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SB 161 vote in Senate

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 […]

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Legal, Laws, and Regs Political

I can only imagine

Susan Redden in the Joplin Globe on Governor Nixon’s “solution”: I can only imagine how the lawmakers must feel after passing legislation and then seeing the governor turn around and propose his own plan. They must feel like the voters who passed Proposition B.

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Weather

Tornado

Just a quick note to say our area was not hit by a tornado. St. Louis did take a significant hit, though, and there are other parts of Missouri that were also hit by tornadoes. To compound the problem. rain is expected until next Thursday, so we’re also expected to get flash floods and river […]

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Bahr and Barnes on Proposition B and Constitutionality

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Representative Kurt Bahr is one of the reps who went against the people in his district. In his case, he voted for SB 113 over the wishes of over 61% of the people. Listen to what Sean at Fired Up! Missouri calls a train wreck of a radio interview between KTRS’s McGraw […]

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Political

Outsiders

Rumor has it that Governor Nixon will sign SB 113 based on a demand by the Tilley, Loehner, and Parson that they won’t consider his “compromise” bill unless he does so. Leaving aside this being a politically stupid move, the demand for a signature on SB 113 is nothing more than a way for the SB 113 supporters to gloat about […]