02 Wednesday Oct 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Bring back the blimp!
The Rex Sinquefield funded PAC Grow Missouri’s moving billboard [October 2014 file photo].
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C131097 10/01/2019 Grow Missouri Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 9/30/2019 $100,000.00
[emphasis added]
Sadly, probably not.
Previously:
The blimp is dope, man… (November 8, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Bring back the blimp! (July 20, 2018)
27 Friday Sep 2019
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
Tags
campaign finance, governor, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Rex Sinquefield, Uniting Missouri PAC
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up Governor Mike Parson (r):
C180490 09/27/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 9/27/2019 $250,000.00
[emphasis added]
How nice of him. It’s been a while:
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 12/14/2018 $150,000.00
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 12/22/2018 $850,000.00
[emphasis added]
Very happy person:
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2019 file photo].
Previously:
Campaign Finance: that’s why we make it here (September 19, 2019)
Campaign Finance: one of many great circles (September 23, 2019)
20 Friday Sep 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180492 09/20/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Lane Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 9/20/2019 $250,000.00
[emphasis added]
Not much has changed.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: such an opportunity (February 29, 2019)
Campaign Finance: every time a billionaire writes a $50,000.00 campaign contribution check a twenty-something right wingnut campaign operative gets their wings (September 16, 2017)
22 Thursday Aug 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C190784 08/21/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 retired retired 8/21/2019 $75,000.00
[emphasis added]
And the rest of us will be paying for a long time.
16 Friday Aug 2019
Posted in campaign finance
“Every time Rex Sinquefield signs a check a twenty-something campaign consultant gets their wings…”
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C101046 08/15/2019 Missouri Club for Growth Political Action Committee Rex Sinquefield 224 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 8/14/2019 $150,000.00
[emphasis added]
In the old days that would have been enough money for a blimp.
11 Thursday Jul 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C190777 07/11/2019 Unite STL Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired 7/9/2019 $180,366.34
C190777 07/11/2019 Unite STL Pelopidas, LLC 1034 South Brentwood Blvd. Saint Louis MO 63117 7/11/2019 $66,265.07
[emphasis added]
Doesn’t anyone just give $250,000.00 anymore?
19 Wednesday Jun 2019
Posted in campaign finance
So far.
GNDN – “Goes nowhere, does nothing” – the label on access panels and Jefferies Tubes (access passageways, named after the set designer) on the set of the 1960s science fiction television series Star Trek.
Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C190784 06/18/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC David Steward PO BOX 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc Executive 6/18/2019 $75,000.00
[emphasis added]
Other contributions reported in the PAC’s April quarterly report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission:
FORM CD-1 SUPPLEMENTAL
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
4/15/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PACCommittee for Economic Liberty PO BOX 1661 St Charles MO 63302 1/27/2019 $150.00
Carey & Danis LLC 8235 Forsyth Blvd, 11th Flr St Louis MO 63105 2/22/2019 $4,000.00
Weitz & Luxenberg PC 700 Broadway New York NY 10003 2/22/2019 $2,500.00
Onder Law 110 E Lockwood St Louis MO 63119 2/1/2019 $4,500.00
Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP 100 South 4th Ste, Ste 1200 St Louis MO 63102 2/22/2019 $4,000.00
Holland Law Firm LLC 300 North Tucker, Ste 801 St Louis MO 63101 2/22/2019 $4,999.00
Gori, Julian & Associates, P.C. 156 North Main Street Edwardsville IL 62025 2/22/2019 $4,500.00
[emphasis added]
Law firms. St. Louis. Edwardsville, Illinois. New York City?
No expenditures were listed in the April quarterly report. The PAC was established on January 29, 2019. A search for committee contributions via the MEC database came up blank.
