Aug

6

Election Results

August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Some local highlights from Tuesday’s primary election…
Governor, Republican
While Congressman Kenny Hulshof won the state, State Treasurer Sarah Steelman dominated in Kansas City and the suburbs.  Perhaps using the Earnings Tax as a wedge issue was useful?
Attorney General, Democrat
Chris Koster squeaked by with a very narrow victory over unknown St. Louisan Margaret Kelly, probably because of [...]

Jul

3

Is Blunt on an anti-KC trip?

July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

First the governor refuses to exempt the city from a pollution-generating ethanol mandate. Then his administration joined a lawsuit to overturn EPA clean air regulations, the very regulations meant to keep Kansas Citians breathing clean air.
Now the governor has vetoed two items from the new state budget… Money to help renovate Harry Truman’s courthouse in [...]

Jun

16

Blunt says F-You to KC air quality

June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

Last week Governor Matt Blunt issued a big F-You to the air quality in Kansas City when he denied a request for our region to be exempted from Missouri’s law requiring gasoline to contain 10% ethanol. Ethanol produces more air pollution, which is big problem here in KC where we already struggle comply with federal [...]

May

21

New polls in Governor and 6th Congressional District races

May 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

A new pair of polls commission by SurveyUSA for KCTV-5 have been released in the race for Missouri Governor and the 6th Congressional District. Neither poll includes trend data, so they are just snapshots of today’s number.
In the race for governor, Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon has a commanding lead against both Republican opponents, Congressman [...]

Apr

28

Jack Cashill working for Sarah Steelman

April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Fired Up! Missouri notices that Sarah Steelman is paying Ingram’s Magazine’s whacko editor Jack Cashill for communication services.

Mar

19

Blunt wants money to rehab abandoned governor’s mansion

March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

KMBC-TV 9 reports that Governor Matt Blunt wants $3 million from the state to fix up the governor’s mansion in Jefferson City.  It sounds like a steep bill, but deferred repairs can really pile up when a house sits vacant for four years. Too bad the mansion isn’t in Kansas City, where we specialize in [...]

Jan

23

Punditry weighs in on next move for Missouri GOP

January 23, 2008 | 5 Comments

This morning the pundits are quick to put forth their scenarios for what happens to the governor’s race without incumbent Matt Blunt. While Democrats were jumping for joy with the announcement of their hated nemesis stepping down, it might actually be the Republicans with the most to gain from this move.
That is because without the [...]

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