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Last week, the Civic Progress Action Committee, a limited fund left by the organization of top CEOs, contributed $ 20,000 to bring its total donation to $ 40,000.
The campaign’s biggest donor is Andrew Taylor, executive chairman of Enterprise Holdings, which has contributed $ 100,000, according to commission reports.
Other major campaign donors include the Carpenters Union ($ 30,000), Mercy ($ 25,000), Cigna ($ 25,000), Schnuck Markets ($ 20,000) and the Regional Business Council ($ 20,000).
The University of Washington and the University of St. Louis each donated $ 25,000.
The community college tax rate was last increased in 1984 and is the lowest of Missouri’s 12 community college tax districts. If the measure passes, St. Louis Community College will have the state’s fifth lowest tax rate.
The proposed tax hike comes amid a steady decline in the number of students attending community college. Enrollment in fall 2020 fell to 15,206 students, down more than a third from 2013 when more than 24,000 students took courses full-time or part-time.
St. Louis County Government Watchdog Tom Sullivan said he filed a complaint with the Missouri Secretary of State for what he called election violations, including community college.
The community college spent about $ 1,000 on the Proposition R “cards” delivered to Pittman, according to receipts Sullivan obtained as part of a public records request. The cards were informational only and handed out at meetings, according to a spokesperson for the university.
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