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Fire District Hijinks Create Titanic Battle

It has long been the goal of 24tState to be an independent source of breaking news and information with a special focus on equipping voters with specific tactics to act civicly in their own best interest which we can do because we are insiders. Key among these interests is the local fire district elections. The latest occurrence in a crucial race is something we have never seen before but one that is likely a harbinger of things to come.

See the following from an email blast by a taxpayer group in the Monarch Fire District reporting that voters in these normally low key races will see two prominent Republican names square off. All taxpayers need to pay attention to this because there is a simple logic behind the madness.

Yesterday the Monarch Fire Board race went from a four-way contest to a conventional race between two opponents.  Current Union Director Kim Evans and recent Union recruit Russell Lake both withdrew from this election, leaving only Union Candidate Cole McNary and Independent Jane Cunningham.  We believe the Union strategy shifted when Rick Gans withdrew from this race last week and was replaced with the popular Cunningham.  Gans tells us he is not surprised by Evans' withdrawal as he was shocked she even filed given her record of tax increases and support of billing residents for ambulance service.  Apparently Lake, a protégé of Union Director Swyers, decided he was not ready to do battle in this election.

 Now that the final candidates are clearly known, Cunningham's task will be to make sure that voters know they are choosing between her opponent, who will serve the Union as Evans so ably did for six years, and her, with her well-established record of being the voice of the taxpayers.  We will watch as McNary tries to use his credentials as a former Republican office holder and his father's well recognized name to make it appear he will be the choice of conservative voters.  The "new" McNary received Union support last year in his failed Treasurer's race and he has already surprisingly declared to several that the Union is supporting him in this race.

 We will be updating the website with this development in the next 24 hours.

The reason Jane Cunningham is running instead of Rick Gans is that defeat of any union fire district candidate requires hurculearn effort. The union firefighters have every reason to "invest" in campaign cash and time in order to elect the people that determine whether they work less for more or work even less for even more. The taxpayer candidate has to raise funds from friends and family. The typically Monarch candidate will spend $20,000 to the union's $100,000. For taxpayers to look to a seasoned politician with a broad donor base is a shrewd move. Gans, a businessman, made a very selfless act by stepping aside. One can only imagine the pressure placed on Evans to step down from her $1000 per month pay and generous health insurance benefits.

Here is the inside baseball. The other reason firfighters all over St. Louis spend so much on Monarch races is that the union in every other district can point to Monarch as a justification to request more pay. "We do not need to make as much as Monarch, but be close, otherwise we risk losing our best firefighters to them". That is the argument. The typical Monarch firefighter receives well over $100k in compensation and benefits in exchange for spending eight 24hr shifts doing that unique job.

Here is another insight into the sad, but dirty politics. Cole McNary is running to join Steve Swyers and Robyn Harris now that Evans stepped aside. Thanks to the tireless work of the watchdog group Monarch Concerned Taxpayers, everyone knows that Swyers' consistent votes in concert with Evans and against Harris reveal that he was lying to voters when he promised to be the taxpayers' candidate, denying he was allied with his son's fellow union firefighters. While "low information voters" fell pray to the machine behind first time candiidate Swyers, the taxpayers paying attention knew that Gans was their guy, clearly on the side of taxpayers.

The taxpayers again, have their "guy" in Jane Cunningham. Now that the union candidate Evans is gone, the union clearly is behind McNary. McNary is now faced with a bigger challenge than Swyers in convincing voters he is independent of the union. Will he really try to tell voters that the union is sitting this one out, content to allow the taxpayers to enjoy a 2:1 majority with Swyers being their only loyalist? Will McNary's former Chesterfield constituents naively retain their trust for the guy who represented them for six years and be shocked when he joins the cagey Swyers and votes with the union? This is going to be a very hard sell for McNary and the union, but they probably have $100k to spend several times over. Taxpayers can only hope that Cunningham can bring her own significant connections and resources to bear as the banner carrier for taxpayers and that voters will see through efforts by McNary to steal that banner.

 

 

 

 

 

Akin Versus McCaskill - The Opportunity You Created For Yourself

“I’ve spend a very good part of my life trying to build the Republican Party and I’m proud of that party and I think it has a very responsible role to play, especially in today’s world, particularly in an age of Obama and I think Todd Akin damages the Republican brand and I think he hurts the party in the minds of many people,” Jack Danforth, Former US Senator.

