BurningbirdRecovered 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 […]
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.
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 […]