Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111205 02/20/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Peter Gommers 36 Brighton Park Dr. St Charles MO 63303 Alpha Packaging VP of Operations 2/20/2012 $1,000.00

emphasis added]

It must be nice to have colleagues who can write those large checks.

Home economics and beer. That makes sense, if you think about it.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR August Busch III One Mid Rivers Mall Dr. St Peters MO 63376 Retired Retired 2/14/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Thomas Suntrup 10340 Manchester Rd. St Louis MO 63122 Suntrup Automotive Executive 2/14/2012 $1,000.00

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR FTL Capital Partners LLC 1215 Fern Ridge Pkwy Ste. 216 St Louis MO 63141 2/14/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR HTH Technologies 2021 Congressional Dr. St Louis MO 63146 2/14/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Nelson Grumney Jr 2 St. Andrews Dr. St Louis MO 63124 Neland Investment Management LLC Executive 2/14/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 02/14/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Steven Trulaske Sr 7700 Forsyth Blvd. Ste. 1220 St Louis MO 63105 True Manufacturing Co. Executive 2/14/2012 $50,000.00

[emphasis added]

That’s $91,000.00, if you’re counting.

….Maybe everyone should just use one tune for their campaign soundtrack:

Uh, yep.

Quick, more lightbulbs

Full PPP Poll out tomorrow. (Get marshmellows). The other teasers: Brunner up, Steelman/Akin down, Mitt 3rd in the caucus.

Just wait until the voters hear about Dave Spence’s fraternity leadership. That’ll get Spence ($2.3M on hand/$65K spent) past Randles ($5K on hand/$58K spent) for sure.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C001135 01/29/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, LLC 20 Marshall Street Suite 106 South Norwalk CT 06854 1/27/2012 $10,000.00

C001135 01/29/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Gray, Ritter & Graham, PC 701 Market Street Suite 800 Saint Louis MO 63101 1/27/2012 $100,000.00

C001135 01/29/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Clyde Turner Route 1 Box 4350 Naylor MO 63953 Retired Retired 1/27/2012 $1,200.00

C001135 01/29/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Alvarez & Marsal PAC 2001 K Street, NW Suite 803 Washington DC 20006 1/27/2012 $2,000.00

[emphasis added]

Dave Spence (r) really can’t complain:

C111205 01/26/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Missouri Professionals Mutual 287 N. Lindbergh Blvd. St Louis MO 63141 1/26/2012 $25,000.00

C111205 01/27/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Committee to Elect Ron Richard PO Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 1/27/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 01/27/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Leslie Goldberg 38 Portland Dr. Frontenac MO 63131 Self Homemaker 1/27/2012 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

Think this one will suck all of the fundraising oxygen out of the state?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C001135 01/19/2012 JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI Democratic Governors Association – Missouri 2201 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 320 Washington DC 20007 1/19/2012 $55,000.00

[emphasis added]

Even when your opponents consistently self destruct it’s nice to have friends.

Dave Spence, a republican candidate for governor, filed his January quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission today:

REPORT SUMMARY

SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR [pdf] 1/17/2012

1. Total Receipts For This Election Previously Reported $0.00

2. All Monetary Contributions Received This Period $2,373,084.54

10. Expenditures made by cash or check this period $65,507.59

34. Total Indebtedness at the Close of This Reporting Period $0.00

[emphasis added]

Zero to two million in one quarter. That would be impressive if it came in $10.00 increments. Think again.

Let’s take a look at the contributions:

CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED

SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR 1/17/2012

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,668.54

Richard Arnoldy 418 Yorkshire Place Webster Groves MO 63119 ARCO Construction — General Contractor 11/29/2011 $2,500.00

Daniel Creston 415 Sheffield Estate Dr. Creve Coeur MO 63141 Alpha Packaging — EVP 11/29/2011 $25,000.00

William Koman One Forest Ridge Place St. Louis MO 63105 The Koman Group — President & CEO 11/29/2011 $100,000.00

Doug McCollum 453 Shetland Valley Ct. Chesterfield MO 63005 SpiritJets — Owner 11/29/2011 $250.00