Full disclosure:

24thState took no position in the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate and for that matter, we took no position in the Democrat Primary either. We discussed the Primary in one piece, but were as stunned as most Missourians at his miraculous victory.

The Motto, "Show Me State" honors the common sense of Missouri voters who are not crowd followers, but people famous for judicious independence. So when the political world demanded we fire our guy, there were many local calls to do just that, but in time we calmed down collectively and settled in for an adult discussion. What really matters has a measure to do with control of the Senate, but everything to do with control of our republic. While we lost control of our country, our work created for us, a pivotal opportunity to gain it back.

Who took our Republic?

The Consultants. Americans are fed up with both parties and they have no idea why. While both parties have radically different platforms, the outcomes when one or the other controls differs far less. Bush 43 does TARP, Obama does "Stimulus". Bush thrills Big Pharma and Big Insurance with Medicare Part D, Obama does Obamacare and solar giveaways. The result is that the country is broke and a record high number of people are declaring independence from both parties. Is either party making a play to bring them in? Nope.

Both parties are corrupted by this, winning only when they are more skilled at convincing independents that the other party or the other guy from the other party is worse. Consider the abject failure that is Barack Obama. That a single literate American finds him worth voting for is testament to this. The entire Obama campaign is built on why women and "brown people" should fear Romney. Where is the ad saying, "Look at all the good I have done, don't you want more?" The best the occupant of the White House can say is "Give me a second chance."

For his part, Romney is not promising anything great. His best appeal is that nothing could be worse than Obama. This is not genius political analysis, this is what 90% of Americans will admit over a beer. Put the average Tea Partier together with the average Occupier and one of the first things they would agree about is how terrible their own party is. The problem that both suffer and few can quantify is that both parties are controlled, utterly owned by consultants equally guilty of doing the bidding of a horrifyingly small group of people.

Who corrupted the parties?

Yes, the left has Soros and the right has the Koch Brothers. Both have a party structure in which Karl Rove and David Axelrod and a host of A- minus list consultants just below them get paid to foist their desires on the American people by wielding power over all of us with an iron fist. How?

Let's take Todd Akin for an example. Akin was a freshman Congressman in January of 2001 when Karl Rove was in the White House as the top "Advisor" and "Architect" of the Bush Presidency. As the big A..., Rove pressed Akin to vote for the aforementioned TARP, Medicare Part D, and a host of other un-American proposals that fly in the face of what our Founding Fathers expected the federal government to do. Mostly Akin went along, but on those bills and others, he told Rove "No".

True power means, no one tells you "no".

When you are in the majority party, you are expected by the Rove's of the world to subject yourself to his authority 100% of the time. Make no mistake, precisely like the college fraternity choice that almost every freshman has to make, every freshman politician must declare his or her tribe or no tribe at all. The choice brings certain benefits and handicaps. The universal truth is that if you want to rise in party leadership, or just drink at the party well, you must choose the party fraternity, eschewing all others for your tribe. Karl Rove is not the president of the fraternity or even the social chairman, he is the Sergeant At Arms, doling out favors, introductions to the elite major donors, and even reelection cash, or withholding all, from those who are not in the Fraternity. The Democrats are no different. Sadly, whether Rove or Axelrod is the Architect in the White House, they are agents for several of the same biggest donors?

So if you like Karl Rove, and his opinion matters to you, then do you like TARP, Medicare Part D, and massive deficits? You cannot separate these policies from Rove. He was the architect of them, pushing the Akins of the world to back them and then swearing to their political death when they withheld support.

Americans are so clueless about this game it is pathetic. Karl Rove, the Architect turned "Enforcer" never supported Akin yet with great drama he announces his withdrawal of support from Akin, support Akin never had in 11 years of being a "fellow" Republican, and the nation sheepishly takes the bait. The story line drafted by the A is that "Akin is too extreme." That works every time.

So what is extreme?

Ask yourself that question. Look at Akin's voting record compared to say, Jack Danforth's. Take any ranking on limited government and fidelity to the Constitution and Akin will win hands down. Let's start with giving the Panamanians the right to sell the Panama Canal to China. Do the same with the venerable Jim Talent or Roy Blunt. Take the rankings of groups who share your views and see who ranks higher. I dare you. "You have seen the enemy and he is you."

