MOScout Daily Update: Parson Make Sports Authority Appts - Long Ad Pulled from YouTube - Burks Says Pelosi Will Criminalize Christians and more...
First in MOScout: Parson Appts to STL Regional Sports Authority
Governor Mike Parson sent new appointees to The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority to the Missouri Senate for confirmation.
The Authority will be a major player in determining how the $500+ million proceeds from the Rams lawsuit are distributed.
New appointments…
· Attorney Joe Blunner (R), see bio here, taking the place of Kevin Cantwell.
· Former gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence (R), see bio here, taking the place of Jerome Wallach.
· American Metals exec Chrissy Nardini (I), see bio here, taking the place of Joseph Hunt.
Other Appts
· Rabbi Yosef Landa to the Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission.
· Kevin Rosenbohm to the Air Conservation Commission.
· John Schoen to the State Milk Board.
YouTube Pulls Long Ad Over Big Lie
Press release from Long campaign: YouTube removed from its website Missouri U.S. Senate candidate, Billy Long’s campaign ad that promoted election integrity. This continues a dangerous trend by YouTube to censor and cancel conservative candidates and public figures by removing their content from its platform.
What It Means
Honestly probably good news for Long. It’s unclear how much money he could devote to the ad, but this gives him an earned media bump with his two target markets: Republican primary voters, and Donald Trump. Both believe that Trump only lost the election because of some vast yet impossible to uncover fraud occurring. And both despise Big Tech.
And maybe it helps him in his quest to get the coveted Trump endorsement. Who knows?
Pietzman Contra Little Lie
Rep. Randy Pietzman, in House debate concerning HB 1720, punctures Missouri’s “little lie,” that agriculture is out #1 industry, an oft-repeated line. It’s number one in our hearts. But not by any other metric like revenue, jobs, exports etc. See the debate here. The bill was passed 120-30.
Kinne to MO River Coalition
Shane Kinne, previously with Missouri Corn, announced his new gig on social media… “Next week I will begin a new career chapter as the Executive Director of the Coalition to Protect the Missouri River.”
See the Coalition to Protect The Missouri River website here.
Burks Fundraising Text: Pelosi Will Make You Denounce Jesus
Things are getting wacky. Taylor Burks, running in the CD-4 primary, is making some off-the-rail claims in fundraising his efforts.
Nancy Pelosi & her atheist woke supporters are ramming through a bill that will shut down every Christian business in America.
They will criminalize your Christian beliefs.
They will make you denounce Jesus.
See a tweet of a fundraising text here.
See the fundraising link here.
What It Means
Hysteria sells. And in a congressional primary election the drive to stand out and connect with the base leads to crazier and crazier fundraising pitches.
New Committees
RightPath PAC was formed. Its treasurer is Sarah Vatterott. Vatterott is a lawyer who “represent and counsel fire protection districts, volunteer fire associations, and cities throughout the State of Missouri in real estate, election procedures, contract disputes, employment matters, Sunshine Law compliance, and other areas of public entity law.” The phone number and PO Box on the committee is associated with Gamble & Schlemeier and Missouri Fire Service Alliance.
A Promise for St Louis was formed. It’s a PAC. Its treasurer is James T Allen III.
Lobbyists Registrations
Garrett Webb added Phoenix Home Care.
Maya Ingram deleted SD USA.
Chris Roepe deleted Alubar Metals Missouri.
$5K+ Contributions
Legal Missouri 2022 - $10,000 from Purple Leaf Gladstone.
Legal Missouri 2022 - $105,000 from New Growth Horizon LLC.
Excelsior PAC - $23,000 from American Democracy Alliance.
Birthdays
Happy birthday to Van Kelly.