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Campaign Finance: competing interests, competing millions

07 Monday Oct 2024

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Wouldn’t it be easier to write those checks directly to K-12 public education? Just asking.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 10/06/2024 Yes on 5 Bally’s Corp 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 10/4/2024 $1,000,172.50

A233059 10/06/2024 Yes on 5 RIS Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 10/4/2024 $500,172.50

A233059 10/06/2024 Yes on 5 Osage Landing Development Company 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 10/4/2024 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, in support of Amendment 2 (sports betting):

C242679 10/07/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US LLC 101 Hudson St Ste 2170 Jersey City NJ 07302 10/7/2024 $5,000,000.00

[emphasis added]

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission, opposed to Amendment 2 (sports betting):

C243109 10/07/2024 Missourians Against the Deceptive Online Gambling Amendment Tropicana St Louis, LLC 221 Bolivar Street Jefferson City MO 65101 10/2/2024 $3,300,000.00

[emphasis added]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: because there are only so many marks in Missouri (October 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Your old friend has a new name?

21 Saturday Sep 2024

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Wouldn’t it be easier to give the money directly to early childhood literacy programs? Just asking.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Amendment 5 (another gambling boat):

A233059 09/21/2024 Yes on 5 Osage Landing Development Company 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 9/19/2024 $627,000.00

A233059 09/21/2024 Yes on 5 Bally’s Corp 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 9/20/2024 $629,999.50

[emphasis added]

Must be lucky numbers, or something.

Yes on 5 – Active
MECID: A233059
[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure
Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose

Constitutional Amendment to Article III, Relating to an Osage River Gambling Boat License, version 4 11/5/2024 To allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam and require all state revenues derived from issuance of the gambling boat license to be appropriated to early-childhood literacy programs in public institutions of elementary education. City of Eldon Support

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Altruism? (September 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: the revenue projections must be astronomical

03 Friday May 2024

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 05/02/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS, Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 4/30/2024 $132,500.00

A233059 05/02/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention Bally’s Corp. 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 4/30/2024 $132,500.00

[emphasis added]

All in one place, apparently.

Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure

Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose
Constitutional Amendment to Article III, Relating to an Osage River Gambling Boat License, version 4 11/5/2024 To allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam and require all state revenues derived from issuance of the gambling boat license to be appropriated to early-childhood literacy programs in public institutions of elementary education. City of Eldon Support

Previously:

Campaign Finance: it’s a gamble (January 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a penny for your thoughts (February 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (March 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s where the money is (April 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: something familiar (April 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Who? For what? (April 19, 2024)

Campaign Finance: something familiar

19 Friday Apr 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 04/19/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS, Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 4/17/2024 $16,469.50

A233059 04/19/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention Bally’s Corp. 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 4/17/2024 $216,469.50

[emphasis added]

We can’t quite put a finger on it…

Previously:

Campaign Finance: it’s a gamble (January 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a penny for your thoughts (February 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (March 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s where the money is (April 14, 2024)

Campaign Finance: Who? For what?

19 Friday Apr 2024

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In the past month at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C242783 03/16/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Srategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 3/14/2024 $75,000.00

C242783 03/27/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 3/25/2024 $39,915.58

C242783 04/01/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 4/1/2024 $50,446.78

C242783 04/04/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 4/2/2024 $65,000.00

C242783 04/10/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 4/10/2024 $46,216.97

C242783 04/18/2024 Missourians for Truth in Petitioning Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC 222 West Columbia Street Farmington MO 63640 4/16/2024 $89,951.21

[emphasis added]

All in-kind, from one entity.

Missourians for Truth in Petitioning – Active
MECID: C242783
Committee Type: Campaign
[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure
Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose
Ballot Measures 2024-162 Through 2024-165 11/5/2024 Constitutional amendment to allow a 14th casino license to be issued on the Osage River. Statewide Oppose

You think they don’t want a bigger boat? Or none at all?

Campaign Finance: it’s where the money is

14 Sunday Apr 2024

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 04/13/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS, Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 4/12/2024 $200,000.00

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They must really want this.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: it’s a gamble (January 4, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a penny for your thoughts (February 2, 2024)

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (March 25, 2024)

Campaign Finance: altruism

07 Sunday Apr 2024

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You think?

Thursday at the Missouri Ethics Commission

242679 04/04/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 4/3/2024 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C242679 04/06/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Jersey City NJ 07302 4/5/2024 $1,625,000.00

[emphasis added]

That is so heartwarming.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (January 11, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s gambling (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: bet on it (March 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: just another large bet (March 16, 2024)

Campaign Finance: What are the odds?

25 Monday Mar 2024

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Heh.

The past few days at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 03/23/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 3/22/2024 $463,566.91

A233059 03/25/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention Bally’s Corp. 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 3/25/2024 $456,066.91

[emphasis added]

Just asking.

[….]
Supported/Opposed Ballot Measure

Measure Election Date Subject Political Subdivision Support/Oppose

Constitutional Amendment to Article III, Relating to an Osage River Gambling Boat License, version 4 11/5/2024 To allow the Missouri Gaming Commission to issue one additional gambling boat license to operate on the portion of the Osage River from the Missouri River to the Bagnell Dam and require all state revenues derived from issuance of the gambling boat license to be appropriated to early-childhood literacy programs in public institutions of elementary education. City of Eldon Support
[….]

Apparently, that’s where the money is.

Campaign Finance: just another large bet

16 Saturday Mar 2024

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC pushing sports betting in Missouri:

C242679 03/15/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Ste 2170 Jersey City NJ 07302 3/14/2024 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

In gambling somebody has to lose to the house, right?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (January 11, 2024)

Campaign Finance: it’s gambling (January 23, 2024)

Campaign Finance: bet on it (March 5, 2024)

Campaign Finance: a penny for your thoughts

02 Friday Feb 2024

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

A233059 02/02/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention Bally’s Corporation 100 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 2/2/2024 $461,280.45

A233059 02/02/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS, Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 2/2/2024 $461,280.45

[emphasis added]

And not a penny more.

Just spending a little money to make a lot of money. And where does that money come from?

Previously:

(December 16, 2023)

Campaign Finance: it’s a gamble (January 4, 2024)