Randy Graham 754 Havenwood Circle Dr. St. Louis MO 63122 JW Terrill — Insurance 11/30/2011 $2,500.00

Richard Nix 35 Huntleigh Woods St. Louis MO 63131 RP Group — Restauranteur 11/30/2011 $500.00

Mark Shepherd 4201 Boulder Drive Parker TX 75002 TricorBraun — EVP 11/30/2011 $250.00

Dave Spence 2021 S. Warson Road Ladue MO 63124 Alpha Packaging — Executive 11/30/2011 $2,000,000.0[0]

Michael Burgamy 8445 Witez Ct. Parker CO 80134 Self — Investments 12/1/2011 $1,000.00

Robert O’Brien 121 Linden Ave. St. Louis MO 63105 OB Capital — Executive 12/1/2011 $100,000.00

Edward Williams 160 S. Mason Road Creve Coeur MO 63141 Good Earth Tools — President 12/2/2011 $2,500.00

Jason Boyd 13176 Royal Pines Dr. St. Louis MO 63146 SpiritJets — Owner 12/5/2011 $250.00

Kerby Claney 3032 Regis Drive St. Louis MO 63131 Stifel Bank — Mortgage Banker 12/5/2011 $250.00

Richard Marra 463 Cheshire Farm Lane Town & Country MO 63141 Mercer Investment Consulting — Investment Consulting 12/5/2011 $250.00

Andrew Spann 32 Clermont Lane St. Louis MO 63124 Hercules Window Cleaning — President 12/5/2011 $500.00

Keith Strope 16702 Wills Trace Ct. Wildwood MO 63005 TricorBraun — CEO 12/5/2011 $10,000.00

Rebecca Vaughn 83 River Road West Newbury MA 1985 Self — Homemaker 12/5/2011 $500.00

A. Joseph Creston 102 Dewey St. Pittsburgh PA 15218 Retired — Retired 12/6/2011 $500.00

William Dean 10205 Manchester Kirkwood MO 63122 Dean Team — Car Dealer 12/6/2011 $5,000.00

Edin Hadziefendic 9214 Niles Place St. Louis MO 63123 Dean Team — Sales 12/6/2011 $500.00

Tom Harmon 13 South Covington Meadows Olivette MO 63132 Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging — President 12/6/2011 $1,000.00

John Baily 28791 W. Harvest Glen Circle Cary IL 60013 Alpha Packaging — EVP-Sales 12/7/2011 $5,000.00

Ken Ford 29 Thorncliff Lane Kirkwood MO 63122 AmerisourceBergen — Sales 12/7/2011 $250.00

All American Containers Inc. 9330 N.W. 110th Ave. Miami FL 33178 12/7/2011 $5,000.00

Tim Murch 2827 Clark Ave. St. Louis MO 63103 MMMM — President & CEO 12/8/2011 $200.00

George Abd 1025 Savonne Court Chesterfield MO 63005 Pretium Packaging — CEO 12/9/2011 $250.00

Kevin Maher 27 Upper Ladue Road St. Louis MO 63124 St. Charles Automotive — President 12/9/2011 $10,000.00

Michael Meuser 6 Majestic Ct. Fenton MO 63026 Pogue Label & Screen — President 12/9/2011 $1,000.00

John Tlapek 15 S. Dexter St. Denver CO 80246 Summit Equity Group — Principal 12/13/2011 $25,000.00

Elaine Zoch 1215 W. 61st Street Kansas City MO 64113 Bryan Cave — Partner 12/13/2011 $316.00

Gary Hartwig 10617 Trenton Ave. St. Louis MO 63132 Hartwig Inc. — Executive 12/14/2011 $1,000.00

Mark Mays 1733 Milboro Court St. Louis MO 63124 Clear Channel — Executive 12/14/2011 $10,000.00

Tim Murch 12309 Ballas Lane St. Louis MO 63131 MMMM — President & CEO 12/14/2011 $1,000.00

Charles Medelberg 972 Kings Cove Ct. Town & Country MO 63017 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney — Financial Advisor 12/19/2011 $350.00

