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Jay Nixon | Missouri Political News Service - Part 30

Entries Tagged as 'Jay Nixon'

MRP: Classless Display: Nixon Storms Out of State of State Address

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Jay seems to have being disrespectful down to a a science! JEFFERSON CITY _ In a rude and disrespectful display unbecoming of a statewide official from any political party, an angry and red-faced Jay Nixon abruptly stormed out during last night’s State of the State address 10 minutes into the speech and headed directly home, […]

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Jackehammer: State Auditor Wrong or Lying, City of Springfield’s Finance Director Says, “Checks Not a Problem.”

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

RACHEL ANNE SEYMOUR/St. Joseph News-Press. Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee greets Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon. From JackeHammer blog: Will these unfounded recommendations never cease!? In Checks not a problem, city officials say, Didi Tang reported: “Contrary to a claim in the audit report that some checks had been outstanding for more than four years, […]

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Tipline: Chip Robertson Behind Eckersley Lawsuit?

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Credible sources are telling the Missouri Political News Service that Chip Robertson is the big name behind the lawsuit filed last week by Scott Eckersley against Governor Blunt. The lawsuit was signed by uber-plaintiffs’-attorneys (there’s that word again that I said I would never use) Steve Garner and Gene Graham, attorneys our sources tell us […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Scott Eckersley

MRP: Record Revision Alert Update: Nixon’s Cash Grab Contradicts Latest Proposal

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

JEFFERSON CITY _ In another pathetic attempt to deceive Missourians about his campaign finance record, Jay Nixon is ignoring his own decision to accept more than a quarter of a million dollars in campaign cash from political committees including more than $76,000 in a last-minute cash grab prior to the implementation of a law prohibiting […]

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MRP: Nixon Sought Easier Way to Boost Taxes, Opposed Senior Tax Relief

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Paul Sloca Monday, January 7, 2008                                                    JEFFERSON CITY _ In another attempt to mislead Missourians, Jay Nixon is attempting to hide from his 20-year-long record of making it easier to raise taxes on hardworking Missourians and his opposition to a plan to return tens of millions of dollars in overpaid taxes […]

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St. Louis Cop Talk: Pleban “Slimy Weasel Scum Bag”

January 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

St. Louis Attorney Chet Pleban was named in November as the new lead counsel for Jay Nixon’s “independent investigation” into deleted emails in the governor’s office. Many current and former St. Louis police officers don’t seem to have a high opinion of Mr. Pleban. From St. Louis Cop Talk: “I was on a bus headed […]

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Joseph Pulitzer Must Be Rolling Over In His Grave

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

It is hard to believe that the St. Louis Post Dispatch was ever affiliated with Joseph Pulitzer. That “Jo” would almost certainly be ashamed of the Jo we are all so familiar with. Lazy “reporter” Jo Mannies never fails to remind us of that old Mark Twain exhortation “Get your facts first, and then you […]

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Tags: Illegal Immigration · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Media Bias · Political Fix

MRP: Fear Factor: Nixon’s News Release Candidacy Avoids Tough Questions

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

JEFFERSON CITY _ Fearful of having to answer tough questions about his support for illegal immigrants and other uncomfortable issues, Jay Nixon has resorted to waging a news release candidacy that was on display yesterday when he hid behind spokesmen instead of answering questions himself about his politically-motivated immigration plan. Nixon, who in the past […]

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Rasmussen: Huckabee, Nixon Lead in Missouri Poll

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

By Brad Belote Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Attorney General Jay Nixon have slight leads in the latest polls in Missouri for their respective 2008 races. In hypothetical match-ups, Huckabee leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 45% to 43% and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 45% to 41%. In the heated likely contest for Missouri […]

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Jay Sees The Light

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

In an obvious attempt to upstage Governor Blunt’s announcement yesterday of tough new immigration measures, Jay Nixon trumpeted the sentencing of a Lake of the Ozarks developer to five years probation and roughly $1 million in penalties and fees for hiring thirty illegal immigrants. We’re pleased that Jay’s pollsters and consultants have told him that […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt