Campaign Finance: follow the HRCC money

06 Wednesday Nov 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, social media

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What does all that money pay for?

Last night, from the HRCC, after Missouri House special election results came in:

Missouri HRCC @Missouri_HRCC
Just going to leave this here…
[….]
10:16 PM · Nov 5, 2019

Some of the responses:

Land doesn’t vote…

Glad this will change beginning in 2022 when we get fair maps!

Gonna donate that money from Lev Parnas?

He’s under indictment & flipping on @realDonaldTrump ya know…

#moleg

Maps are hard. Back to 4th grade with you.

Yes, everything went great for Republicans last night. No need to make any changes!

Here’s a cartogram attempted bubble chart of GDP by County:

When do the districts shown in blue get to stop being state tax donors to the red parts?

Hello, Einstein. States don’t work that way. Try something else.

“Taxation is theft….until it means less state spending in my district.” – Missouri Republicans

Maybe you shouldn’t be angering women by tracking their periods.

MO has been gerrymandered into oblivion by the amoral power hungry Republicans. Don’t let these conniving propagandists fool you into thinking MO is actually this red. The GOP won 57% of votes in House districts, yet won 71% of the seats. This map was drawn to stifle democracy!

Yep.

You understand concepts like population distribution right?

Assumes fact not in evidence.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC):

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends of Mary Elizabeth Coleman 1020 Sable Lane Arnold MO 63010 11/6/2019 $5,001.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends of Rob Vescovo 2731 Riebold Drive Arnold MO 63010 11/6/2019 $12,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends of Elijah Haahr PO Box 14506 Springfield MO 65814 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Citizens for Wiemann 92 Myrtle Wood Court OFallon MO 63368 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Missourians for Cody Smith 1012 Euclid Blvd. Carthage MO 64836 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends of Curtis Trent 1625 South Marion Apt B102 Springfield MO 65807 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Plocher for Missouri PO Box 16065 Clayton MO 63105 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Patterson for Missouri 617 NE Lake Pointe Dr Lees Summit MO 64064 11/6/2019 $10,000.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends for Travis Fitzwater PO Box 694 Fulton MO 65251 11/6/2019 $5,001.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Friends of Phil Christofanelli 1011 Saravalle Dr Saint Peters MO 63376 11/6/2019 $5,001.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Citizens to Elect Bruce DeGroot 2534 Newpoint Wildwood MO 63011 11/6/2019 $5,001.00

C091068 11/06/2019 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Citizens to Elect Doug Richey PO Box 742 Excelsior Springs MO 64024 11/6/2019 $5,001.00

It all adds up.

The distribution of votes (statewide) by party for the Missouri House of Representatives – November 2018

The distribution of seats by party in the Missouri House of Representatives – 2019 Session

Previously:

Gerrymander – illustrated (November 17, 2018)

Campaign Finance: Five twenty-something right wingnut campaign operatives got their wings today

20 Friday Sep 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commision, PAC, Rex Sinquefield

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)

Campaign Finance: spreading even more

19 Thursday Sep 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, CL Pac, David Steward, Missouri Ethics Commision, PAC

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C171236 09/18/2019 Missourians for a Responsible Budget CL PAC 440 Medina Drive St Louis MO 63105 9/18/2019 $35,000.00

C180697 09/18/2019 Team Robert PAC CL PAC 440 Medina Drive Saint Louis MO 63105 9/18/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

All over.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: GNDN (June 19, 2019)

Campaign Finance: a busy little PAC (July 1, 2019)

Campaign Finance: $100,000.00 or so at a time (September 3, 2019)

Campaign Finance: It couldn’t be anything we said (September 4, 2019)

Campaign Finance: spread the wealth (September 14, 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)

Campaign Finance: faster than &#@% through a goose (September 17, 2019)

Campaign Finance: adding to the total

03 Monday Jun 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri Governor

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governor, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commision, PAC

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up Governor Mike Parson (r):

180490 06/03/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC AMEREN MISSOURI PO BOX 66892 ST LOUIS MO 63166 6/3/2019 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Every little bit helps, eh?

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Even more happiness! (April 9, 2019)

Governor Mike Parson (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019 (April 17, 2019)

Campaign Finance: jump on that bandwagon (May 15, 2019)

Campaign Finance: make some, someone happy (May 21, 2019)

Campaign Finance: we’re running out of happiness references (May 21, 2019)

Campaign Finance: $25,000.00 and $10,000.00 (May 29, 2019)

Campaign Finance: we’re running out of happiness references

22 Wednesday May 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri Governor

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up Governor Mike Parson (r):

C180490 05/22/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC W.G. WADE SHOWS INC 16958 US HWY 41 SOUTH SPRING HILL FL 34610 5/21/2019 $15,000.00

[emphasis added]

Florida?

