MOScout Daily Update: Landfill Deal - Water Info Change Defeat - Does $$$ Matter? - Onder Hit on Schaefer - Eigel Is The Eagle and more....
Quick Friday update…
Dems + FC = No Passage?
Thursdays are often referred to as “Third-read Thursdays” around the capitol because the bills which have been amended and perfected during the week are typically third read and passed on Thursday, the final day of the legislative week.
In the Senate, the fights are usually during the amendment process; bills which survive that are usually passed without much drama.
However yesterday, Sen. Tony Leutkemeyer’s SB 1351 failed to pass the Senate, narrowly dying by a 16-16 vote. The bill would have made confidential currently public information about major water users who withdraws or diverts water away from a water source.
Luetkemeyer said the intent was to protect the privacy of water users.
During its committee hearing the only witness against the bill was ArmorVine which asserted that the public has “a right to know who may be in partnership with other entities to ship out our water.”
Democrats were naturally skeptical of whittling away the Sunshine law, particularly which it involves environmental issues. And ArmorVine seems to have swayed the Freedom Caucus with its argument.
The 16 Nos votes came from the Dems and FC, plus Sen. Ben Brown.
Landfill Deal
More bits dribbled in Thursday about the landfill debate, which perhaps wasn't as fruitless as had initially appeared to the untrained eye. Apparently, the sides came to an agreement in concept late in the evening whereby the City of Raymore will reimburse the property owners for an amount roughly equal to their outlay in exchange for a key piece of the property and a prohibition on landfill construction.
The day saw hours of book-reading from Sens. Mary Elizabeth Coleman and Holly Thompson Rehder alongside substantive objections raised by Sens. Curtis Trent, Steve Roberts, Tracy McCreery, and Lauren Arthur.
· Roberts in particular impressed Senate watchers with his incisive inquiry of Sen. Rick Brattin. “Quicker on his feet despite Brattin's familiarity with the issue, relentlessly logical vs. Brattin's emotion, generally unflappable,” texted one lobbyist.
Drebes Overestimates $$$ Impact?
I’ve made a big deal about the huge money going into Mike Kehoe’s gubernatorial campaign and Will Scharf’s AG campaign. I think the enormity of the money flows in those races may be enough to propel them both to victory. Here’s the other side of that argument…
· Team Bailey spox in the Missouri Independent: “Wall Street Willy is raking in millions from the same donors who literally just wasted millions on Nikki Haley’s historically abysmal campaign against President Trump,” said Michael Hafner, Bailey’s spokesman. “They weren’t successful then and they won’t be successful in buying a seat in Missouri this year.”
· Team Ashcroft to MOScout: “Mike Kehoe's campaign and PAC had already spent $2.76 million combined as of January 1st, and they've spent another half a million in media since. He's still barely out of single digits and essentially tied with Eigel. Until his money starts actually translating to support, it really doesn’t mean much.”
Onder Hit on Schaefer
In CD-3, Bob Onder seems to have found his attack-line on Kurt Schaefer: Use Schaefer’s words against him by finding old footage from when he was running in purple Senate 19 and trying to appeal to moderate voters and crossover Dems.
Yesterday was another video on Twitter. “I’m a political moderate.”
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What really interesting in 3-CD, and my apologies to the other six candidates (including Rep. Justin Hicks), is that this isn’t the free-for-all I was expecting. It looked like it would be at one point with Sen. Travis Fitzwater mulling the race, and Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman filed, and Taylor Burks declaring, and speculation about the third-coming of Eric Greitens. But right now, we’re basically looking at a one-on-one between two titans. And the choice will be pretty clear for constituents: continue the Luetkemeyer mold, or follow the new confrontational Trump-ish brand of politics.
MOScout’s Jeff City Hunger Games Brackets: Finals
And we’ve reached the finals in the Missouri Scout Jeff City Hunger Games March Madness bracket… Sen. John Rizzo vs Hough chief of staff Pat Thomas. Vote here.
Results on Monday!
Eigel is the Eagle
On Twitter, Sen. Bill Eigel reveals that a song has been written in honor… “Eigel is the eagle, to make Missouri fly.” Listen to it here.
$5K+ Contributions
Winning for Missouri Education (pro-sports betting IP) - $500,000 from DK Crown Holdings, Inc (Boston, MA).
AGC of MO PAC - $5,955 from Ideker, Inc.
AGC of MO PAC - $5,650 from Road Runner Safety Services.
AGC of MO PAC - $9,780 from Sellenriek Construction Inc.
House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc - $5,500 from Committee to Elect Dave Hinman.
Missourians for Truth in Petitioning (anti-Ozark casino) - $65,000 from Strategic Capital Consultants, LLC.
Lobbyist Registrations
John Bardgett, Chris Roepe, and Mark Habbas added CHILD USAdvocacy.
Amy Blunt added Bayer U.S. LLC.
David Sweeney added WEPOWER.