And, before:
C190784 02/04/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC David Steward PO BOX 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology, Inc Executive 2/4/2019 $75,000.00
C190784 03/13/2019 Believe in Life and Liberty – BILL PAC Rex Sinquefield 9 Hortense Place 9 Hortense Place St Louis MO 63108 retired retired 3/13/2019 $75,000.00
[emphasis added]
This PAC is sitting on around a quarter of a million dollars. It’ll be interesting to see who and what they eventually spend it on. Given their big dollar contributors we could probably make a good guess. For now the PAC goes nowhere and does nothing.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: Because no one else does? (February 4, 2019)
Campaign Finance: millionaires need not apply (March 14, 2019)
23 Saturday Feb 2019
Posted in campaign finance
Welcome to Missouri.
An addendum [pdf] filed with a Statement of Committee Organization for the “MO Opportunity PAC” on July 5, 2018 with the Missouri Ethics Commission:
MO Opportunity PAC is a Missouri nonprofit corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Missouri Nonprofit Corporation Act, and is an independent expenditures only political action committee created primarily for the purpose of influencing the selection, nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates to Missouri public office.
At the Missouri Secretary of State web site:
Name MO Opportunity PAC
[….]
Type Nonprofit Corporation
Charter No. N000708926
Domesticity Domestic
Registered Agent REGISTERED AGENT, LTD. 2345 GRAND BLVD., STE. 2800 KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
Status Good Standing
Date Formed 7/2/2018
Duration Perpetual
[….]
How nice.
The PAC filed an amended [pdf] Statement of Committee Organization with the Missouri Ethics Commission on January 14, 2019.
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180492 02/22/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Rex A Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retired Retired 2/22/2019 $250,000.00
[emphasis added]
We noticed.
Also in February at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180492 02/04/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Daniel J Ludeman 15 Pine Valley Drive Saint Louis MO 63124 Retired Retired 2/4/2019 $10,000.00
C180492 02/11/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Xcaliber International LTD., LLC One Tobacco Road Pryor OK 74361 2/11/2019 $15,000.00
C180492 02/18/2019 MO Opportunity PAC Rudolph E Farber 100 North Wood Street Neosho MO 64850 Community Bank and Trust Banker 2/18/2019 $15,000.00
[emphasis added]
Interesting company.
In 2018 at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C180492 07/27/2018 MO Opportunity PAC GJ Grewe Inc 639 Gravois Bluffs Boulevard St Louis MO 63026 7/25/2018 $10,000.00
C180492 09/05/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Anheuser-Busch Companies One Busch Place St Louis MO 63118 9/4/2018 $10,000.00
C180492 09/17/2018 MO Opportunity PAC McBride & Son Management LLC 16091 Swingley Ridge Road Chesterfield MO 63017 9/17/2018 $10,000.00
C180492 09/17/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Kevin K Knasel 1 Claychester Drive St Louis MO 63123 PMA Holdings, LLC Executive 9/17/2018 $10,000.00
C180492 09/25/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Cheyenne International, LLC 701 S Battleground Ave Grover NC 28073
9/25/2018 $10,000.00C180492 09/28/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Timothy Drury 15 Squires Lane St Louis MO 63131 Drury Development Corporation President 9/28/2018 $10,000.00
C180492 09/28/2018 MO Opportunity PAC KBA Investments LLC 2808 Thole Plocher Road Highland IL 62249 9/28/2018 $25,000.00
C180492 10/01/2018 MO Opportunity PAC David L Steward P.O. Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology Chairman and Founder 10/1/2018 $25,000.00
$25,000.00 C180492 10/22/2018 MO Opportunity PAC Roy Pfautch 52 Portland Place Saint Louis MO 63108 Civic Service Inc. Consultant 10/22/2018 $15,000.00
C180492 11/07/2018 MO Opportunity PAC David L Steward P.O. Box 1724 Maryland Heights MO 63043 World Wide Technology Chairman and Founder 11/7/2018 $25,000.00
[emphasis added]
And how has the “MO Opportunity PAC” spent some of its resources?:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 9/6/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 8/8/2018 Consulting Fee $3,000.00
[emphasis added]
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 10/25/2018 [amended – original 10/11/2019]
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 9/11/2018 Consulting Fee $5,000.00
[emphasis added]
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 10/25/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 10/2/2018 Consulting Fee $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 12/3/2018
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 10/31/2018 Consulting Fee $11,000.00
[emphasis added]
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
EXPENDITURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
MO Opportunity PAC 1/14/2019
[….]
