The KNEA recently sent out its “Educator Voter’s Guide” for the August primary election that is “for Kansas NEA Members Only.” Apparently, this piece was sent out by KNEA as its “KNEA News” instead of being a publication of its KNEA Political Action Committee. (more…)
On Monday the National Institute on Money in State Politics issued a report “No Small Change: Unitemized Contributions Add Little to Campaign Coffers”. This report said state-level candidate, party and ballot measure committees are reporting a small percentage of donations as unitemized lump sums.
But what about unitemized contributions to Political Action Committees? In the last few years the Kansas National Education Association PAC received over $500,000 in unitemized contributions — nearly 95% of all their contributions! (more…)
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 Rankings of 228 Kansas PACs, reported that the Missouri GKC Chamber PAC was #1 in Kansas with money raised in 2007, #1 in money spent in 2007, and #1 with money in the bank. (more…)