Akin happens to be a man who possesses what is among the most impeccable standard of personal integrity of any man to occupy a Congressional seat. He is so honest he is almost incapable of scandal. His kids are even perfect, homeschooled, accomplished, with three graduating from the Naval Academy. Most importantly, he is a man who has sworn allegiance to the American People's Fraternity, choosing his constituents over the Party Tribe.

Akin is a man who told Rove "No."

So all Missourians have a choice. We can talk about Akin in contrast to McCaskill who is in the Obama Fraternity and whose entire fortune was amassed off of government programs, who sticks taxpayers with the bills for her personal jet trips, but the issue is so much simpler than that.

The question for all Americans, even the Occupiers, is whether you are ready to take up your birthright as Americans and elect men and women, even of the opposite party, for the simple reason that they chose you over the Party tribes. Are you voting for Rove and Axelrod or are you voting for yourself?

Most importantly, Akin is a candidate of our making. Without the Tea Party independent movement, Akin might never have won his primary and would have had far less confidence to cobble together the critical mass of independent constituencies to win despite Rove. So you, the party independents created the Akin opportunity.

Finally, for those of you with that most odd propensity to put principal one notch behind the bandwagon desire to go with a winner, consider that Todd Akin has won two truly miraculous races including this primary. We at 24thState gave him zero chance. Yet he won. He has not lost an election since he first took office in 1992. His campaign style may be somewhat unorthodox, and it is no less so now.

The Akin campaign has taken on huge national appeal, with Rove, Axelrod and their allied Danforths and other elites choosing McCaskill and people from the American People tribe flooding into Missouri from all over the country for Akin. This week, Dr. Gina Loudon makes her second trip starting today, from her current home in San Diego to support Akin. She joins a list that includes Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Bay Buchannan and more. Most of all, Akin has an unblemished record of winning, he also has the "praying people". The Akin victory would create the first chink in the Rove-Axelrod armor.

 

Akin - 17th Century Justice, No less!

Some say he must remove himself from the race, for the good of the land. Others are taking their marbles, and going home to their Beltway. Others prefer he resign his current seat immediately, forgo his pension and pull his children (three at last count) out of military service to the country as wholly unfit, embarrassments to the republic. They all are missing the point.

Perhaps clouded in their thinking as they never really liked the independent-minded pious cuss who would not cavort in their scotch and cigar games. Now they have the chance to do in that miserable tea-totaling, child-rearing, nincompoop! Well we say that such speech, so damnable, practically expressing glee at the rape of women and children needs to be properly dealth with post haste. No, resignation is not good enough. Clearly the man is an unrepentant menace to society and needs to be properly dealt with, 17th Century style.

Back then we knew how to deal with people who held such unspeakable thoughts. A good tar and feathering is in order! With all the tension in this cycle, what the people need is a good witch hunt. Well, grab your pitchforks and torches and take to the streets! We have our quarry.

There has been talk of a beheading in some quarters. That is insanity. Too easy.

We need to make Akin suffer for his terrible act, so that our children and future would-be candidates can see what happens when one dare misspeak. Certainly he has been guilty of other wretched utterances, maybe even Biden-syle ones or evil thoughts on the level of Obama telling the Russians he will be easier on them once he is re-elected. Where is a witness who has heard him speak of laying with Russians? Does anyone else wish to condemn this man? Anyone? Anyone?

Can we not find anyone to condemn this man? Even Jimmy Carter committed adultery in his heart. Surely we can find a single actual misdeed to prove that the man acts on these animal compulsions, these dangerous thoughts he wants to write into the curriculum of the schools that house our children. This man stands for child-rape and all that is evil. He must be silenced. None of his pious accusers would dare hold his unique view on rape and abortion. Find him, silence him and brand him forever! What letter should we use?

Furthermore, Akin has his co-conspirators. We must stand vigilant, seeking anyone cavorting with Mr. Akin or otherwise defending him and be sure that they suffer similar consequences. True justice and good order demand a good purging now and then.

Who is next? Come now. Who wants to step up and take the candidate's place? Anyone? Anyone?

 

Patriots Primer - Buckley, Akin, Political Rules and God's Rule

Missouri primary election night was full of surprises. A few observations:

Congressman Clay showed Rusty Carnahan that his name was enough to carpet bag his way into a South St. Louis Congressional seat, but the North Side remains Clay Country. 

