tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250010902009-10-17T12:38:01.589-05:00Campaign web site for Jeanette Mott Oxford, Missouri State Representative District 59.Joenoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25001090.post-24701612615667611172009-10-13T21:11:00.000-05:002009-10-17T12:38:01.725-05:00

Friends, Constituents, and Allies, Now Is the Time for Healthcare Insurance ReformI spent the first twenty years of my work life without health insurance. Uninsured people in my family have died prematurely because of delaying care over worries about how to pay for healthcare. I have constituents who have been unable to obtain coverage for an adopted child due to a loophole in state law. I have

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,This long-overdue wrap up of Legislative Session - 2009 is finally being sent out during Independence Day weekend, giving me the opportunity to wish each of you a very happy and meaningful holiday. May our nation continue to build on the best of our history and correct the worst of our history, always moving toward the realization of "liberty and justice for all.

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,I recently wrote you with concerns about deep cuts that were being proposed in the state budget. The budget debate (in fact the whole budget process) in the House was a big disappointment. To read a fairly detailed summary of amendments passed in the budget debate, go to the Citizens for Missouri's Children website:http://www.mokids.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,Missouri House of Representatives Budget Chair Allen Icet and GOP leadership are proposing over $300 million in cuts to health care and critical state services. GOP leadership must hear from you immediately if we are going to prevent these cuts. The budget bills move to the House floor the week of March 24!Rep. Icet and majority party House leaders are doing the

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,It's Valentine's Day weekend, and it's truer than ever:What the world needs nowis love, sweet loveIt's the only thing that there's just too little of......I'm wishing you all a wonderful weekend with those you love. May our caring transform the world around us and within us.This will be a long update because a lot has been happening and because I have received

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Friends, Allies, and Contituents,On Wednesday, January 7, 2009, I was sworn in to begin my third term as State Representative for the 59th Missouri House District. I am thankful to those of you who voted for me, put up yard signs, contributed financially, or helped me in any way to be re-elected. I am also thankful to my many supporters who worked hard for Sen. Obama, and I join you in joyfully

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Friends, Allies, and Contituents, I know you're probably feeling campaign fatigue, but just like having a baby, some processes shouldn't be rushed. Many of our friends and neighbors wait until the last minute to decide how they are going to vote. The materials that I reference below may help them. Share as you may find appropriate. Vote for Change: Barack Obama for PresidentIf you missed the 27

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents,This is the third in a series of issues briefings in preparation for the Nov. 4 election. In the previous two newsletters I shared information about healthcare and the economy. The focus for this issue is education, both elementary/secondary and higher education. Here are a few important facts about Missouri's well-being under the educational policies of the

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents, In my last newsletter I began a series of briefings about key issues in Missouri and the importance of the Nov. 4 election. Healthcare was my first focus, and the current turmoil on Wall Street (and Main Street) has led me to choose jobs and the economy as Issue # 2. Here are a few facts about Missouri's economy during the Blunt era:Missourians Saw Their Grocery

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents:I wonder if you have been as glued to the Democratic and Republican national conventions as I have been for the past two weeks. Perhaps not, since I am a bit of a "political junkie" as is a common occupational hazard of being a state legislator. It has certainly been two weeks of inspiration and aggravation, hope and disappointment (sometimes at the same

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Don't forget the kick-off of Year Two of the Surrounding Our Schools With Care (SOS CARE) campaign on the first day of school for St. Louis Public Schools on Monday, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. We'll be at the Fresh Start Program at Turner School, 2615 N. Billups, St. Louis, MO 63113.Among those gathering to pledge their efforts to support public education in the new school year and to demonstrate the

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Friends, Allies and Constituents -My heartfelt thanks to all who went to the polls on Tuesday. I was grateful to receive a vote of confidence from 1696 voters on August 5 (in my uncontested primary). More importantly, I asked for your support (yard signs, donations, canvassing, etc.) for Robin Wright-Jones in Senate 5, and each action you took mattered and helped produce her victory by 111 votes.

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Friends, Contituents, and Allies,I hope you have come through the summer heat and storms in good shape!The primary election season has also been full of heat and storms. It has saddened me to hear unfair attacks - like the current TV ad blaming Barack Obama for high gas prices. (Say what? How could that be Obama's fault?) I hope we will see more fairness and less spinning of facts as we approach

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents,This issue of my electronic newsletter will feature a few state and federal government updates, SOS Care news, some announcements from political campaigns in this very important August primary season (less than a month to that election!), and an invitation to celebrate my birthday with me. (I'll be 54 on July 16, but the party is July 20. Hope you'll come.)MOHELA

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,Legislative Session 2008 ended at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 16, with the final 24 hours containing a flurry of activities. A log-jam had formed because of the Speaker blocking legislation in order to prevent repeal of "the village law" that was slipped into legislation in 2007. (The village law would have allowed developers to avoid local zoning or environmental

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies,Only ten days left in the 2008 Legislative Session - we adjourn at 6 p.m. on May 16. At this stage of the Legislative Session, I feel like I'm playing the guard position in a basketball game - arms constantly up, trying to block bad legislation. Unfortunately very few bills that I rate worthwhile are getting through, but the good news is that many bad bills also

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Friends, allies, and constituents:I know that I wrote just a week ago, but I wanted to make you are aware of some special opportunities that may mean additional income for your household. There's a fairly long legislative update for hard core political junkies near the end of this edition - it's about very strange occurrences in Jefferson City this past week. There's also an appeal to work the

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Friends, Constitutents, and Allies,Spring Break was March 14-24 for the Missouri House and Senate, so it's time for a wrap-up of the first half of the Legislative Session. Now in my fourth year as a legislator, I can say this has been the slowest year for legislative action that I have experienced. Very little of substance has been debated, other than the budget bills of the past week. We begin

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents,It's an exciting and busy time. We're finally starting to debate some important bills, and filing for re-election starts on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Will I have an opponent this year? I haven't heard any rumors yet, but we'll know for sure on the final Tuesday in March when filing closes. (If you'd like to support my re-election effort, send an e-mail to this address,

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Friends, allies, and constituents,What a difference a few days makes! When I wrote you on Jan. 21 to update you on the beginning of Legislative Session and the Governor's State of the State Address, little did I know that Gov. Matt Blunt would announce the next day that he was not running for a second term. I don't think that my characterizing his speech as full of misinformation, anemic public

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Friends, allies, and constituents,I returned to Jefferson City on January 8 for the January 9 beginning of the 2008 Legislative Session. As an election year, conventional wisdom says fewer bills will pass and less controversy may be expected overall, but early indications are that there may be quite a few fights - and that's just among the Republicans. For example, Gov. Blunt is calling for an

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Friends, constituents, and allies,As we move through the final days of 2007, many are preparing for holidays of one kind or another or making New Year's resolutions. But for members of the Missouri General Assembly, December has an additional meaning: It's almost time for the new Legislative Session! Legislative Session 2008This year we return to the State Capitol on January 9. Early indications

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Allies, constituents, and supporters,Special ("Extra") SessionOn Aug. 20 the General Assembly convened in response to Gov. Blunt's call to the "First Extra Session of the First Regular Session." In an "extra session" we are limited to the subjects named by the governor, and in this case, Gov. Blunt offered a five page call that outlined exactly what he wanted passed in two bills. (E-mail me at

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Friends, Allies, and Constituents:Happy Independence Day! I hope you and your family and friends are having a meaningful and enjoyable holiday today. Rabbi Mark Shook recently suggested in a commentary on KWMU-FM that we take some time to read the Declaration of Independence on July 4. I liked that idea, so I have done so this morning.If you'd like to read it, here's one of many links that will

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Friends, Constituents, and Allies:This JMO4Rep Update will be longer than my norm as it is my annualLegislative Session Wrap Up for 2007. I'd like to thank the manyconstituents and allies who wrote or called me about a bill or an issuethis Legislative Session. I am disappointed that little happened thisSession to truly improve the quality of life for Missourians, but I dobelieve that worse things

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