Monday, August 05, 2024

Breakdown of who's funding Landis, Woolston, Scorse


(Note: This post has been edited to show that it was John Karriman not John Karraker, who contributed to the Mike Woolston campaign. I apologize for the error.)


As the race for Jasper County Western District Commissioner reaches the final days, the money, as it often does, appears to be telling the story.

Former Joplin R-8 Board of Education member Mike Landis, who quit the board in 2015 after arranging a sweetheart goodbye (you can't call it severance if you agree to say he retired) package for departing superintendent C. J. Huff, has lined up contributions from many of Joplin's movers and shakers and has poured the money into yard signs, television advertising and billboards.







Former Joplin mayor and city council member Mike Woolston, who quit his council position shortly after a damning Missouri state audit alleged he took advantage of his position to orchestrate a land flipping scheme with the storm-damaged property, has attracted far fewer contributions than Landis.

The wild card in the race is Ed Scorse.

Missouri Ethics Commission disclosure reports show Scorse raised more money than Landis and Woolston combined- $34,639.25, with $28,000 of that total coming in loans from Scorse to his campaign.

Scorse had only spent $9,228.81 of that total prior to the last week of the campaign, according to the 8-days-before-election report, but appears to be making up for that in the last days. His July and 8-days-before election reports show no expenditures for television, but anyone watching Joplin market TV stations the past few days has seen an ad featuring Jasper County Presiding Commissioner John Bartosh endorsing Scorse.

For a further breakdown of the money going into this campaign:

Mike Landis

Landis got the earliest start of the candidates, being the only one who filed an April report with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

According to his 8-days-before-election report, Landis raised $24,647 and spent $18,194.30 going into the final week of the campaign.







Nearly half of Landis' contributions were noted in his April report including the following that were $500 or above:

Patterson Collaborative LLC $500
Benjamin Rosenberg $500
Carol Simpson, St. Louis, $500
Dorothy Willcoxon $500
C. A. English $1,000
Hershewe Law Firm $1,000
Jeremy Drinkwitz, Mercy CEO $500
Jerrod Hogan, OWN, Inc. CEO $1,000
Suzanne Sharp $500
Sharon Beshore $500
Roper Kia $1,000

His early expenditures included $2,200 to Lamar Advertising for billboards.

In his July report, Landis received $9,400, including $500 or above contributions from the following:

Samuel Carter, physician $500
B. G. Coffey Enterprises $500
Douglas Lawson $500
Curt Crossland, Crossland Construction $2,000
American Ramp Company $500
Britt Burr, H. E. Williams controller $500
Hal Roper $500
Aaron Peters, Cintax, $1,200
Midwest Regional Allergy and Asthma $500
Newton Sharp $1,000
Sign Designs, Joplin $1,200

According to that report, Landis spent $5,646.41 with Sign Designs for yard signs, $508.30 to KOAM, $317.69 to KSN and $245.86 to KODE.








In the 8-Days-Before-Election report, Landis reported receiving $2,500 from Sarah Sharp and paid $635.38 to KSN, $651.10 to KOAM and $218.24 to KODE.

Mike Woolston


As of the 8-days-before-election report, Woolston had received $7,300, loaning $6,000 of that to his campaign.

Woolston had only two $500 contributors, John Karriman and Diane Volk.

Woolston reported spending $5,068.74.





Ed Scorse


The $28,000 in loans Scorse provided to his campaign made up the lion's share of the $34,639.25 he had received by the 7-days-before-election report. Of that total, he had only spent $9,228.81 by the final week of the campaign with $7,691.33 going toward yard signs from Mid-America Media.

Scorse's contributions of $500 or above came from the following:

Newton Sharp $1,000
James Pinjov, real estate developer $500
Joseph Kim, Missouri Farm Bureau Carl Junction branch manager $500
Allen McReynolds $1,500
Smith's Paint Store $500

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:02 PM

    Wow what choices. Midget Mikey, corrupt ex-mayor, and a lunatic spending 30k of his own money for a 70k per year job.

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  2. Anonymous2:44 PM

    Thanks for posting this now we know who not to spend our money with.

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  3. Anonymous8:17 AM

    The guy I voted for isn't even on here, guess he was the right choice...

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