Paul Bonastia 16617 Wycliffe Place Dr. Wildwood MO 63005 Alpha Packaging — VP Sales 12/20/2011 $1,000.00

John Hillhouse 13015 Starbuck Rd. St. Louis MO 63141 self — CPA 12/21/2011 $1,000.00

Mike Nardini 14 Glenview Rd. St. Louis MO 63124 IP Symphony — Owner 12/21/2011 $250.00

Mark Palmer 8422 Forest Hills Blvd. Dallas TX 75218 Popover Red LLC — Consultant 12/22/2011 $500.00

James Rhea 1671 Bennett Ave. St. Louis MO 63122 Self — Dentist 12/22/2011 $5,000.00

William Ziercher 4 Upper Whitmoor Dr. Weldon Spring MO 63304 Gabriel Group — Chairman & CEO 12/27/2011 $500.00

Jeff Cook 12 Algonquin Lane St. Louis MO 63119 Arco Construction — Civil Engineer 12/28/2011 $5,000.00

L.S. Hermann 1054 Cabin Club Dr. St. Louis MO 63124 Hermann Oak Leather Co. — Executive 12/28/2011 $1,000.00

Ralph Hoffman 4751 Bonita Bay Blvd. #1602 Bonita Springs FL 34134 retired — retired 12/28/2011 $1,000.00

Steven Baumer 7 Ridgetop Dr. St. Louis MO 63117 Bryan Cave — Attorney 12/29/2011 $300.00

Margaret Bielefeldt 730 Fairview Ave. St. Louis MO 63119 Alpha Packaging — Marketing Manager 12/29/2011 $1,000.00

Carol McLerran 2904 W. 124th Street Leawood KS 66209 Alpha Packaging — Executive 12/29/2011 $25,000.00

Dean Ohl 2263 Wheatlands Dr. Manakin-Sabot VA 23103 Alpha Packaging — Territory Sales Manager 12/29/2011 $250.00

Gary Seeman 935 Morrison Ave. St. Louis MO 63104 Alpha Packaging — CFO 12/29/2011 $10,000.00

Frederick Forshaw 9 Fair Oaks Ladue MO 63124 Forshaw of St. Louis — CEO 12/30/2011 $1,000.00

Michael Hoffmann 600 N. Taylor Ave. Kirkwood MO 63122 Self — Dentist 12/30/2011 $250.00

Art Lottes 41 4th Street South Naples FL 34102 Retired — Retired 12/30/2011 $250.00

John Meiners 844 Windemere Ave. Des Peres MO 63131 Wells Fargo Advisors — Product Manager 12/30/2011 $250.00

Daniel Schindler 1501 Thornridge Ct. Ballwin MO 63021 BD Pipe and Rail LLC — Commodities Broker 12/30/2011 $250.00

Brouster H & B 333 South Kirkwood Rd. Ste 300 St. Louis MO 63122 12/30/2011 $5,000.00

[emphasis added]

That $1,668.54 in small contributions is only there because it’s a statistical impossibility to not get any small contributions in a statewide campaign. Well, mostly an impossibility.

What, no organized labor (working people!)?

That’s all of the itemized individual contributions. It’s easy enough when there aren’t that many contributions, albeit really, really large ones.

It’s just so, so grassrootsie.

Some of the expenditures:

EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE

SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR 1/17/2012

EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Printing $93.68

Flowers $58.74

Online Contribution Fees $390.83

EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

The Workman Company 106 W. Madison Ave. St. Louis MO 63122 12/21/2011 polling and research $2,100.00

Highland Consulting LLC 3605 Gettysburg Place Jefferson City MO 65109 12/21/2011 Management Services $15,000.00

Show Me Politics LLC PO Box 16848 St Louis
MO 63205 12/21/2011 Polling/Research $10,000.00

Harris Media LLC 815 Brazos Ste. 710 Austin TX 78701 12/22/2011 website $23,341.67

[emphasis added]

It must be a nice web site.

