Political fundraiser and Sarah Steelman ally Jeff Layman is taking the plunge into local politics himself, with a bid for a slot on the Ozarks Technical Community College Board of Trustees.Here at Show-Me Daily, we have long documented the efforts of the Missouri Municipal League to prevent this state’s citizens from voting on constitutional amendments that would severely limit abuses of eminent domain in this state. For years now, the league (its leadership is made up of elected [...]
WASHINGTON — The Thomson Correctional Center in northen Illinois near the Mississippi River where the government intends to house Guantanamo terror suspects already has dual-sided electric stun fencing, hundreds of cameras and inner and outer towers with armed guards.
Preparing it for the Guantanamo arrivals,…
[...]The mayor’s race in University City is the only three-way one that developed in major cities this morning when filing for the April 6 local elections in the Missouri side of the region opened.
Running are former Councilwoman Shelley Welsch, 2nd…
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Quinn
Ryan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new poll on Illinois’ top election races for the Feb. 2 primary shows Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan leading their respective parties for the nomination for governor.
Not a huge surprise…
[...]So what was it?
Not building regional light rail?
Building the Downtown Entertainment District?
Failing to nab a pro basketball or hockey team?
Allowing sprawl to, well, continue sprawling?
Electing Mayor Mark Funkhouser?
Not electing Al Brooks?
KMBC: A medical examiner said a 30-year-old man died of hypothermia in his home, where the electricity had been shut off for lack of payment. [...] 
A group of Missouri businesses have fired another warning shot against a plan to allow AmerenUE to raise rates its by 18 percent. The plan is before the state's Public Service Commission and FERAF -- Fair Electricity Rate Action Fund -- said Thursday it will "educated" [...] 
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s biggest companies have a message for Ameren:
We’re back.
The Fair Electricity Rate Action Fund, a cobbling of big utility users that include Monsanto, Doe Run, Noranda, and other, pro-consumer groups (such as AARP and Missouri Industrial Energy…
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Former Vice President CheneyBig talk from former Vice President Dick Cheney:
"I think we'll pick up a lot of seats (next year)," he told Fox New's Sean Hannity Tuesday. "Prospects for the Republicans in 2010 are very good."
More:
"Right after Obama was elected, there was [...]
Advancement Project, which calls itself a "voter protection organization," is out with a new report focusing on 2008 election problems in five states, including Missouri.
The conclusions:
"The state’s election administration is still marred by a patchwork registration system, unduly restrictive registration matching rules, and a localized administration structure [...]
Who can we thank for Whitey Herzog’s election to the Baseball Hall of Fame? Ed Martin, of course.
[...]Taking a moment to remember Pearl Harbor
Has the U.S. become a warmonger?
Health care reform is the next big issue for Nixon
A documentary on the national Tea Party movement is in the works, the debate over the judicial selection process is expected to be back on [...]
I’m a huge advocate of elected officials using Twitter to communicate with constituents. But for Mayor Slay to use Twitter to suggest a change in a department under his authority seems odd:
If I could text complaints to the CSB, I could attach photos taken by my phone. How about it, [...]
Foust
Dan Foust, a longtime St. Charles County Council member who lost his seat in the 2008 election, may soon launch a political comeback: a run for his old spot on the St. Charles City Council.
Foust said he’ll be a candidate…
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Rep. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON — In the 2008 presidential election, Republican nominee John McCain narrowly won Missouri’s 11 electoral votes despite Democrat Barack Obama’s strength with African-American voters in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
While the African-American turnout in the 2010 midterm elections…
[...]JEFFERSON CITY | Watch out, bobwhite quail and three-toed box turtle — there may be a new state critter in Missouri next year.
State Rep. Jason Brown, a Platte City Republican, filed legislation this week to make the Newfoundland dog the official canine breed of Missouri.
The state game [...]
Yesterday, the American Medical Association endorsed the thrust of the Senate Democrats' health care bill. Though they objected to a tax on "elective cosmetic medical procedures" and the creation of an Independent Medicare Advisory Board, they praised its health insurance regulation and new tax credits to help low- and' [...]
House Democratic leaders are filing a package of bills that includes limits on campaign contributions, a one-year waiting period before elected officials and their staffers become lobbyists and expanded disclosure requirements for government employees who do political campaign work on the side.
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Sheilds (R-St. Jospeh) [...]
TPMDC reports that Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Kit Bond, Ranking Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, are on the list of select Congressional leaders to meet with President Obama at the White House just before tonight's speech on Afghanistan.
After the meeting, [...]
Dave Helling today chronicled the struggles of two area political clubs, Freedom Inc. and the Citizens Association.
One other club still very much in the mix -- the Committee for County Progress, or CCP.
At its recent annual meeting, the club elected the following officers for the 2010-2011 term:
Dick Rhyne [...]
Missourinet's Steve Walsh reported late yesterday afternoon that complaints have been filed against state Sen. Bill Stouffer (R-Napton) with the Federal Election Commission and the Missouri Ethics Commission. The complaints, filed by CMU student Chris Brockway, essentially state that:
Stouffer allegedly used campaign funds for an unspecified' [...]
