You may have noticed that we spend a lot of time perusing campaign finance reports available online from the Missouri Ethics Commission. We see interesting things.
For instance, this political action committee:
C051257: Citizens For Insurance Reform
Committee Type: Political Action
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101 Established Date: 11/02/2005
[….]
Treasurer [….]
Donna Schellman
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101
[emphasis added]
And this political action committee:
C051251: Alliance For Elderly Health Care
Committee Type: Political Action
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101 Established Date: 11/01/2005
[….]
Treasurer [….]
Donna Schellman
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101
[emphasis added]
And this political action committee:
C051259: Citizens For New Health Care Concepts
Committee Type: Political Action
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101 Established Date: 11/02/2005
[….]
Treasurer [….]
Donna Schellman
101 East High Street
Jefferson City Mo 65101
Fancy that.
You’d think all these citizens and alliances would be grass rootsie. You’d think.
C051257: Citizens For Insurance Reform
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $3,582.50
Monetary Receipts + $4,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $0.00
Contributions Made – $7,500.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($3,500.00)
Ending Money On Hand $82.50
They took in $4,000.00, disbursed $7,500.00 and had a balance at the end of the quarter of $82.50. That’s cutting it close.
Some of the details:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
CITIZENS FOR INSURANCE REFORM [pdf] 1/13/2016
Capital Health Management, Inc. PO Box 7688 Columbia, MO 65205 12/1/2015 $4,000.00
[….]
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Schmitt For Missouri PO Box 220722 Kirkwood MO 63122 12/3/2015 $2,500.00
Missourians For Peter Kinder PO Box 712 Jefferson City MO 65102 12/14/2015 $2,500.00
Hanaway for Governor, Inc. 7509 NW Tiffany Springs Parkway, Ste. 300 Kansas City MO 64153 12/31/2015 $2,500.00
[emphasis added]
Aside from giving the same amount to rival republican gubernatorial candidates, nothing particularly remarkable.
Then there’s this:
C051251: Alliance For Elderly Health Care
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $4,298.05
Monetary Receipts + $4,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $0.00
Contributions Made – $7,500.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($3,500.00)
Ending Money On Hand $798.05
[emphasis added]
They took in $4,000.00, disbursed $7,500.00 and had a balance at the end of the quarter of $798.05. Other than the balance, it’s all so familiar.
Some of the details:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
ALLIANCE FOR ELDERLY HEALTH CARE [pdf] 1/13/2016
Capital Health Management, Inc. PO Box 7688 Columbia, MO 65205 12/1/2015 $4,000.00
[….]
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Schmitt For Missouri PO Box 220722 Kirkwood MO 63122 12/3/2015 $2,500.00
Anne Zerr For Missouri PO Box 1191 St Charles MO 63302 12/10/2015 $2,500.00
Missourians For Peter Kinder PO Box 712 Jefferson City MO 65102 12/14/2015 $2,500.00
[emphasis added]
What, nothing for Catherine Hanaway (r)?
And there’s this:
C051259: Citizens For New Health Care Concepts
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $2,896.05
Monetary Receipts + $4,000.00
Monetary Expenditures – $0.00
Contributions Made – $5,000.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($1,000.00)
Ending Money On Hand $1,896.05
[emphasis added]
They took in $4,000.00 and disbursed $5,000.00. They didn’t have enough to drop another $2,500.00 on another candidate.
Still, it’s all so familiar:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED
CITIZENS FOR NEW HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS [pdf] 1/13/2016
Capital Health Management, Inc. PO Box 7688 Columbia, MO 65205 12/1/2015 $4,000.00
[….]
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
Missourians For Peter Kinder PO Box 712 Jefferson City MO 65102 12/14/2015 $2,500.00
Schmitt For Missouri PO Box 220722 Kirkwood MO 63122 12/3/2015 $2,500.00
[emphasis added]
Nothing for Catherine Hanaway (r) again. Not that her campaign has a history of suffering.
You’ve just got to love the “sincere” committee names. But, wouldn’t it have been easier just to write one check?