Missouri Political News Service

Missouri Tourism Commission Votes 7-0 to keep $1.5M for “Tour of Missouri”

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:09:17 +0000

Click here for twitter updates. UPDATE: RT@ ChadLivengood In a conference call, the Missouri Tourism Commission voted 7-0 to keep the $1.5M for Tour of Missouri in its 2010 budget. RT @tonymess question now is whether nixon administration will approve funds. Related: Governor Plays Petty Politics

Sen. Bond’s Cap & Trade “Bureaucratic Nighmare” Graphic

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:48:16 +0000

Related: Senator Bond statement on global warming legislative tools. Video: Blaine Buzz Episode 14 Cong. Luetkemeyer talks about some significant inconvenient truths in the national energy tax legislation now in the Senate for debate.

Video: Emanuel Cleaver Takes the Pledge; “Govt. Healthcare or Nothing”

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:34:04 +0000

Hat tip: firedoglake Related: Rasmussen: Voters Trust GOP More than Democrats on Eight of 10 Key Issues “They’ve also narrowed the gap on the remaining two issues, the traditionally Democratic strong suits of health care and education.” Wilson Research Strategies: Issue Assessment: Healthcare

Trial Lawyer Patronage Commission Rewards Nixon

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:19:11 +0000

Here we go again, more pay to play! Better Courts for Missouri press release: Jefferson City, Missouri – Governor Jay Nixon has appointed Karen King Mitchell, a longtime Nixon loyalist, to the Missouri Court of Appeals. Mitchell’s appointment came as a result of the supposedly non-partisan judicial selection process known as the “Missouri Plan”. “Once again, we [...]

Objective Journalism Rises From the Grave?

Mark Twain — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:07:00 +0000

The public relations nightmare the Nixon Administration created yesterday by threatening to withhold money from the Tour of Missouri bike race continues today. You know it’s getting bad when usually reliable KY3 political “reporter” Dave Cantanese starts throwing criticism around! “But that seems like an odd answer for someone who carved out most of his initial [...]

Governor Plays Petty Politics

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:20:25 +0000

While pro illegal immigrant & Dept. of Economic Development chief Linda Martinez and Jay Nixon play politics with the Tour of Missouri Bike race, minority construction contractors under this administration are apparently finding it very difficult to get work with the state transportation department: From The St. Louis American: “Statistics from MoDot show that there are 62 [...]

Picture of the Day: “Blog Post Generator Spin Game”

mopns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:14:07 +0000

Editorial cartoons by Bryan Stalder

DEVELOPING: Sen. Days Gave Jay the Go Ahead?

mopns — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:43:38 +0000

Democrat sources this afternoon are saying that term limited St. Louis County Senator Rita Days, was the “African American leader” who gave Jay the nod to appoint former lawmaker Wayne Goode to the UM Curator’s Board - replacing the sole African American member. This is the first time in nearly 40 years that an African [...]

Diversity Alert: Congressional Black Caucus Claims Racism in Committee Hirings; Cong. Clay Says Blacks Better Served By Black Govt. Workers

mopns — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:17 +0000

Speaking of the Democrats’ hypocrisy when it comes to “diversity:” From CQ Politics: “Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most prevalent when African American chairmen do the hiring. The 31-person Democratic staff of the House Agriculture Committee and the 24-person Democratic staff [...]

Parental Rights At Risk? Homeschooling Mother May be Ordered to Send Children to Public Schools

mopns — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:00:40 +0000

The National Education Association wants to endorse same sex marriage and people wonder why parents want to homeschool their children? Here’s another potential erosion of our freedom. From Missouri Matters: “Missouri Matters member Lisa Naeger of St. Charles County has been successfully homeschooling her children for eight years. Now because of a pending divorce, the St. [...]