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28 Tuesday Jul 2020

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Corona virus, COVID-19, Lee's Summit, missouri, pandemic, teen party

In the news:

Large Lee’s Summit gathering leads to mass COVID-19 testing

During the current pandemic, with Missouri having the highest current calculated R naught [infection reproduction rate] in the nation (Yes, you read that correctly. The highest.), the only appropriate reaction of any responsible adult witnessing a teenage mass party is to scream, “Are you out of your %$#@*&! minds?” and then call the authorities.

“…in retrospect, they wish they would’ve required everyone to wear a mask.” Think about that for just a second.

How about not hosting a %$#@*&! party during a pandemic in the first place?

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) in Lee’s Summit – Press Q and A – August 25, 2018

25 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Claire McCaskill, US Senate

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agriculture, Brett Kavanaugh, Claire McCaskill, family separation, immigration, Lee's Summit, missouri, Tariffs, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

In The New Yorker:

Will Anyone in the Trump Administration Ever Be Held Accountable for the Zero-Tolerance Policy?
By Jonathan Blitzer August 22, 2018

….I asked the current Administration official whether the outcry over family separation had caught the government by surprise. It had, the official said. “The expectation was that the kids would go to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, that the parents would get deported, and that no one would care.” Yet, when it became clear that the public did, the Administration chose not to change course.

Early this afternoon Senator Claire McCaskill (D) stopped by a coordinated campaign headquarters in Lee’s Summit in Eastern Jackson County to speak to and greet campaign volunteers, many who were later going out for door to door campaigning or phone banking on behalf of Democratic Party candidates. Close to a hundred volunteers were in attendance.

And, of course, outside in the parking lot were the usual opposition trackers and costumed actors. Don’t ask.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) – Lee’s Summit, Missouri – August 25, 2018.

Senator McCaskill spent about twenty minutes covering a wide range of issues important to working families in Missouri and giving a campaign update to the volunteers.

After speaking to the campaign volunteers Senator McCaskill took a few minutes to answer questions from the media:

Question: …Could you talk a little bit about the drought and your concerns about Missouri right now, [cross talk] [inaudible] can do about it?

Senator Claire McCaskill (D): Well [crosstalk], the, the, our agricultural community is getting a double whammy right now, um, a drought and tariffs. Uh, it is a crisis, um, that, frankly, I don’t, I’m not sure that the president really understands that many of these markets we’re losing, particularly soybeans in China are not going to be easily recoverable. I mean, this is something we’ve spent millions of dollars, working towards establishing a market for soybeans in China, and now they’re sourcing their beans somewhere else. Well, they’re not going to come back to American soybeans like that. Uh, it will be, um, a hangover that will dramatically affect our state for some time to come. Even if it gets fixed. And it doesn’t appear to me that it’s getting fixed anytime soon.

And, the drought, obviously, we’re going to be doing a lot of work that, to get, there are programs in place to help when we have drought or flood, and obviously, we’ll be monitoring those programs and making sure that those monies are getting out to the farmers, the crop insurance, the other things that they’re entitled to, on a timely basis.

Question: So, a lot of your Democratic colleague are calling for, uh, the delay of Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing. Where do you stand on that?

Senator McCaskill: I’m not sure that, uh, first of all, it, it’s not going to be delayed. Um, I’m trying to avoid all the political posturing on this nomination and keep my head down and figure it out based on his record, based on his opinions, on issues that I think are really important.

Dark money being at the top of the list. Um, I have begun to look at some of his opinions about dark money and I’m concerned. he wrote one opinion that said he wasn’t sure that we could constitutionally limit the ability of foreign countries to come in do issue advocacy. Well, if you notice those ads that are hiding as issue advocacy and they say call someone, that’s issue advocacy and I think most people would say those are political commercials.

So, I’m very worried about, um, what has happened with dark money and that’s going to be one of the focuses of my decision is, is his opinions and what he says in the hearings about dark money.

Question: And you met with him earlier this week [crosstalk][inaudible].

Senator McCaskill: Uh huh, I did.

Question: Is there anything else that stood out to you from talking with him?

Senator McCaskill: Well, we, we spent a lot of time on that. I’m not going to go into the details of the conversation, but we spent a lot of time on dark money.

Question: Senator, you said after the primary that your Supreme Court vote is not a political winner, that there are going to be people in the state that are mad at you either way. How, are you concerned that this could really effect your reelection, that this could be a, a big issue in the race, and depending on how you vote?

Senator McCaskill: Well, I, as I said, and I do believe this, that there’s not a side to take that would be a political winner. Which I think in, it’s one of the nice things about representing a state like mine, you’re never going to make everybody happy with a vote. So what you try to do is the right thing. And be able to explain it. And so I’m going to make up my mind based on the concerns I have about constitutional decisions that have been made over the last decade and that could change with him on the court. And I will, uh, explain my vote to Missourians based on those issues and hope they understand.

Show Me Progress: Senator, based on reports, the administration, when they were dealing with immigrant families, they, the, the reports stated that they, they didn’t really make plans because they didn’t think anybody would care.

Senator McCaskill: You mean about separating [crosstalk] the children?

Show Me Progress: Separating the children.

Senator McCaskill: I don’t know that I’ve seen that report, but obviously that’s, um, that would be troubling. Because I think anybody would realize that pulling babies out of their parents’ arms is never a winner under any circumstances. And, I mean, I think we’ve got to secure peoples’ appearance at court, but there are plenty of ways to do, secure peoples’ appearance at court without separating children from their families.