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Even more happiness! (April 9, 2019)

Governor Mike Parson (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019 (April 17, 2019)

Campaign Finance: jump on that bandwagon (May 15, 2019)

Campaign Finance: make some, someone happy (May 21, 2019)

Campaign Finance: make some, someone happy

21 Tuesday May 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri Governor

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Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the PAC propping up Governor Mike Parson (r):

C180490 05/21/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC SITE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF MO PAC 2071 EXCHANGE DRIVE ST CHARLES MO 63303 5/20/2019 $10,000.00

C180490 05/21/2019 Uniting Missouri PAC AGC OF MO PAC 6330 KNOX INDUSTRIAL DR ST LOUIS MO 63139 5/20/2019
$30,400.00

[emphasis added]

Anyone think they’ll be attending any bill signings? Heh.

Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Even more happiness! (April 9, 2019)

Governor Mike Parson (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019 (April 17, 2019)

Campaign Finance: jump on that bandwagon (May 15, 2019)

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (r): April Campaign Finance Report – 2019

23 Tuesday Apr 2019

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Lieutenant Governor, Mike Kehoe, Misouri, Missouri Ethics Commision

The April quarterly campaign finance reports are due at the Missouri Ethics Commission.

C091155: Citizens To Elect Mike Kehoe
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 105527
Jefferson City Mo 65110
Party Affiliation: Republican
Established Date: 07/10/2009
[….]
Information Reported On: 2019 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $42,429.64
Monetary Receipts + $113,875.00
Monetary Expenditures – $24,435.88
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal $89,439.12
Ending Money On Hand $131,868.76

[emphasis added]

Those are respectable amounts.

The contributions:

Well, the non-itemized small contributions are nonexistent.

There were 47 itemized contributions for a total of $113,875.00. That’s an average of $2,422.87 per contribution, quite close to the $2,600.00 maximum allowed per election. 40 of the 47 contributions reported this quarter were for $2,600.00.

That’ ain’t particularly grass roots.

Some of the expenditures:

MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES OVER $100 SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Citizens To Elect Mike Kehoe 4/15/2019

Ground Intel, LLC 3204 Pembroke Square Jefferson City MO 65109 1/7/2019 Operational & Strategic Consulting $1,450.00
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame 3861 East Stan Musial Drive Springfield MO 65809
1/7/2019 Advertisement $600.00
Revel Catering 102 E High St. 2nd Floor Jefferson City MO 65101 1/7/2019 Catering $1,357.34
Capitol Consulting LLC 7223 Sycamore Valley Dr. Jefferson City MO 65109 1/7/2019 Fundraising Consulting fee $950.29
Husch Blackwell Strategies 101 W High Street Jefferson City MO 65102 1/25/2019 Professional Services $6,000.00
Ground Intel, LLC 3204 Pembroke Square Jefferson City MO 65109 2/5/2019 Operational & Strategic Consulting $1,450.00
Midwest Advertising Specialist P.O. Box 104194 Jefferson City MO 65110 2/15/2019 Tee Shirts $167.40

Consulting, consulting. Old school, tee-shirts!

Campaign finance: CLEAN teaching

20 Saturday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for CLEAN Missouri’s (Amendment 1) ethics, campaign finance, lobbying, and redistricting reform initiative on the November ballot:

C161298 10/19/2018 CLEAN Missouri National Education Association 1201 16th St, NW Washington DC 20036 10/19/2018 $500,000.00

[emphasis added]

They’re serious.

Hey, Rex, this means they can buy a lot more signs. But they won’t waste the money. One of the benefits of education.

Previously:

2018 = 1984 (October 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: pro bono publico (October 19, 2018)

Campaign Finance: and there’s more

04 Thursday Oct 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance reform, CLEAN Missouri, Ethics Reform, initiative, lobbying reform, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commision, redistricting reform

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the CLEAN Missouri initiative (Amendment 1) addressing campaign finance, lobbying, ethics and redistricting reform on the November ballot:

161298 10/04/2018 CLEAN Missouri Missouri Jobs With Justice Voter Action 2725 Clifton Ave St Louis MO 63139 10/3/2018 $12,453.41

C161298 10/04/2018 CLEAN Missouri Action Now Initiative 1717 West Loop S Houston TX 77027 10/4/2018 $87,000.00

[emphasis added]

And it keeps coming.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: teaching your children well (August 20, 2018)

Campaign Finance: the same fight (August 27, 2018)

Campaign Finance: getting schooled (August 28, 2018)

Campaign Finance: it all adds up (August 30, 2018)

Campaign Finance: but, wait, there’s more (September 7, 2018)

Campaign Finance: “My God, they’re using our own weapons against us…” (October 3, 2018)

Campaign Finance: but, wait, there’s more

07 Friday Sep 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, CLEAN Missouri, initiative, lobbying reform, Missouri Ethics Commision, open records, redistricting reform

A 501(c)(4) using its evil power for good.

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission in support of the initiative (Amendment 1) for campaign finance, lobbying, legislative open records, and redistricting reform: