Amendment 1 extends the 0.1% sales tax that supports state parks and soil and water conservation. “I’m going to always look for ways to make the burden of government less on Missouri families and let them keep more of their own money,” Kehoe said. The idea of eliminating the state income tax and raising revenue through sales tax appealed to Chad Cole, who said he voted for Amendment 5. Cole said he expects to pay less in new sales tax than he would in income tax and that will boost the economy. “The source of Realtors’ money is Realtors,” Charton said, “but I cannot speak for the dark money groups who never recorded a single individual human donation from a Missourian.”