Wake Up Call blog:

There is no better example of what big money will get you than in St. Charles County, Paul McKee’s home base. While the Post-Dispatch has recently decided to focus on McKee’s influence over elected officials it has all but ignored the story as it relates to St. Charles. McKee and other builders such as McBride & Sons, TR Hughes, Tom Johnson as well as other businesses have poured millions of dollars into political races in St. Charles County. As an example, take a look at the THE REGIONAL ST CHARLES COUNTY LEADERSHIP FUND which was formed in March of 2006 by employees of TR Hughes. Within months the group had raised over $200,000.00 dollars. The money poured in from developers, builders, businesses and their employees, lawyers and family members. The group did even better in 2007 and this money does not include the vast sums of money paid through direct contributions or other PACs.

Up until the recent slow down in the housing market, St. Charles County was exploding in growth with new houses going up faster than the infrastructure to support such growth. So what kind of “economic development policies” were these big money candidates supporting? Here is a partial list of what you got in O’Fallon:

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