24thState

Akin and Earmarks in Perspective

2012-02-08T23:53:26-06:00

I will lead this with the most unequivocal disclaimer I can offer. As I have written before, all three candidates for Senator, Akin, Steelman and Brunner have credentials that should exite any true conservative and any one could be a great Senator, certainly as opposed to the pretender, Claire McCaskill. She is the one who endorsed Obama early over Hillary Clinton. For this reason, coupled with my sense that despite my long friendship with Todd and his amazing family, setting my personal bias aside, I cannot see a path to victory for the U.S. Senate for the less well-funded of...

Santorum Hat Trick

2012-02-08T07:46:09-06:00

It is hats off for Rick Santorum. As the overwhelming cash advantage of Romney proved to be devastating in Florida making his and the "Establishment'" victory appear inevitable, the Gingrich and Santorum campaigns were waging pressure campaigns to determine who should bow out so that the conservative majority could have a shot at selecting a true choice and not an echo of the establishment. Nod to Phyllis Schlaffly. So Santorum saw an opening granted by an understandable but now unfortunate move by Gingrich that is a quintessential example of being penny wise and pound foolish. How the famously cerebral Gingrich...

Who Will Control You?

2012-02-04T19:43:59-06:00

The Blaze ran a story entitled "Is This Iowa High School Teaching Students Communism Is Better Than Capitalism? See the Flyer". The article posts a picture that is clearly propaganda for communism but the school principal defends that they were using it as an example of propaganda and that the whole lesson plan is objective. This is a fair point, but wrong. The school, the teacher, the principal, all are unequipped by the sorry state of civics education to even know leftist propaganda when they see it. The most offensive part of the lesson is not the picture, it is...

The Right to Work: Hope in Missouri

2012-02-03T20:03:48-06:00

Yesterday, Gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles put out a bold statement on theneed for a right to work law in Missouri. It seems his opponent in the GOP primary, Dave Spence, is also a supporter of all Missourians having the right to work without being forced into a union. Good for Spence! From the AP, delivered by NBC Action News: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - St. Louis businessman Dave Spence says he is entering the Republican race for Missouri governor. (sic) Spence is the president and CEO of Alpha Packaging, which makes plastic bottles, and also chairman of Legacy Packaging. He...

Right to Work is the Right to Prosper

2012-02-02T19:40:54-06:00

Guest Contributor, Bill Randles The state of Missouri has a fundamental economic choice to make. Will we pursue a proven path to prosperity or continue to sacrifice the economic good of all to pander to a small special interest group? If Missouri does not become a right to work state its economic decline will continue. There are two types of states in terms of labor laws. Missouri is one of 27 states that is a “closed shop” state. That means if you wish to work in a business that is already unionized, you must join the union to get a...

Indiana Enacts Right to Work; Why can't Missouri?

2012-02-02T08:18:00-06:00

Congratulations to Indiana for doing something that seems beyond the Show Me State: pass right to work legislation: Indiana officially became the 23rd state in the nation to enact a right to work law that allows employees working in union shops to opt out of joining and paying dues to the union. Gov. Mitch Daniels signed HB 1001 into law this afternoon after the Senate passed the legislation by a 28-22 vote. Gov. Mitch Daniels issued a statement about the bill after signing it Wednesday. That statement reads in part: Indiana will improve still further its recently earned reputation as...

The China Hub is back

2012-02-01T18:11:53-06:00

Repackaged as the “Freight Forwarders Incentive Act,” HB 1476 is the reincarnation of the failed China Hub bill that cost the 24th State hundreds of thousands of dollars in a protracted and futile special session last year. This year's “Freight Forwarders Incentive Act” is the portion of the Aerotropolis Bill SB 8 that gave $60M in tax credits to exporters who send goods out through Lambert Airport to an international destination, presumably to China. HB 1476 - heard in the Economic Development Committee today - gives the same $60M to State approved Freight Forwarders. The questions about the China Hub...

Ed Martin and Scott Eckersley

2012-02-01T11:31:55-06:00

We've covered this ground before, but the St. Louis Post Disgrace has decided to throw their support behind Chris Koster with smears of Ed Martin that have already been debunked. Here's a convenient round up of our previous coverage: Part 1: Memogate: A political stunt by Koster and Nixon Part 2: Why is there no evidence showing Eckersley to be a whistleblower? Part 3: Eckersley: condemn's himself as tardy, exhausted, and working for others Part 4: Eckersley was also insubordinate Apparently, the Post Disgrace is hoping to burnish Koster's image with North St. Louis by smearing Ed Martin as a...

Santorum visits the 24th State

2012-01-28T15:15:09-06:00

Breaking: Presidential candidate, former United States Senator Rick Santorum is taking a detour from the early primary states that count and showing some love to the Show Me State. This makes him the first Presidential candidate to do so. With Speaker Gingrich deciding not to compete, dismissing the non-binding primary as a beauty contest, the Missouri Primary is the first chance for Santorum to go head to head with Governor Romney as one of the elite three to win any of the first three state contests. Sorry Congressman Paul. This may prove to be shrewd move. A victory, while symbolic...

Learn about Missouri Caucuses and becoming an Election Volunteer

2012-01-22T10:00:00-06:00

The Missouri Precinct Project (MoPP) is working to get Tea Party conservatives to serve as precinct committeemen and women around Missouri. Below is the January issue of their newsletter. With caucuses coming up in March, the MO Precinct Project is gearing up to help get the grassroots base out to the caucuses. Please plan to attend their February 11th meeting about the Missouri caucuses and becoming an election volunteer! January 2012 Mopp Enewsletter-1