Here is a sampling of the mail being sent by attorneys who oppose reform of the Missouri Plan. “Grow the balls,” “go to hell” and “sorehead” are just a few of the slurs being thrown around by these apparently inarticulate attorneys. We guess if our potential million dollar judgements were in jeopardy, we’d be a […]
Entries Tagged as 'Decision ’08'
Judicial Reform Opponents are Smart
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Decision '08 · MO Supreme Court
Harris Fights to Can Spam
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Funny, the Missouri Political News Service never signed up for Harris Campaign emails???? PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christian Badger, (573)442-7980 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With Missourians increasingly barraged by unwanted and often offensive junk email messages, State Rep. Jeff Harris, Democratic candidate for Missouri Attorney General, is sponsoring a bill to help can […]
Tags: Decision '08
Democrats Question Non Superdelegate Jay Nixon’s Latest Campaign Strategy
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Graphic courtesy Missouri Pulse Democrats around the Capitol – and in emails to MOPNS- are questioning the wisdom of Jay Nixon’s latest campaign tactic against his now non-opponent Matt Blunt. “Slimy weasel scumbag” attorney Chet Pleban, lead counsel in the “independent investigation” of the governor’s office deleted emails, and, part time “objective legal analyst” on […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon
MRP:Nixon Attack Dog Pleban Tries Case in Media, Sticks Bill with Taxpayers
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFERSON CITY _ Jay Nixon attack dog Chet Pleban’s desperate effort to promote the cause of a partisan political panel with legal threats has more to do with Nixon’s politically-motivated witch hunt against a candidate who is no longer running for office than access to government records. Pleban, Nixon’s designated hatchet man on a Democrat-dominated […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon
Hulshof Proposes to End Fee Office Patronage System
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Columbia, Mo. – Kenny Hulshof has unveiled a proposal to end Missouri’s fee office patronage system. It would eliminate the old, and usually controversial, system of awarding offices to political supporters. The old system has been used by governors in both parties for decades. In its place would be a new, transparent system that focuses […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Rep. Kenny Hulshof
The Source: “Tea for Two Outsiders”
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Congressional candidates Kay Barnes and Judy Baker are holding a joint fundraiser on March 29th at a home outside either of their districts. For Barnes, taking Ward Parkway money is nothing new. It is, after all, where she lived for most of her adult life (despite her recent “rural roots” claims.) For Baker, who is […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Kay Barnes
Opposition Forces Plotting Against MO Chief Justice?
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Rumors are floating around the Capitol that Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, may be the target of a multi-million dollar campaign to remove her from the Supreme Court when she faces voters in her upcoming retention election. Developing…
Tags: Decision '08 · MO Supreme Court
KCMO Podcast: Phil Levota and Jeff Roe Analyze the Primaries From Tuesday Night
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Political consultant Jeff Roe and K.C. Attorney Phil Levota discuss “Super Duper Jr. Tuesday.” Click here and here to listen to entire conversation.
Tags: Decision '08 · Jeff Roe · Kansas City
MRP: Democrat Daze: Will Nixon Finally Have to Answer to Missourians?
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFERSON CITY _ With fractured Missouri Democrats headed to Hannibal this weekend without a presidential nominee to rally behind, Jay Nixon is expected to be on hand and perhaps may finally have to answer critical questions Missourians have been asking for months. Here are the dirty half-dozen issues that Nixon has never had to personally […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon
Scholars Support Missouri Plan Reform
March 5th, 2008 · No Comments
JEFFERSON CITY – Better Courts for Missouri Executive Director Jonathan Bunch today shared several letters submitted by legal scholars urging improvements to the Missouri Plan for selecting judges. According to Bunch, “Legal scholars who have studied judicial selection issues at the federal level and in other states have delivered a clear message: The Missouri Plan […]
Tags: Decision '08 · MO Supreme Court
