Guess Who Gave Money to Stem Sewer Rates For Next Week's Election?
Clean Water STL has received roughly $385,000 in monetary support in the last five weeks. The committee wants St. Louis residents to vote Tuesday, June 5 in favor of Proposition Y, a measure that will affect sewer rates throughout the area.
Financial support has been pouring in for a committee aimed at getting St. Louisans to vote in favor of a sewer proposition next week.
The special election for Proposition Y is Tuesday in Manchester, Town and Country and other St. Louis County municipalities, as well as parts of St. Louis city.
Documents filed this week with the Missouri Ethics Commission show that Clean Water STL—the committee formed to back the proposition—received approximately $385,000 in monetary contributions between April 22 and May 24. It received more than $9,000 of in-kind support.
The filings also show approximately $308,000 in expenses for that period, largely on direct mailings.
Among the highlights
- Notable donors with connections to Town and Country and/or Manchester are Schnucks and Dierbergs.
- The committee spent nearly $90,000 on consulting, including website consulting, during the filing period.
- It spent nearly $219,000 on direct mailings.
A list of the donors follows:
| DONOR | CITY | AMOUNT |
| Ace Pipe Cleaning Inc. | Kansas City | $5,000 |
| Anheuser Busch | St. Louis (63118) | $50,000 |
| BJC Healthcare | St. Louis (63110) | $10,000 |
| CH2M Hill | Englewood, CO |
$5,000 |
| Committee for Bond Initiatives | St. Louis (63101) | $15,000 |
| Committee for Bond Initiatives | St. Louis (63101) | $15,000 |
| Covidien | Sandy, UT | $75,000 |
| DDI Media Inc. | Overland | $4,650 (in-kind) |
| DDI Media Inc. | Overland | $4,650 (in-kind) |
| Dee Joyce-Hayes (general counsel at Metro) | St. Louis (63112) | $200 |
| Dierbergs Markets | Chesterfield |
$8,791 |
| Drury Development Corporation | St. Louis (63141) | $15,000 |
| Enterprise Holdings Inc. Political Action Committee | Clayton | $5,000 |
| Enterprise Holdings Inc. Political Action Committee | Clayton | $5,000 |
| George Butler Associates |
O'Fallon | $100 |
| Gershenson Construction Co. | Eureka | $5,000 |
| Goodwin Brothers | Crystal City | $50,000 |
| Hermann Oak Leather Co. | St. Louis (63147) | $26,529 |
| HDR Engineering | Omaha, NE | $10,000 |
| John Heimos | St. Louis (63128) | $750 |
| KAI | St. Louis (63102) | $2,000 |
| Kohn Shands Elbert Gianoulakis & Giljum | Clayton | $1,000 |
| Monsanto | Creve Coeur | $10,000 |
| Regional Business Council | Clayton | $25,000 |
| Reitz and Jens | St. Louis (63132) | $1,000 |
| SAK Construction | O'Fallon | $25,000 |
| Schnucks Markets | St. Louis (63146) | $19,064 |
| SSM Health Care | St. Louis (63141) | $5,000 |
| STL Parking Company | St. Louis (63101) | $1,000 |
| Supervalu Inc. | Boise, ID |
$3,285 |
| The Kelley Group | St. Louis (63103) | $100 |
| Villa Lighting |
St. Louis (63103) | $1,000 |
| Woolpert Inc. PAC | Dayton, OH | $500 |
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