Chris Brown is Dead (Politically)

OMG, has anybody wasted so much political capital. Chris Brown is running in the primary to be the Republican candidate for Missouri's 97 state representative this Tuesday. I don't know Mr. Brown but I've watched him waste money on two unsuccessful school board races. Losing doesn't really mean a lot when the odds are against you. But in those two races, we didn't see any energy from the candidate. He appeared lazy. I assumed he didn't really care if he'd won, just that he'd gotten his name out to the masses. That way, he was setting up his race for the 97th while Walt Bivins was being term limited. But history has repeated itself. Brown has done little in this campaign. He hasn't been seen walking door to door and neither have his supporters. He will lose on Tuesday. Folks won't like donating to someone who doesn't want to work with their money. His political career is dead. Maybe Kutis can give him a discount on the casket.

Follow the Money in Mehlville II

Citizens for Accountability in Education is the Political Action Committee formed by Michael Becker to purchase the election for Chris Brown, David Bertelsen and Linda Mooy. A review of their contributors finds the following:

Friends of Chris Brown 72% Reside out of the district

These contributors all live outside of our school district:

Cunningham Campaign Committee Chesterfied, MO
Committee to Elect Mike Leara Sunset Hills, MO
MNEA PAC Heartland *
MNEA PAC South *
MNEA PAC Northwest *
MNEA Statewide *
MNEA Southwest *
MNEA Southeast *
MNEA West *

*This MNEA is not related to any teachers association. It's an acronym designed to confuse people and stands for Missourians Needing Educational Alternatives. These PACs are funded solely by anti-public school and voucher proponent Rex Sinquefield.

Friends of Our Schools?

Below are the contributors, as of 4/1/8 to the Friends of Chris Brown Committee in his attempt to win a seat a seat on the Mehlville School Board:

Janet Renner Baldwin, MO
Donovan Lewis Providence, RI
Bruce Buwalda Maryland Heights, MO
Joseph Weikert Arcadia, MO
Kent Bettale Oakville
Carol Keich Creve Coeur, MO
Jim Bodenstein Mehlville
Mike Spence West Covina, CA
Lembke for Senate Mehlville
Joanne Chambers, Florissant, MO
James Noland Osage Beach, MO
Mike Becker, Schrewsbury, MO
Shawn Mitchell Valaparaiso, FL
Phyllis Schlafly, Chesterfield, MO
Thomas Klein St. Louis, MO
Carl Hendrickson Mehlville
Mae Duggan St. Louis, MO
Leroy Judd Oakville
Kurt Witzel Oakville
Julia McNamara Austin, TX
Joeylynn Hough Brunswick, MD
Eleanor Stampfer Mehlville

Notice only six of the 22 contributors live in our school district.

Hiatus Time

I've been advised to take a few days off, so don't look for any updates till Monday. I'd like to give those people that have said I've printed something that is incorrect an opportunity to mail me a letter outlining what they disagree with. Please sign your name so I know how to contact you.
I look forward to writing about things here in South County that interest me but don't get the coverage by of our weakly paper.
We'll follow up with the witch-hunt being conducted at the Mehlville Fire Department and the cronyism that's draining resources from the department.
We'll explore Mr. Jim Lembke's fundraising and how he is primarily collecting funds from legislative committees. One contribution is twice what is allowed by law. We also note Mr. Lembke donated to Friends of Chris Brown and the CFEA or Rex's Rangers.
We'll try to get you some information on Diehl vs Fred Weber. Last I saw, they were scheduled to go to trial on May 12.

The Mehlville Fire Department Gets Hotter

Tonight, I understand the MFPD's Board of Directors authorized the hiring of an outside firm to investigate some alleged harassment to one of their employees, Marty Becker. That's quite a coincidence. I understand James Stonebraker has been up in arms about the fact that none of Becker's fellow firefighters will tuck Marty into bed at night. This is quite humorous since the only district firefighter known to have harassed anybody is our current chief. James Silvernail had issues with his his former employer, Metro West Fire Department and their board of directors. He pleaded guilty to harassing them and a restraining order was issued against him after being hired by the Mehlville Fire Protection District. Former Ladue Firefighter Marty Becker is the brother of Mike Becker, Realtor, fee license agent for the state of Missouri and political tool for Chris Brown, Davis Bertelsen, Arron Hilmer, Bonnie Stegman, James Stonebraker, Kenny Hulsof, Rex Sinquefield, etc.

Digging a Little Deeper in the Well

Unlike Call Newspaper reporter Burke Wasson, I went further than just the St. Louis County Election Board's records when researching the financial backers of the Rex (Sinquefield) Rangers and their extreme right wing attempt to take over the Mehlville School District.
At the election board, you'll find only Chris Brown of the Brown, Bertelson, Mooy slate even bothered to form a committee. Why should they with Mike Becker as their puppetmaster? They might actually have to think and act on their own if they did.
http://www.moethics.mo.gov/Ethics/CampaignFinance/CFCommitteeInfo1.aspx?MECID=C081040&Year=2008

Memo to Chris Brown

Chris,
I know that Mike Becker did most of the work for you during the election, but it's still you're responsibility to file your quarterly campaign finance report. Yours is already overdue by 3 days.

Also note. There is an error on one of your contributions forms 27 March 08, line 6 should be $735 not $835.. Of course, this affects your form MO 300.