Thousands of well-intentioned Tea Partiers learned that the best intentioned candidate cannot defeat the unwritten rules of politics and a Harvard lawyer with the right ideas and wrong bank account just cannot make a serious run for the top political job in the state.

Perhaps most surprisingly, Missourians learned that no political rule can withstand God's rule when Todd Akin is on the ballot.

On primary election day, August 2000, in the race for the 2nd Congressional seat vacated by then Congressman Jim Talent, state house member Todd Akin was running for Congress against a far better funded former county executive with nearly 100% name identification, a slightly better funded state senator with solid name identification (both slightly to his left politically), Talent's long-time grassroots coordinator and another conservative competing for Todd's base. County Executive Gene McNary was heavily favored. When the dust settled, Akin shocked the establishment winning with 52 votes.

The stunner of the primary in August 2012 is perhaps actually quite simple. Conventional wisdom held many marks against Akin.

1. He is from St. Louis, that is never good.

2. He had a second candidate competing for St. Louis votes.

3. He had in Steelman, a seasoned Missouri campaigner with a record of winning statewide.

4. Two men against one woman, two St. Louisans against one rural candidate...

5. Akin was dismissed by the establishment as "too conservative" and dismissed by many, most-notably conservative kingmaker, Senator Jim Demint as too liberal.

What did Akin have? In a word, God.

While plenty of Christians have waded into politics, few can match the Congressman's record of Christian devotion, clean living and even clean campaigning of Todd Akin. Akin even teaches classes on the Biblical heritage and legacy of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Certainly it is fooolish for anyone to claim to know God's plan in specific developments in the affairs of men, but those also doubting that the Lord has a hand in His world do so at their own peril. As long as Congressman Akin is on the ballot and on his knees, smart political money would remember the primaries of 2000 and 2012.

Missouri Republican Voters, sent a powerful message

Akin ran a hard race, a clean race, and a determined race, and to their credit, Missouri Republican voters rewarded Akin with a convincing victory. The Republican consultants who were so quick to violate Reagan's 11th Commandment and advise their candidates to attack Akin early and below the belt should take note of what the Republican body politic communicated and should maybe take to their knees before takng a bat to another Republicans again.

The big races lie ahead.This country is in great peril and the least transparent, most-viciously campaigning, hardest left radical who ever "occupied" the White House needs to go. Many good patriots are tempted by powerful axioms like "voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil". That is all fine and good until election day, but there are many more ways to express one's opinion than burning one's bra, draft card or ballot. Shirking one's responsibility to remove a man who would tax us all and force our kids to fund abortions for irresponsible "occupiers" is an endorsement of evil. The axiom for all patriots that is true now more than ever comes from William F. Buckley, Jr. "Always support the rightward most viable candidate". Always.

Great Patriot Opportunity in SWMO

Fighting the Police Union

I, Gary Wiegert, was president of the SLPOA for 6 years and an Executive Board Member from 1997-2009. Over that time I won 7 elections. I've always supported state control of the St. Louis Police Department.

Jeff Roorda was fired from the Arnold Police department and was then elected as a state representative from Jefferson County from 2006-2010. Governor Nixon appointed him to a homeland security job with the state of Missouri. He resigned that job after serving for 1 month and was hired by the SLPOA as a business manager.

In 2008 Governor Nixon addressed in person the SLPOA Executive Board and sought the endorsement, which was based on the mutual support of continued state control of the St. Louis Police Department. Based on Governor Nixon's continued support of state control he was endorsed by the SLPOA and won his election.

In July, Jeff Roorda, SLPOA president Tom Walsh, and SLPOA vice president Joe Steiger met with Governor Nixon and they all flip flopped on their support of state control of the St. Louis P.D. During the special session Governor Nixon placed local control on the agenda at the request of Jeff Roorda even though Governor Nixon announced the special session was called in regards to jobs for Missourians.

I was the only lobbyist to testify against local control and helped defeat it in the special session against the SLPOA, Mayor Slay, Governor Nixon, Jeff Roorda and Rex Sinquefield money. Tea Party senators came to the rescue and defeated the bill in the special session. 

During the regular legislative session the SLPOA was against local control. The SLPOA membership never supported local control or was not made aware when 19 Executive Board members switched their position on local control. In July, Nixon appointed Tom Irwin to to the Police Board and the SLPOA and the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners signed a collective bargaining agreement in exchange for local control. The local control bill then died in the special session.

