Greater Kansas City Chamber PAC, Awash With Cash, Forms New PACs to “Buy”...
The Greater Kansas City (Missouri) Chamber of Commerce PAC is awash in cash, with $788,295 in the bank at the end of the Jan 10, 2008 reporting period. A recent Meadowlark article, Political Money...
View ArticleDid Gov. Kathleen Sebelius violate Kansas ethics laws by donating auction...
[Updated] Gov. Sebelius’ reception for Dr. George Tiller at the Governor’s mansion while Tiller was under criminal investigation has been in the news for the past several days. News reports today...
View ArticleAttending Wichita Pride Parade or Festival on Sunday? Tell Bruce McKinney his...
The Wichita Voters for Truth PAC sent out this hit piece against State Rep candidate Jan Beemer in the Nov 2006 election, but never filed its Jan 2007 PAC report with the Kansas Governmental Ethics...
View ArticleKansas Ethics Commission can’t find political activist, who didn’t file PAC...
Mr. Bruce McKinney was the Chair/Treasurer of a PAC, Wichita Voters for Truth, that sent out a hit piece in Wichita in Nov 2006 and then never filed a Jan 2007 report with the Kansas Governmental...
View ArticleKansas Ethics Commission ignores missing $25,000 payment by PAC?
Why are missing, large money transfers between a Kansas PAC and a federal 527 PAC from 2006 ignored by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission? Are a missing $25,000 transfer and two $15,625...
View Article“Missing” PAC reports? Why are out-of-state PACs allowed to hide their reports?
Starting in early 2006 the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission published online “all” campaign finance reports for Kansas Political Action Committees (PACs) and political candidates — these reports...
View ArticleEthics Commission’s “Top 20″ PAC list missing 10 PACs?
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission publishes a list of “Top 20″ Kansas Political Action Committees (PACs) every year, but this list is computed only using PAC contributions to candidates. Why...
View ArticleOver $500,000 missing from online PAC reports in Kansas
Kansas law is quite peculiar in letting out-of-state PACs have fewer reporting requirements than in-state PACs. Out-of-state groups are allowed to spend huge amounts on Kansas politics and not have...
View ArticleOver $800,000 spent by Johnson County Committees on local issues
JoCo Political Committee Notebooks A Kansas Political Action Committee (PAC) files political money reports on statewide activities with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, but a PAC reduces to...
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