B. Itemized Expenditures All Over $100
[….]
Meredith Gibbons d/b/a MGS Consulting LLC [….] Saint Louis MO 63122 12/6/2018 Fundraising Services $11,000.00
[emphasis added]
That’s a total of $40,000.00 through December 2018.
Wait, what?
The PAC’s latest summary:
C180492: Mo Opportunity Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
2345 Grand Blvd Ste 2200
Kansas City Mo 64108
Established Date: 07/02/2018
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – January Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $132,480.89
Monetary Receipts + $1,500.00
Monetary Expenditures – $11,146.00
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($9,646.00)
Ending Money On Hand $122,834.89
Also at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
MECID Committee Name Report Expenditure Name/Address Purpose Expenditure Date Expenditure Amount Paid/Incurred
C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Campaign Worker Compensation 01/31/2018 $917.50 Paid
C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Campaign Worker Compensation 03/02/2018 $917.50 Paid
C151053 Greitens For Missouri April Quarterly Report Meredith Gibbons [….] Kirkwood MO 63122 Travel Reimbursement 03/05/2018 $562.98 Paid
[emphasis added]
I know something kind of important happened on May 29, 2018, I just can’t exactly recall…
26 Wednesday Dec 2018
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
Tags
campaign finance, governor, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PAC, Rex Sinquefield
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
On the first full day of Winter, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the PAC created to prop up Governor Mike Parson (r):
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 12/22/2018 $850,000.00
[emphasis added]
But, wait, there were also stocking stuffers:
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC RQC PAC 412 COUNTY ROAD 398 NEW BLOOMFIELD MO 65063 12/26/2018 $7,500.00
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MO DSV PAC 412 COUNTY ROAD 398 NEW BLOOMFIELD MO 65063 12/26/2018 $10,000.00
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC HSI BENEFIT SYSTEMS LLC PO BOX 1710 OSAGE MO 65065 12/26/2018 $10,000.00
C180490 12/26/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC BRAD BEDELL 1535 N MAIN SIKESTON MO 63801 CIRCLE B ENTERPRISES 2/26/2018 $7,500.00
[emphasis added]
Virginia, that wasn’t Santa Claus.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: “Ash nazg durbatulûk…” (December 13, 2018)
Campaign Finance: “…Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul” (December 14, 2018)
14 Friday Dec 2018
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri Governor
Tags
campaign finance, governor, John Hancock, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, Rex Sinquefield
“One Ring Money to rule them all, One Ring Money to find them, One Ring Money to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC created to prop up governor Mike Parson (r):
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC DAVID L STEWARD PO BOX 1724 MARYLAND HEIGHTS MO 63043 WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY INC 12/14/2018 $100,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC REX SINQUEFIELD 244 BENT WALNUT WESTPHALIA MO 65085 RETIRED 12/14/2018 $150,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC KEVIN KNASEL ONE CLAYCHESTER DRIVE ST LOUIS MO 63131 PMA HOLDINGS LLC 12/14/2018 $19,800.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC AMEREN MISSOURI PO BOX 66892 ST LOUIS MO 63166 12/14/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC SPIRE MISSOURI INC 700 MARKET ST ST LOUIS MO 63101 12/14/2018 $10,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC THE RENCO GROUP INC ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK NY 10020 12/14/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC MISSOURI MINING INVESTMENTS LLC 1530 S 2ND STREET ST LOUIS MO 63104 12/14/2018 $25,000.00
C180490 12/14/2018 Uniting Missouri PAC SUPPORTERS OF HEALTH RESEARCH & TREATMENTS PO BOX 11591 ST LOUIS MO 63105 12/14/2018 $22,400.00
Oh gee, while you’re at it why don’t you all just pile on?
Previously:
Campaign Finance: “Ash nazg durbatulûk…” (December 13, 2018)
