MOScout Daily Update: Akin Passes - Gregory Adds $$$ - Gresham for School Board - Treece Orders to End Committee - The Fav/Unfavs and more...
Akin Passes
Jo Mannies tweeted early this morning: Former St. Louis area GOP congressman Todd Akin died late Sunday, according to his family's announcement. Akin, 74, attracted national attention during his US Senate bid in 2012 when he said that victims of "legitimate rape'' rarely got pregnant because their bodies prevented it.
Gregory Adds $$$ At Deadline
Rep. David Gregory, running for state auditor, recorded two big checks at the end of September. He wrote a $250,000 check himself to his campaign committee, Gregory For Missouri, and he received a $100,000 contribution from Joe Patterson into his allied political action committee, Show Me Growth PAC.
Both checks will bolster his fundraising numbers when his quarterly results are filed.
· Gregory’s primary opponent, Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick has similarly anted in $250,000 into his campaign account.
· Patterson ran for state representative in 2018, losing narrowly in the Republican primary to Michael O’Donnell. Patterson, one MOScouter chuckled, must believe more in Gregory than he did in himself, because this $100K far exceeds what he put into his own race.
About The Fav/UnFavs
Last weekend’s MOScout/Remington poll looked at Republican voters’ feelings toward a variety of people and entities.
It shows why…
· Every US Senate primary candidate wants Donald Trump’s endorsement… His GOP fav/unfav is sky high: 83%/14%.
· Eric Greitens probably has a low ceiling in the race and needs a splintered field… His fav/unfav is 34%/40%
· Greitens is throwing punches at Mitch McConnell… His GOP fav/unfav is underwater: 31%/37%
· Team Gregory is pumped about their first responder endorsements… MFOP fav/unfav is 60%/9% and Firefighters is 62%/7%.
· Team Fitzpatrick is touting Mike Parson’s support… his fav/unfav is 61%/20%.
Gresham for School Board
News Tribune reports “Adam Gresham, chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, is seeking one of two openings on the Jefferson City School District Board of Education in the April 2022 election, Gresham announced Friday… Gresham said too many graduates are unprepared to enter the workforce, the armed forces or higher education…”
MEC to Treece: Shut Down Committee
The Missouri Ethics Commission issued an order against Brian Treece, calling him in violation of the statute which forbids a registered lobbyist from maintain a campaign committee. See it here. Treece is mayor of Columbia Missouri.
More on Use Tax
One reader points out that Cape Girardeau is also among the cities that is currently considering adding a use tax. A measure is on the November ballot there.
Guardian on MO “COVID Culture Wars”
Missouri’s COVID “culture wars” was the focus of an article yesterday in the Guardian.
The boarded-up storefront of Rae’s Cafe in Blue Springs, Missouri, does not look much like a Covid-19 battleground – but it has become a cause célèbre of the anti-masking movement since owner Amanda Wohletz began a campaign in July to defy local Jackson county mask mandates imposed after Delta variant infections surged…
eMailbag on Recruitment
Millennials and Gen Z pick where they want to live first and look for a job second, so agree eco devo marketing efforts should primarily focus on attracting talent.
New Committees
Citizens For Kirkwood TDD was formed. It’s a campaign committee to support Prop 1, Transportation Development District for the City of Kirkwood on the November ballot. Its treasurer is Arthur McDonnell, and its deputy treasurer is Richard Hutchison.
Lobbyists Registrations
Randy Scheer and Mike Winter added Lincoln University.
David Sweeney added Deli Star; and deleted Associated General Contractors of Missouri, and St. Louis - Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council.
Sonette Magnus deleted Associated General Contractors of Missouri, Justice Grown, STL Land Development LLC, Partners Groups Administration Services AG, HOK, Ashley Energy LLC, Outworx Group, and Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI).
Jake Silverman deleted Agudath Israel of Illinois.
Ron Berry deleted Prestige Transportation.
George Oestreich deleted Apexus.
$5K+ Contributions
Show Me Growth PAC (pro-Gregory) - $100,000 from Joe Patterson.
Gregory For Missouri - $250,000 from David J Gregory.
Tony PAC - $5,001 from Missouri Soybean Association.
Final 4 Missouri - $114,550 from Article IV (Alexandria, VA).
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Jerry Nolte, and Randy Asbury.