After taking questions from the media Senator McCaskill remained at the headquarters and continued to speak with and greet individual volunteers. Selfies are definitely a campaign ritual these days.

Keri Ingle (D) – 35th Legislative District – retail politics

19 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House

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35th Legislative District, campaign finance, Keri Ingle, Lee's Summit, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Keri Ingle (D) is the Democratic Party candidate in the 35th Legislative District, which includes part of Lee’s Summit in Eastern Jackson County.

This rainy afternoon, in one of those traditions of Missouri politics, Keri Ingle and her campaign held a meet and greet ice cream social with voters in her legislative district in Lee’s Summit.

Keri Ingle (D), the Democratic Party candidate in the 35th Legislative District.

It was a good crowd on a Sunday afternoon, with the candidate taking the time to greet and talk with everyone in the room.

This is just a small part of the person to person voter outreach. On Saturday Keri Ingle knocked two hundred doors. That’s retail politics.

The primary results in the 35th Legislative District, via the Missouri Secretary of State web site:

State of Missouri – Primary Election, August 07, 2018
Unofficial Results
as of 8/19/2018 4:45:03 PM
State Representative – District 35
20 of 20 Precincts Reported

Tom Lovell Republican 1,848 51.036%
Sean Smith Republican 1,773 48.964%
Party Total: 3,621

Keri Ingle Democratic 3,946 100.000%
Party Total: 3,946

Total Votes: 7,567

[emphasis added]

Campaign finance, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171130: Committee To Elect Keri Ingle
Committee Type: Candidate
2016 Sw 2Nd Street
Lees Summit Mo 64081
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Established Date: 04/28/2017
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $25,390.68
Monetary Receipts + $9,479.21
Monetary Expenditures – $2,419.60
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $7,059.61
Ending Money On Hand $32,450.29

[emphasis added]

For the republican candidate:

C171385: Tom Lovell For House Of Representatives
Committee Type: Candidate
26 Se 3Rd Street Suite 200
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 12/05/2017
[….]
Information Reported On: 2018 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/7/2018
Beginning Money on Hand $13,871.73
Monetary Receipts + $4,805.00
Monetary Expenditures – $1,484.16
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $657.15
Subtotal $2,663.69
Ending Money On Hand $16,535.42

[emphasis added]

He’ll get all the money he needs.

After everyone had a chance to get some ice cream, Keri Ingle (D) addressed those in attendance, speaking about what she has heard from district voters as she has campaigned door to door and expressing her priorities in supporting public education and public safety, making actual progress in the maintenance of public infrastructure, and promoting job growth locally.

The district is currently represented by Gary Cross (r) who is term limited out after this election cycle.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Priorities!

03 Saturday Mar 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, Town Hall

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4th Congressional District, 5th Congressional District, Emanuel Cleaver, Lee's Summit, missouri, Vicky Hartzler

Yesterday in the 5th Congressional District:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
It was an honor to join so many legislators this morning to speak at @Eagle_Events for their SCA Legislative Breakfast
[….]
11:38 AM – 2 Mar 2018

What’s wrong with this picture? It’s not an open public town hall in the 4th Congressional District.

Summit Christian Academy
· Lees Summit, MO ·
Today was SCA’s Legislative Impact Breakfast. What a fantastic turnout with ten elected officials and nearly seventy SCA families. We look forward to building relationships with those who serve our city, state, and great nation! Thanks to all who came, and remember; FIND YOUR VOICE with your representatives! Also special thanks to Michaela Loux who led in prayer and the four SCA Boy Scouts who led us in pledges and escorted our guests back to the commons. #SCAsharp #vickyhartzler #rebeccaroeber #Mikecierpiot #edemery #Danstacy #Randyrhoads #FredDeMoro #Dianeforte #RoyBlunt #RobBinney
[….]

Summit Christian Academy is in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, in the 5th Congressional District which is represented by Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D).

Hillary Shields (D): community campaigning in the 8th Senate District special election

07 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri Senate

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8th Senate District, Hillary Shields, Lee's Summit, Mike Cierpiot, missouri, special election

This evening around 100 individuals gathered in Lee’s Summit for a community campaign event to support Hillary Shields (D) in the 8th Senate District special election taking place this November.

Hillary Shields (D), the Democratic Party nominee in the 8th Senate District November special election.

On Saturday many of those individuals will be canvassing door to door in the district.

Previously:

A Sen. Roy Blunt (r) health care story (June 23, 2017)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): town hall in Lee’s Summit – June 17, 2017

17 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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5th Congressional District, Emanuel Cleaver, Lee's Summit, missouri, town hall

This morning Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) participated in an open public town hall in Lee’s Summit sponsored by Indivisible KC. Around eighty individuals from the 5th Congressional District attended and participated in the discussion with their questions for Representative Cleaver. The give and take lasted for close to two hours.

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) – June 17, 2017.

The discussion was wide-ranging and included the environment in Washington, health care in general, “mean” Trumpcare, Donald Trump and impeachment (it’s not going to happen at this point), the negative impact of repealing the ACA on rural hospitals, the complete lack of transparency in the republican controlled Senate’s health care bill, the environment, climate change, guns, the use of wedge issues to distract voters, the need to invest in public infrastructure, and student loan debt, among others.

Asking a question.

Agree.

Indivisible.

Speaking with constituents.

At the end of the two hours one individual thanked Representative Cleaver for holding this type of open public town hall in his district, unlike others across the state [Roy Blunt (r) anyone?].

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