact Nixon continues to spend your tax dollars to prepare for the implementation of the federal mandates required by Obamacare. I acted by raising private money and have financed a constitutional challenge against the federal mandate requiring individuals to carry health insurance. Twenty-one states and executive and legislative officials in four other states have signed on to support my constitutional challenge which is likely to end up in the Supreme Court.  

I have always been a team player. Four years ago, I chose not to run for Governor to preserve party unity and commited [sic] myself to helping other Republicans. Last year alone, I raised and donated over $300,000 for Republican candidates, raised money for the Republican Party and attended over 50 fundraisers for legislative candidates.

Today we are at a crossroads.  Missouri’s economy is languishing in ruin and the current Governor has done nothing. Missouri had the third worst job loss rate in the country last year and ranks 49 out of 50 states in monthly employment growth

since January 2009. No state has suffered a longer drought in employment growth than Missouri. From January 2009 to March 2010, Missouri saw 14 consecutive months of decline in employment. Nearly 83,000 jobs have disappeared since Jay Nixon became Governor.

What can a Governor do to help create jobs?  In Missouri, we have looked to other states with innovative Governors to find an answer.  Our current Governor continues to embarrass our state by showing Governors across the country what not to do.  A defining example of Jay Nixon’s dereliction of duty occurred in 2009.  While Governors from other states were meeting with Harley Davidson to try and lure jobs to their states, Governor Nixon cancelled his appointment with the company choosing to spend the day at the State Fair.  This inexcusable behavior contributed to a major loss of what could have been nearly 1,300 good paying jobs.  Another example is Jay Nixon’s refusal to return calls from the official in his administration tasked with helping create Missouri jobs.  For this reason, Governor Nixon’s Director of Economic Development resigned in frustration stating she had been “unable to meet” the governor “to discuss and reconcile our different views on how to move the state… forward.”  You deserve better.

I believe in our state, and I believe the people of this state have an untapped greatness. I am committed to waging a winning campaign as I have done 5 times befor
e.

But before I make my decision, I will begin a statewide tour and visit every corner of the state and meet with conservatives, grassroots activists and all Missouri voters, while listening to you and your concerns. I will share the details of my plans of how we can restore Missouri’s greatness by creating new higher paying jobs, cutting waste and fraud of taxpayers’ dollars, improving schools, and rebuilding our communities.

Before I make my final decision, I want the chance to earn your trust so together we make the difference you deserve. Together we can chart a course to win in November 2012. Without your support I cannot succeed, and I will not run if I cannot win. The decision should reside in your hands, not a few powerbrokers or the media.  If I were not a real threat to their politics as usual and out of control spending, they would not be attacking me so viciously and falsely.

I cannot express enough my appreciation for your friendship and support.  I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail soon!

Your friend,

Peter D. Kinder

[….]

Paid for by Friends of Peter Kinder, Ernie Lee, Treasurer

This message was sent to [….] from:

Friends of Peter Kinder | PO Box 712

| Jefferson City, MO 65102-0712

“…Missouri had the third worst job loss rate in the country last year and ranks 49 out of 50 states in monthly employment growth

since January 2009. No state has suffered a longer drought in employment growth than Missouri. From January 2009 to March 2010, Missouri saw 14 consecutive months of decline in employment. Nearly 83,000 jobs have disappeared…”

And which party controlled both houses of the General Assembly during that period? Anyone? Anyone?

So, if we have really low taxes and our employment numbers suck and other states have higher taxes and better employment numbers what does that tell us? Maybe that continual investment in public infrastructure and services attracts development and employers? Go figure.

“…The decision should reside in your hands, not a few powerbrokers or the media…”

Are bloggers powerbrokers or media? Just asking.

Campaign Finance: there is another?

26 Friday Aug 2011

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Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r) may not be getting the high dollar contributions of late, but, there is another. Today, at the 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

C091153 SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR [pdf] 8/26/2011

Roy Pfautch

52 Portland Pl

St Louis, MO 63108

Civic Service President

8/26/2011

$10,000.00

[emphasis added]

In case Peter Kinder’s campaign crashes and burns, there is another? Well, at least for a place for republican sugar daddies to drop their big bucks contributions.

Campaign Finance: somebody's still raising big bucks for 2012, part 2

25 Thursday Aug 2011

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Previously: Campaign Finance: somebody’s still raising big bucks for 2012 (August 23, 2011)

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C001135 08/25/2011 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Holman Schiavone, LLC 4600 Madison Suite 810 Kansas City MO 64112 8/23/2011 $10,000.00

C001135 08/25/2011 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI SNR Denton One Metropolitan Square Suite 3000 Saint Louis MO 63102 8/24/2011 $7,500.00

[emphasis added]

It’s still pretty quiet over in Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder’s (r) high dollar fundraising corner. You’ve got to wonder why.

Campaign Finance: somebody's still raising big bucks for 2012

24 Wednesday Aug 2011

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It’s just that lately it hasn’t been Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder (r).

Today, at the 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

C001135 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI [pdf] 8/23/2011

UAW Region 5 PAC

721 Dunn Road

Hazelwood, MO 63042

8/23/2011

$50,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yep, it’s been a bit quiet since July when it comes to the Lieutenant Governor’s (r) high dollar fundraising:

COMMITTEE: MECID:C091145

FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER

1965 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/27/2011

1946 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/19/2011

1929 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/14/2011

1920 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/13/2011

1912 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/12/2011

1908 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/11/2011

1902 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/11/2011

1901 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/11/2011

1887 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/06/2011

1879 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/02/2011

1877 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/02/2011

1876 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/02/2011

1868 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/01/2011

1867 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/01/2011

1866 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/01/2011

1864 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 07/01/2011

1859 Report of Contribution Received >$500 During Legislative Session 07/01/2011

[emphasis added]

Go figure.

Oh, you meant the states!

20 Saturday Aug 2011

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They’re starting to desert the sinking ship:

More trouble for Kinder: Donor, party official want him to step aside

“….With the possible exceptions of California or Nevada, would-be governors just don’t take pictures of themselves with porn models,” Garrison wrote on Thursday. “Mr. Kinder’s attempts at damage control in the newspapers today – who stops at a ‘pantless’ bar just to use the bathroom? – do not pass the laugh test….”

Evidently not the cities in Moniteau or Vernon Counties.

Okay, this is really funny in a schadenfreude kind of way

18 Thursday Aug 2011

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Another Missouri republican breaks through the national mockery threshold:

@pwire Taegan Goddard

Headline of the Day: “Kinder says his only relationship with stripper was to watch her dance.” pwire.at/nawYdJ 5 hours ago via bitly

Well, well.

@MBersin Michael Bersin

@pwire Mo. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (r): a patron of the arts. 4 hours ago

Cue republicans complaining about Democrats being mean:

Kinder says his only relationship with stripper was to watch her dance

By Jo Mannies, Beacon political reporter  

Updated 12:39 pm Thu., 8.18.11

….Kinder and Barklage echoed previous assertions by the lieutenant governor’s campaign, and the state Republican Party, that state Democrats were behind the story and have helped keep it going.

Those assertions have been denied by the state Democratic Party and campaign operatives for Gov. Jay Nixon.

However, state Democrats have issued releases or made press calls almost daily raising questions about Kinder’s alleged behavior, as asserted by Chapman, and his strip club visits….

Oh, woe.

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