Creve Coeur Interests Give Thousands to Stem Sewer Rates; MSD Election is June 5

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

• Nearly $99,000 came from companies or committees based in states other than Missouri. 

• A total of $30,000 came from businesses based in Creve Coeur.

• 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 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
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 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

While some municipalities have come out and urged residents to vote yes on the question, Creve Coeur has not. Tuesday night, Robert Kent, wondered aloud at this week's City Council meetng why the city has not taken a public stance. Kent noted that MSD's financial constraints have forced the city to take on addressing some sewer-related problems itself.

Council members and city staff did not address the question Tuesday. 

To find a list of polling places, check out the St. Louis County Board of Elections website.

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