The membership of the SLPOA has never been involved in these deals and they do not support local control. Because I've been an outspoken critic of local control, the SLPOA's Executive Board wants to kick me out of the union. Here's my email exchange with David Bonenberger, President of the SLPOA:

From: Wiegert, Gary R
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:12 AM
To: Bonenberger, David J
Subject: FW: Decision of Trial Board

Sgt. Bonenberger,

The SLPOA by-laws were violated when I was improperly expelled from the SLPOA. I was not notified of the date or time of the hearing or allowed to defend myself against the accusations made by SLPOA employee Jeff Roorda.

The secretive decisions made by the Executive Board are consistent with the improper actions of the E-Board when they invalidated an SLPOA election in an attempt to deny the will of the membership and disallow your election victory for President of the SLPOA. The E-Board then continued the fraud when they along with Jeff Roorda blamed a 34 year employee, Patricia Heisner with fixing the election. She was then improperly terminated with no due process and the E-Board awarded Jeff Roorda a five year $300,000.00 contract with a clause that he cannot be fired. I suggest you stop allowing alcoholic beverages to be served at the Executive Board meetings.

The most egregious act of the Executive Board was their flip flop and support of local control. The E-board did not seek out the membership’s input on this issue. I fought and helped defeat local control in the legislature, even though Jeff Roorda and Rex Sinquefield money supported local control. The fact Jeff Roorda signed the initiative petition is outrageous and he should be terminated from the SLPOA.

I distrust any actions or charge brought forward by Jeff Roorda, as he is a proven liar and was fired, when he was a police officer, by the Arnold Police Department for lying twice on two different occasions on police reports. This can be verified on Case.net.

In conclusion Sgt. Bonenberger, I request a vote be sent to the membership and conducted by an accredited accounting firm in regards to my inappropriate termination. I have included assorted units with this e-mail so that the E-Board would begin making decisions openly and informing the membership. This missive also serves as my notification and my appeal with the SLPOA Recording Secretary, who is privy to this E-Mail. This appeal is done in accordance with the by-laws of the SLPOA. I also wish the charges against me be made public, along with who on the E-Board voted in favor of local control and when it was decided that the SLPOA supports local control.

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From: Bonenberger, David J
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:37 AM
To: Wiegert, Gary R
Subject: Decision of Trial Board

Sir,

In compliance with the SLPOA By-Laws, Article One, Section 7C. The Executive Board, serving as a Trial Board, convened on April 11, 2012, at 16:15 hours. This Trial Board was convened at the SLPOA hall, 3710 Hampton, St. Louis, Missouri.

David Rudolph, Chairman of the Investigating Committee, presented the case in support of the charges against you. Upon completion of the case the Executive Board determined, during closed session, that you have been found guilty of the acts alleged and that you are hereby expelled from the SLPOA membership immediately.

Article One, Section 7J, reads “If the charged member disagrees with the Executive Board’s determination, he/she may appeal said determination to the general membership by filing a written notice of appeal with the Recording Secretary within seven (7) days after the Executive Board’s determination is received by the charged member. The appeal shall be announced and considered at the next general membership meeting, a quorum not required. A majority vote of those present and voting at said general membership meeting shall be necessary to defer the decision of the Trial Board and cause the decision to be submitted to the general membership for ratification by a majority of those voting in a membership referendum on the issue. Otherwise, the Executive Board’s decision shall be final.”

This electronic correspondence shall serve as additional notification to the determination that has been sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to your address of record.

Fraternally,

David Bonenberger

President--SLPOA

 

 

Our nominee: Voight the New Breitbart

With the tagic passing of Andrew Breitbart, America lost a courageous figure that the left reviled and feared and the right loved. For the fence sitter, who found his bodlness and unvarnished rhetoric uncomfortable even while they appreciated the effects of his work, the decription of AB as loving to be hated so that he could take the attacks that others would not have to, should be reassurance that the man was properly, selflessly motivated for the cause of the country he loved. We wonder who can replace the irreplaceable. I think we have a nominee.

 

In a stunningly courageous move, Hollywood legend, Jon Voight in on the record. The letter he read on the Huckabee show accuses President Obama "and his entire Administration of orchestrating a lie", and that he is feeding poison to millions of Americans and using Alisnky tactics. He goes on to propose a remedy to the cure for the "obamination" that is this presidency and expressly challenges all America-loving patriots to join a local Tea Party.

