Tag Archives: Caleb Rowden

Crocodile Tears

17 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , ,

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Governor Eric Greitens (r) has ordered significant budget cuts, with higher education taking a significant hit. Over the years the republican controlled General Assembly has cut back the possibilities of revenue, creating a death spiral of diminishing revenue and continuous cuts in public investment.

Via Twitter from Tony Messenger at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

messenger011717

Tony Messenger ‏@tonymess
‘Nobody was more disappointed about what happened yesterday than I was,’ says Sen. @calebrowden on @EricGreitens higher ed cuts. #moleg
2:37 PM – 17 Jan 2017

On May 6, 2014 the republican controlled General Assembly overrode then Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 509, an ill conceived bill which further exacerbates these same budgetary shackles and insures the Kansasfication of Missouri.

Then Representative (now Senator) Caleb Rowden’s (r) disappointment over the hits the University of Missouri (in his district) would take wasn’t evident (r) on May 6, 2014 when he voted [pdf] (Journal of the House, 1578) to override Governor Nixon’s veto.

Spare us the tears.

Previously:

SB 509: the moment when all hope for the future of Missouri died (May 6, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Seriously?

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by in campaign finance

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , ,

They’re making the rubble bounce. Because they can. Seriously.

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

…Nothing exceeds like excess…

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 11/07/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Committee to Elect Ron Richard PO Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 11/7/2016 $200,000.00

[emphasis added]

For a state Senate race.

What are they gonna do at this point? Give every voter a ride to the polls in a limousine?

Previously:

Campaign Finance: still propping them up (October 9, 2016)

Campaign Finance: still propping them up – part 2 (October 30, 2016)

Campaign Finance: still propping them up – part 2

30 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , ,

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Citizens to Elect Mike Kehoe PO Box 105527 Jefferson City MO 65110 10/27/2016 $30,000.00

C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Committee to Elect Ron Richard PO Box 2523 Joplin MO 64803 10/27/2016 $30,000.00

C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102
10/27/2016 $50,000.00

C111215 10/29/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC PO Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/27/2016 $185,000.00

[emphasis added]

$295,000.00 in one day, right before the election. For a state senate seat. For a backbencher:

That’s a significant amount of money to promote a backbencher in the House with no significant legislative achievements (well, okay he thinks he does) to the Senate.

Update:

The propping up continues. Today:

C111215 10/30/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/28/2016 $300,000.00

[emphasis added]

Nothing exceeds like excess.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: still propping them up (October 9, 2016)

Campaign Finance: still propping them up

09 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , ,

That’s a significant amount of money to promote a backbencher in the House with no significant legislative achievements (well, okay he thinks he does) to the Senate.

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign for the open seat in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/7/2016 $12,100.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN CNS Corporation 500 E 9th St Kansas City MO 64106 10/9/2016 $10,000.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC PO Box 144 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00

C111215 10/09/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 10/9/2016 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Those big checks are in the statewide candidate range. The grassroots stuff must not be working out so well.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: propping up (July 1, 2016)

Campaign Finance: even more propping up (September 1, 2016)

Campaign Finance: even more propping up

01 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by in campaign finance

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , ,

By the same faceless campaign committee.

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) 2016 campaign in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 09/01/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 9/1/2016 $250,000.00

[emphasis added]

They had previously dropped $100,000.00 on Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign on June 30th.

The republican Missouri Senate Campaign Committee has had a lot more money:

C071094: Missouri Senate Campaign Committee
Committee Type: Political Action
Po Box 754
Jefferson City Mo 65102-0754
Established Date: 04/10/2007
[….]
Information Reported On: 2016 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/2/2016
Beginning Money on Hand $512,252.89
Monetary Receipts + $19,501.00
Monetary Expenditures – $33,777.53
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($14,276.53)
Ending Money On Hand $497,976.36

[emphasis added]

And they just spent $250,000.00 of that on one republican senate candidate.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: propping up (July 1, 2016)

Campaign Finance: a friend (August 21, 2016)

Stephen Webber (D): service (August 31, 2016)

Stephen Webber (D): service

31 Wednesday Aug 2016

Posted by in Missouri Senate

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , ,

Stephen Webber (D) [2016 file photo].

Stephen Webber (D) [2016 file photo].

Stephen Webber’s (D) campaign has a new television ad out:

Stephen Webber (D): This is the last place I came before I deployed to Iraq. And the first when I came home.

Al Shattuck: Webber served two tours of duty in Iraq.

