Monday, April 20, 2009

Nixon campaign late in reporting $41,750 in contributions

Missouri law requires candidates to report all contributions of more than $5,000 within 48 hours, but two 48-hour reports filed by Gov. Jay Nixon's committee April 15 are for oversized donations made months ago.

One report shows a $6,750 in-kind contribution made by Empire Airlines, Lebanon, Jan. 14. Perhaps it was just overlooked, since Nixon received $100,000 in large contributions that day, according to Missouri Ethics Commission records, from such heavyweights as AT&T, Anheuser-Busch, IUPAT, and Kansas City Southern Railway, Inc.

The other report shows a $25,000 from contribution from Kansas City Power and Light made on Jan. 28, and a $10,000 conribution from Empire District Electric Company, Joplin, that dates all the way back to Dec. 22.

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