We're just highlighting a quote that would otherwise go mostly unseen amid all the other Internets slop. "A PAC backing a Jackson County Legislator received a record $50,000 contribution from a St. Louis PAC—more than his PAC had received from all 88 of its previous contributions combined. "One month later, that St. Louis PAC received $50,000 from A LADY, whose husband’s firm was seeking a 99-year lease of Jackson County property—along with $3 million from the county—to build housing. "Legislators were asked to bypass normal committee review and approve the deal without a specified site or negotiated terms. "A legislative aide later ALLEGEDLY offered another legislator up to $50,000 to revive the deal.