Al Barnes: He’s one of the best leaders I’ve ever had.

Voice: Webber was our squad leader and he definitely looked out for us.

Nic Gibbons: Webber always led from the front. He was the first vehicle, he’d lead on the patrol every single time. And he did it humbly, too.

Aaron Schulz: The reason he was in front is because if something happened he wanted to be the one up there that was in harm’s way.

Voice: When we first arrived in Fallujah it was a totally different world.

Voice: There was improvised explosive devices. We had snipers, firefights. It takes a real leader, someone like Webber that keeps his team and his squad on point all the time.

Bryan Miller: I was in the Humvee with Webber when we hit an IED. Forty pounds, C4.

Aaron Schulz: He got everybody home safe.

Voice: I believe in him as a person, as a leader, and as a friend.

Stephen Webber (D): No matter what I faced in Iraq or here at home, these names and the memory of their sacrifice humbles me and gives me the strength to serve.

[Stephen Webber for Missouri Senate]
[Paid for by Citizens for Stephen Webber, Barbara Schneider, Treasurer.]

Previously:

Campaign Finance: propping up (July 1, 2016)

Campaign Finance: a friend (August 21, 2016)

Campaign Finance: propping up

01 Friday Jul 2016

Posted by in campaign finance

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

, , , ,

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) campaign for the open seat in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 06/30/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Missouri Senate Campaign Committee PO Box 754 Jefferson City MO 65102 6/30/2016 $100,000.00

C111215 06/30/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Citizens to Elect Mike Kehoe PO Box 105527 Jefferson City MO 65110 6/30/2016 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Must be nice.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Stephen Webber (D) in the 19th Senate District (January 14, 2015)

“I’ll take ‘I’m running for state senate in a district that doesn’t like to vote for bigots’ for $500,000.00, Alex.” (April 27, 2016)

Rep. Caleb Rowden (r): someone asks a really good question (May 6, 2016)

Campaign Finance: vote, don’t vote, whatever (May 17, 2016)

Campaign Finance: vote, don’t vote, whatever

17 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

, , , , , ,

Missouri’s Legislative session: Republicans load up on election-year issues
By Kurt Erickson St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 15, 2016

….As an example of how election-year concerns cast a shadow over the session, Rep. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, didn’t cast a vote when the so-called “personhood” measure was voted on in the House. Rowden is locked in a battle for a seat in the Senate in a Democrat-leaning district….

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Caleb Rowden’s (r) 2016 race in the 19th Senate District:

C111215 05/16/2016 FRIENDS OF CALEB ROWDEN Richard Miller 1712 E Pointe Dr Columbia MO 65201 Millers Imaging Owner 5/16/2016 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Well, maybe two people think that’s okay.

Previously:

“I’ll take ‘I’m running for state senate in a district that doesn’t like to vote for bigots’ for $500,000.00, Alex.” (April 27, 2016)

Rep. Caleb Rowden (r): someone asks a really good question (May 6, 2016)

Missouri House – May 12, 2016

12 Thursday May 2016

Posted by in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , ,

Today was the next to last day of the legislative session. At this point it’s non-stop bills, amendments, and conference committee reports. Tomorrow will be more of the same.

Representative Stacey Newman (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Stacey Newman (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Dean Dohrman (r) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Dean Dohrman (r) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Stephen Webber (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Stephen Webber (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Mike Colona (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Mike Colona (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Tracy McCreery (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Tracy McCreery (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Deb Lavender (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Deb Lavender (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Kimberly Gardner (D) - May 12, 2016.

Representative Kimberly Gardner (D) – May 12, 2016.

Representative Caleb Rowden (r) - May 12, 2016

Representative Caleb Rowden (r) – May 12, 2016

Previously:

HA 4 to HCS SS SCS SB 663: open season (May 12, 2016)

Rep. Caleb Rowden (r): someone asks a really good question

06 Friday May 2016

Posted by in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , , ,

Today, via Twitter:

PollyHaun050615

Polly Haun ‏@p_haun
.@calebrowden you were at the Capitol yesterday, so why did you miss the vote on a constitutional amendment? #moleg
4:08 PM – 6 May 2016

Uh, because everyone understands that right wingnut republican enablers running in the 19th Senate District don’t want anyone to know what they’re really like, but they still need those awesome party campaign contributions. We’re just guessing.

Previously:

“I’ll take ‘I’m running for state senate in a district that doesn’t like to vote for bigots’ for $500,000.00, Alex.” (April 27, 2016)