The initiative, called "Stop the Nonsense", is aimed at stimulating the local economy with street and bridge repairs, and avoiding what the group calls "mismanagement of capital projects".
“We’ve had a hard winter”, Association Director Ed DeSoigne said. “This kind of weather damages streets, and you don’t have to drive very far to notice that pot holes are making an early appearance this year. This isn’t the time to reduce funding for street maintenance and repairs. If anything, it should be increased.”
Today the continuing campaign finance committee created by the group on Jan. 28, reported two $50,000 contributions. The first, not surprisingly, came from the Association and the second was from Operating Engineers Local 101 PAC.
There was one problem with the reports, they were delinquent. Under Missouri's campaign finance law (RSMo 130-044), contributions to committees greater than $5,000 are required to be reported to the Ethics Commission within 48 hours. The first contribution, though, was made 16 days ago while the Operating Engineers contribution came six days ago. In both cases, the statutorily defined deadline was missed. Persons failing to file reports within required timeframes can be charged with a Class A misdemeanor (RSMo 130-081), although such punishment is rarely pursued.
Perhaps in the future the Stop the Nonsense team won't have any more of this delay nonsense.
Related Links:
Stop the Nonsense Website
Stop the Nonsense Campaign Finance Reports
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