Friday, June 18, 2010

Sinquefield has spent nearly $7 million on earnings tax issue

Retired billionaire Rex Sinquefield's attempts to make government over in his own image continued today, with another $2.7 million plus in contributions, according to 48-hour reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

The biggest chunk $2,534,000 went to Let Voters Decide, which is working to repeal earnings taxes in St. Louis and Kansas City. Up to this point, Sinquefield has poured $6,788,000 into Let Voters Decide.

The Ethics Commission documents also show Sinquefield contributed $100,000 to Progress for the St. Louis Region and $75,000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee.

As noted Tuesday in The Turner Report, Sinquefield also gave $25,000 to Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's campaign committee this week.

1 comment:

Amanda Tackett said...

Randy, the tax structure in St. Louis is really strange! I've heard of that group...if you live on one block (or have a business) you pay more tax on purchases. Go one building over? Less. A lot of the business owners are saying it is hurting their efforts to provide stable jobs for people in the city. It's really fascinating. They have petetions out everywhere all the time. Now I know who is behind it all. Thanks!