BurningbirdOne of the problems I kept running into when preparing stories for this site is the fact that Missouri’s Department of Agriculture seems to have abysmal data systems. Every Sunshine Law request, no matter how small, exceeded whatever amount of money I had set as a cap for the request. Now it would seem the […]
The bill we fought so hard for, Proposition B, was killed today. It was killed by the state legislature, and it was killed by Governor Nixon. It had the honor of dying in a bi-partisan fashion, killed by Democrat and Republican alike. I have found there is one thing that can bring both parties together: […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Word is now circulating that Governor Nixon signed SB 113. The will of the voters means little to the people in Jefferson City. Cruelty to dogs means even less. Update: Confirmation from Yael T. Abouhalkah from the Kansas City Star. Not to worry, claims Nixon in an oily move: The legislature has […]
And the House passed SB 161 today. Worse, it passed the emergency clause, which makes the bill “referendum proof”. The debate was contentious and there were a couple of brave folks who spoke out against the emergency clause, but when you have a legislature so dominated by special interests, the people don’t have a chance. […]
The reps literally ran SB 161 from the House to Senate and instituted a vote on the senate floor. The move was so quick, the senators were confused and they had to run the debate and vote again. I was so disappointed to hear Jolie Justus join with the rural legislators in order to throw […]