Voight understands that this is not just about America. He asks rhetorically, "The world who looked up to us as a symbol of hope and properity now wonders what will happen to the entire world if America loses its power." is reminiscent of the rallying cry of New Zealander, Trevor Loudon who works tirelesly to expose the hard left and their goal of dismantling American greatness or, as Obama says, "spread the wealth around".

Many have posited metaphores to descibe Andrew Breitbart. He took up a cause, built a media empire, took on lesser causes and the Left with great zeal, and so publicly and unabashed. There is no way to encapsulate him and no way to find one person to be him. One thing we need right away, is the next voice, the next strong person to step up and be a leading voice. Our nominee is Jon Voight.

 

 

St. Louis Tea Party - 3rd Anniversary Tea Party

If you have not heard, St. Louis Tea Party is planning a 3rd Anniversary Tea Party (with an emphasis on training & preparing for the 2012 elections), for February 24 & 25.  The event will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton.  Here is some info on the event:

Friday, February 24

    Hors d'oeuvres & Speech from Dr. Larry Schweikart, author of A Patriot's History of the United States

Saturday, February 25

    Breakfast, Activist Training (Beginner to Expert), Lunch & Learn with local hero Bill Federer, More Activist Training, and a Mock Caucus (to prepare for MO's March 17 presidential caucuses

To purchase tickets, click here.

Megan McCain's Unwitting Warning

The new media and self-publishing world has spawned an explosion of information and opinion sources, some more valuable than others and some just plain dangerous.  Knowing what sources to trust can be a challenge.  In Red State yesterday, book reviewer, Leon H. Wolf takes into the dribble of the candidate's daughter turned pundit; Megan McCain in a biting and humorous way that provokes a number of thoughts.  The treatment is so effective, one only hopes that Wolf never encounters daddy never in a dark alley.  Then it occurs, that daddy would have a hard time not being thoroughly mortified for himself.  What can he say?   By elucidating the self-contradictions in McCain's rantings, Wolf exposes a flawed character and warns of the danger of her having any audience whasoever. From the review:

"In the final analysis, however, I determined that most of Meghan’s flaws – such as her unbearable narcissism, delusions of persecution (sic) and mendacity – couldn’t be chalked up to her manifestly below-average intelligence. These are blameworthy traits born of a malfunctioning moral compass, and they are laid bare in spades on every page of Dirty, Sexy Politics. Furthermore, it is important to address them because Meghan McCain’s book is an active attempt to split the Republican Party in two and thereby destroy its ability to win elections. And even though she is an idiot, she is a useful idiot in the hands of the media and other assorted Democrats, who also want to achieve this goal."

It is the author's last point that makes this review/rebuke further worth reposting.  Wolf exposes her as a grammatically challenged, narcissistic dolt who would divide us as long as she can maintain her place on the stage.  She is a destroyer, not a builder, whom Wolf asserts, needs to be addressed.  Absolutely. 

Thank you Mr. Wolf, for doing the job and reminding us to be leery of simplistic, narrow thinking useful idots who in their exaggerated sense of self-worth, assail conservatives and Tea Partiers thus serving the left more than the right.  Patriots should be cautious before heeding the rantings of these types.

Publicly Available Contribution Reports For Ann Wagner Campaign

The following two links are to documents containing public information crowdsourced from FEC.gov.

It is the campaign contribution reports from Ann Wagner's campaign for Missouri's Second Congressional District.  

The first is the total for donations from Enterprise Rent-A-Car employees, spouses, holding companies, financial companies and subsidiaries.  The second is a list of those donations solely in the third quarter.

The information has been unaltered from its form in the FEC reports. 

 

Download AnnEnterprise

Download Enterprise3Q

 

Make your own decisions about what they mean, but let's not pretend these don't exist, or that transparency in campaign finance is a bad thing, or that posting publicly available information is a dirty tricks campaign.   

This information was collected by St Louis Tea Party members.  The decision to collect, publish and share with the media was done independent of Ed Martin, Ann Wagner, or the official St Louis Tea Party Coalition.

It is fact.  It is undisputed. The totals get bigger when we do it again January 30th.  If one company wants to have this much influence on a primary election in a conservative district, it it our obligation to make sure voters know the full extent of that influence.