Jackson Jambalaya

No compensation has been received by Miller, Anhueser-Busch, any of their distributors, agents, or representatives. Hell, I wish they would. ;-)

Campaign finance reports were turned in yesterday and that means we can see how much money the beer lobby (Anheuser-Busch/Southern Beverage/Clay Firm/Capitol Advocacy Group/Capitol Resources Group) spent in 2010.

Capitol Advocacy Group, the creation of lobbyist Beth Clay, received $30,000 in donations and spent $26,950. Anheuser-Busch donated $5,000 to CAG while the Clay Firm gave $25,000. It should be pointed out Anhueser-Bush pays Ms. Clay $90,000 a year so there is a chance some of the AB money is funneled to CAG through Ms. Clay's retainer.

CAG doled out quite a bit of money to Mississippi politicians in 2010. The biggest recipient was Tate Reeves, State Treasurer and candidate for Lieutenant Governor: $5,750. The rest of the donations are:

Tate Reeves: $5,750
Stacy Pickering: $3,000
Merle Flowers: $1,000
Doug Davis: $1,000
Jack Gordon: $1,000
Joe Warren: $1,000
Johnny Stringer: $1,000

There were many donations made for $500 and $250. Dean Kirby, Billy Hewes, nor Phil Bryant received any donations from CAG in 2010. However, that is not to see the Senate Finance Committee Chairman did not receive any beer money in 2010. Anheuser-Bush gave Mr. Kirby $1,000 and the Clay firm donated another $2,500. It is also important to note Southern Beverage paid Capitol Resources Group (Super-lobbyist Clare Hester and John Lundy) $60,000 and supper-lobbyist Clifford Thompson $6,750. Southern Beverage's spending on lobbyist skyrocketed from less than $10,000 a year before 2007 to nearly $70,000 a year since 2007. Beer money......it just keeps flowing and flowing......