United Springfield PAC tries to buy School Board seats

A PAC formed out of Chamber of Commerce PAC. They claim they are non-partisan, but they are wealthy representatives of extreme progressivism. Do you want to sell your sell your child to autocrats?

United Springfield PAC gives $20,000 gift to Kincaid, Crise, and Provance for $60,000 total

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Donors are spending a lot of money in Springfield to get progressive School Board members elected. Some of these are the School Board members who voted against girl sports and against sanity by adopting trans athletes and trans rights to bathrooms in our schools. Danielle and Scott have consistently fought against conservative values in our community and have helped usher in Critical Race Theory, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Social Emotional Learning.

These three policies are being forced upon schools and students to keep school scores low and to keep students unable to think or reason. These policies teach kids not to work hard academically, but to find their success in accepting other people’s differences (even if those differences defy science and logic).

Jim Anderson claims he is a Democrat and Terri McQuery claims she is a Republican. They claim that their differences are what allows SPS to have a “nonpartisan” election of School Board Trustees. Except, if they really meant it, they would have endorsed people with conservative values also. Instead they chose proven progressive candidates because their goals are aligned.

Springfield Chamber of Commerce Republicans are no different than the radical progressives. They are the Liz Cheney’s of the Republican Party. They will lie to you and make up wild claims because all they care about is the money they can bring into their businesses or their friend’s businesses. Make no mistake about it. Being a Trustee may be an unpaid position, but it can be very rewarding if you lack basic morals.

CoC Republicans know that schools spend millions and millions of dollars in a community like Springfield and they want to keep SPS fat and bloated so they can feed off the carcass. Progressives want the same thing because it creates government subsidies and more and more socialism.

These two groups are both elitists who think they are smarter than the average voter and they have to control you and keep you stupid.

School Boards cannot be non-partisan, despite the baseless claims by the United Springfield PAC. Trustees may not have an “R” or “D” next to their name, but the people elected vote on policies based on their personal political beliefs and theology. If you elect people who are Godless, or politically corrupt, you will get a school that looks like SPS’s—No discipline, outrageous radical policies designed to divide parents from their children, and a seriously declining ability to perform even the most basic academic functions like reading, math, and writing.

If you vote in conservatives who are God-fearing and politically conservative, your school and students will start to reflect the same—Leadership matters.

If you are a Christian, you have a duty to vote on April 2nd. If you are a Christian and donated to the PAC, I would ask you why. Maybe you thought you were doing the right thing, but some people spend their entire lives thinking they are good and will discover that He knew them not.

Does Springfield need School Board members elected to turn SPS into carcasses of bloated schools that spend money without any accountability—no serious and meaningful audits?

Does Springfield need failing schools and failing students so that the Chamber of Commerce can create more and more programs through progressive governmental policies to “fix” the problems they perpetuate?

Here are the names mentioned in the Springfield News-Leader article one, article two, article three, article four, article five, and article six by Claudette Riley, along with what they are known for and the money they have contributed to the United Springfield PAC, if listed:

School Board Candidates Supported by United Springfield PAC (Thinly veiled PAC based on Chamber of Commerce cronyism.)

Danielle Kincaid - Incumbent candidate for Springfield school board, board president, received $20,000 from United Springfield PAC

Susan Provance - First-time candidate for Springfield school board, received $20,000 from United Springfield PAC

Scott Crise - Incumbent candidate for Springfield school board, board vice president, received $20,000 from United Springfield PAC

PAC Steering Committee

Jim Anderson - Co-chair of United Springfield PAC, former president of Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, former vice president at CoxHealth

Terri McQueary - Co-chair of United Springfield PAC, 2017 Republican of the Year

Raylene Appleby - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, president of PJC Insurance Agency

Orin Cummings - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church

Jeff Johnson - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, retired urologist at Mercy Hospital, donated $5,000

Julie Leeth - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, retired Springfield educator

Alina Lehnert - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, leadership expert and former school board member, donated $2,750

Tom Prater - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, eye surgeon and former member of school board and City Council, donated $5,000

Gail Smart - United Springfield PAC steering committee member, community volunteer and wife of Missouri State University president Clif Smart, donated $2,500

Debbie Shantz Hart - Treasurer of the United Springfield PAC "Preserving a united, nonpartisan local government has hit a chord."

