Candidates are required to form committees if they anticipate receiving more than $1,000 in campaign contributions or more than $325 from any one contributor.
The Joplin Progress Committee, formed late last year by Joplin and area business leaders, to back candidates who agree with their idea of how the school district and the city should move forward, endorsed Flowers, fellow incumbent Randy Steele, and Shawn McGrew last week. Steele, as noted last week in the Turner Report, was the first board candidate to form a committee.
The Progress Committee raised $11,000 by the end of 2013 and has indicated that it will be putting money into the school board and city council races.
Flowers has been asking for money since Jan. 7, when he mailed a letter which included the following request:
"I believe this election is a pivotal one for our district and your support could be the difference. I am asking, most importantly, for your vote, but also for any financial support you are willing to give."
The committee documents list Dale Garrett, Joplin, as the treasurer. Though school board candidates do not have to declare a party, Flowers listed himself as "Republican."
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