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C111205 01/13/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Jesse Bodine 50 Creekwood Lane St Louis MO 63124 Retired Retired 1/13/2012 $10,000.00

C111205 01/13/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Ace Purchasing Company 3534 Gratiot St. St Louis MO 63103 1/13/2012 $1,000.00

C111205 01/13/2012 SPENCE FOR GOVERNOR Westrich Photography 7925 Clayton Road St Louis MO 63117 1/13/2012 $1,500.00

[emphasis added]

Okay, so maybe they don’t miss Peter Kinder (r) so much. Nah.

Previously:

“Gonna need a new bulb, Dave” (January 11, 2012)

“Well, Home Economics is a kind of Economics” (January 10, 2011)

Evidently there’s going to be a lot of material for the Fall 2012 campaign ads. A video compilation of television news stories, via the Missouri Democratic Party:

A Republican candidate for the Missouri Governor’s office is doing some damage control. Now, Dave Spence’s web site states he earned an Economics degree from the University of Missouri when he actually earned a degree in Home Economics. Spence told the St. Louis Dispatch his grades weren’t good enough for business school, so he chose a different major that allowed him to graduate on time. Spence acknowledged his degree description may be misleading….

Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence touts on his web site that he, quote, earned a degree in Economics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. What the web site does not say is that the degree was in Home Economics. Spence told the St. Louis Post Dispatch that his grades were not good enough for the business school, so he chose a different academic path that allowed him to graduate on time. He acknowledged that the description of the degree on his campaign’s web site might be misleading. Spence is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Jay Nixon in this year’s election. His campaign has emphasized his business expertise at a plastic container company before selling it in twenty-ten and recently stepping aside as its leader….

A University of Missouri degree means a lot to tiger nation, but a candidate for governor might be stretching the truth about his. Dave Spence touts on his web site that he earned an Economics degree from Mizzou, but his degree was actually in Home Economics. In response Spence told the St. Louis Post Dispatch his grades were not good enough for business school so he picked a major that would allow him to graduate on time….

Missouri gubernatorial candidate has some explaining to do. Dave Spence’s web site says he earned a degree in Economics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. What it doesn’t say, though, is that the degree was in Home Economics. Spence is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Governor Jay Nixon. Now, he admits the degree description may be, quote, misleading….

Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence says on his web site that he earned a degree in Economics. What that web site does not say is that the degree was in Home Economics. Spence told the St. Louis Post Dispatch that his grades were not good enough for the business school, so he chose a different academic path. He acknowledged that the description of his degree may be misleading. Spence is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Governor Jay Nixon. His campaign has emphasized his business expertise. Spence owned a plastic container company before selling it in twenty-ten….

[Paid for by the Missouri Democratic State Committee http://www.missouridems.org

Not authorized by any candidate of candidate committee.]

At least there aren’t any embarrassing tweets. Oh, wait…

I’m guessing someone was asleep when the balanced budget requirement in the Missouri Constitution was brought up in that economics class. Perhaps Dave was busy any of the first 3 times that a balanced budget was passed under Jay Nixon. But you know, Dave Spence just wants more jobs for Missouri, and if his forthrightness about his educational background is any indication, he’s concealing details about the jobs as well.

Meanwhile in electoral politics, Dave Spence’s primary opponent Bill Randles released his college transcripts. The images are on Flickr, because this isn’t fun enough already. Although it’s a double-edged sword for Randles as it’s another opening for the media to mention that Randles went to Harvard Law with President Obama.

No word on if Randles will release scanned images on Flickr proving his knowledge of Missouri’s Constitution

Source

On his campaign website, Republican Dave Spence, the plastics guru running for governor, says he “earned a degree in Economics” from the University of Missouri.

That may be true – but it is not entirely accurate.

According to the university, Spence’s degree is not in economics. It is in home economics.

Well, if Spence keeps twisting the truth like this, he’ll be cooked.

I think Dave will need a better line to bail out of this than..

“I was not the greatest student in the world,” Spence said. “I’ll make fun of myself: I was a 60-watt bulb in a 100-watt society.”

He may be a 60-watt Dave, but he has a 2 megawatt campaign treasury to modify his bio and make it accurate, right?

Oh. Well, he’ll get around to it. It takes time to make your alpha packaging accurate packaging.