PAC Donors

Jeffrey Hutchens - Donated $50,000 to United Springfield PAC, president of Hutchens Industries

Bryan Magers - Donated $5,000 to United Springfield PAC, president of Bryan Properties

Tom Carlson - Donated $5,000 to United Springfield PAC, former mayor and financial backer/publisher of Springfield Daily Citizen

Thomas Baird III - Donated $5,000 to United Springfield PAC, retired

Elizabeth Stack - Donated $5,000 to United Springfield PAC, retired

Robert Baird - Donated $2,500 to United Springfield PAC, retired

Sally Baird - Donated $2,500 to United Springfield PAC, retired

Shannon Gregg - Donated $2,500 to United Springfield PAC, homemaker

Chandler Gregg - Donated $2,500 to United Springfield PAC, attorney

David O'Reilly - Donated $2,000 to United Springfield PAC, executive vice president of O'Reilly Auto Parts

Charlie O'Reilly - Donated $2,000 to United Springfield PAC, retired

William Turner - Donated $1,000 to United Springfield PAC

Darren Lehnert - Donated $1,000 to United Springfield PAC

Mark Nelson - Donated $500 to United Springfield PAC

John Carnahan - Donated $500 to United Springfield PAC

Mark McQueary - Donated $500 to United Springfield PAC

Mark Walker - Donated $500 to United Springfield PAC

Tom Finnie - Donated $500 to United Springfield PAC

Terry Bond - Donated $300 to United Springfield PAC

Steve Ingalsbe - Donated $250 to United Springfield PAC

Gary Whitaker - Donated $250 to United Springfield PAC

Greg Burris - Donated $300 to United Springfield PAC

Art Hains - Donated $200 to United Springfield PAC

Jacob Thomas - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Charity Elmer - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Jane Huffstetler - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Wes Zongker - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Joyce Schearf - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Linda Bourg - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Carol Taylor - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Angie Harrell - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Doug Pilant - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Fred Hall - Donated $100 to United Springfield PAC

Andrew Baird - Donated $50 to United Springfield PAC

Art Farris - Donated $50 to United Springfield PAC

Sandy Vekasy - Donated $25 to United Springfield PAC

James Stapleton (of Cape Girardeau) - $1,000 (Business owner)

Gloria Galanes - $500 (Retired from higher education)

Troy Kennedy - $500 (Investment advisor)

Rodney Loomer - $500 (Attorney)

Crista Hogan - $200 (Attorney)

Debra Hart - $200 (Developer)

Tom Peebles - $200 (Attorney)

John Wanamaker - $200 (Retired)

James Huff - $200 (Retired)

Ken Carter - $100 (Retired)

John Mihalevich - $100 (Retired)

Mark Walterskirchen - $100 (Physician)

Tim Smith (of Willard) - $50 (Retired)

Morey Mechlin - $50 (Retired nonprofit leader)

Tracy Roberts (of Rogersville) - $50 (Retired)

Individual Donors to the 4 SPS School Board Candidates who are Progressive

Donated only to Kyler Sherman-Wilkins:

• Jocelyn Millana ($4,536 in-kind)

• Q Enoteca ($300 in-kind)

• Dany Lacio ($260)

• Aaron Schekorra ($104)

• Kay Mills ($100)

• Emily Hahn ($1,000)

• Adam Bolyard ($520)

• Chloe Bolyard ($500)

• Jack Mackey ($500)

• Herb Dankert ($250)

• Charles Buchanan ($250)

• Jennifer Joslin ($200)

• Leslie Anderson ($200)

• Beverly Keltner ($200)

Donated only to Danielle Kincaid:

• Cameron Rose ($1,562)

• Logan Aguirre ($1,000)

• David Aguirre ($1,000)

Donated only to Susan Provance:

• Patti Provance ($500)

• Rah Law LLC ($500)

• Judy Wilson ($300)

Donated only to Scott Crise:

• Mike White ($5,000)

• Nancy White ($5,000)

• Jack Stack ($1,500)

• Hal Higdon ($200)