Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C141055 02/29/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Pauline Keinath 12342 Creekhaven Dr St Louis MO 63131 Requested Requested 2/29/2016 $20,000.00

The pace has been picking up of late. Sort of.

Previously:

But, but, corporations are supposed to be people, right? (April 14, 2012)

How “a broad based coalition” is now defined in Missouri and America (September 13, 2014)

Campaign Finance: we almost forgot (December 29, 2015)

Catherine Hanaway (r) – January 2016 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report – “It used to be a lot better” (January 16, 2016)

Flailing away at the back of the pack (January 23, 2016)

Campaign Finance: shell game (January 24, 2016)

Campaign Finance: wholly owned subsidiary (February 24, 2016)

Catherine Hanaway (r) [2014 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C141055 02/27/2016 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC First Rule Film & Broadcast, LLC 1034 S Brentwood Blvd Suite 1700 St Louis MO 63117 2/25/2016 $58,729.04

[emphasis added]

That’s a unique amount. Obscure symbolism aside (if any), that’s got to be an in-kind contribution. Yep [pdf].

Who are they? Via the Missouri Secretary of State:

Name(s) First Rule Film and Broadcast
Address 1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 1700
St. Louis, MO 63117

Type Fictitious Name Charter No. X01360659
Status Fictitious Active
Date Formed 12/4/2013
Expiration Date 12/4/2018

And the owner?:

Pelopidas, L.L.C. Organization
1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 1700

St. Louis, MO 63117
12/4/2013

Ah. That’s quite a circle. Well, how generous of them.

Previously:

But, but, corporations are supposed to be people, right? (April 14, 2012)

How “a broad based coalition” is now defined in Missouri and America (September 13, 2014)

Campaign Finance: we almost forgot (December 29, 2015)

Catherine Hanaway (r) – January 2016 Quarterly Campaign Finance Report – “It used to be a lot better” (January 16, 2016)

Flailing away at the back of the pack (January 23, 2016)

Campaign Finance: shell game (January 24, 2016)

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?

Catherine Hanaway’s 2016 gubernatorial campaign filed its January quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 15th.

Catherine Hanaway (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Not a particularly stellar fundraising quarter in comparison to others:

C141055: Hanaway For Governor, Inc

Committee Type: Candidate
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Party Affiliation: Republican
Kansas City Mo 64153 Established Date: 02/14/2014
[….]

Information Reported On: 2016 – January Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,543,896.83
Monetary Receipts + $137,583.35
Monetary Expenditures – $130,846.84
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $16,078.68
Subtotal ($9,342.17)
Ending Money On Hand $1,534,554.66

[emphasis added]

Contributions broken down by Missouri and out-of-state reported on Catherine Hanaway’s(r) quarterly campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 15, 2016

Still, the ending money on hand is enough to do damage in the primary.

Contributions reported on Catherine Hanaway’s (r) quarterly campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 15, 2016.

There were fifty-two contributions of $1,000.00 or higher – out of a total of just over 150 contributions for the quarter.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC [pdf] 1/15/2016
[….]

Camel of Joe 9150 Clayton Rd St Louis MO 63124 10/2/2015 Prayer cards $48.84

Paramount Business Jets 673 Potomac Station Dr Leesburg VA 20178 10/16/2015 Flying SC governor in for a fundraiser $10,190.75

Grote and Associates 28 N St Suite 217 Columbia MO 65201 10/26/2015 Fundraising fee $16,645.40

Graphics Factory 11/2/21560 Axminister Dr Fenton MO 63026 05 RV Wrap $2,588.11

[emphasis added]

Prayer cards?

Over $10,000.00 to fly the Governor of South Carolina in for a fundraiser? That was about as effective as the republican response to the State of the Union, eh?

RV Wrap! Land yacht!

Previously:

Catherine Hanaway (r) – July 2015 Campaign Finance Report (July 17, 2015)

Campaign Finance: we almost forgot (December 29, 2015)

It’s been a while. Then again, there’s no need to scramble when a single source funds most of your campaign.

$1.5 million can do a lot of damage in a primary:

C141055: Hanaway For Governor, Inc
Committee Type: Candidate
7509 Nw Tiffany Springs Parkway Suite 300 Party Affiliation: Republican
Kansas City Mo 64153 Established Date: 02/14/2014
[….]
Information Reported On: 2015 – October Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $1,505,492.56
Monetary Receipts + $166,090.00
Monetary Expenditures – $116,765.81
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $4,877.10
Subtotal $44,447.09
Ending Money On Hand $1,549,939.65
[….]

[emphasis added]

Catherine Hanaway (r) [August 2015 file photo].

Plodding along.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C141055 12/28/2015 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Committee to Elect Ron Richard P O Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 12/28/2015 $10,000.00

Do you think the Former Speakers Club has a secret handshake, too? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Who? (November 10, 2015)

It’s been a while.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 gubernatorial campaign:

C141055 11/10/2015 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR, INC Lelia Farr 1 Fair Oaks Drive St Louis MO 63124 None Community Volunteer 11/10/2015 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

$10,000.00 used to be considered serious money.