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Jay Nixon | Missouri Political News Service - Part 36

Entries Tagged as 'Jay Nixon'

KC Star, Your Bias Is Showing!

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

It is amazing how a simple headline can totally mischaracterize an entire article. Last week, we brought you these two examples from the illustrious Associated Press. Unsurprisingly, the Kansas City Star followed suit today with an equally misleading headline regarding the Missouri Political News Service’s exposure of Jay Nixon’s using his state owned vehicle for […]

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Jay Nixon Uses His Official State Vehicle to Attend Fundraisers in Kirksville & Ladue

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/reGwjGFF9w8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/CXIM3val0oY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: MOGOP: Videos Show Nixon Illegally Using State Car on Fundraising Binge

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Payday Loan Reform Bad for Borrowers

September 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

By Justin P. Hauke Last week, Attorney General Jay Nixon called for reform to Missouri’s payday loan industry, arguing that lenders engage in predatory practices targeted at uninformed consumers. Nixon proposes legislation to cap payday loan rates at 36 percent, and eliminate the practice of renewing outstanding loans — a practice, many argue, that traps […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Show Me Institute

Vote For Me Black Folks, I will Save You From Pay Day Lenders!

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Jay Nixon – who has purposely stayed as far away as he can from Ward Connerly’s controversial ballot measurefor fear of alienating rural, conservative Democrats – has found another issue he thinks will “pacify the Negroes.” Nixon held a press conference yesterday in St. Louis with Sen. Rita Days (who is African American) to decry […]

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Prime Buzz: Nixon’s office: E-mails are public records

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments

After the revelation last week that Gov. Matt Blunt’s office routinely deletes e-mails, the question arose: Are e-mails public record? Rich Chrismer, Blunt’s spokesman, flatly said they weren’t. That was despite the fact that Sloca, spokesman for the Missouri Republican Party, said they were. The party has used the Sunshine Law to obtain e-mails from […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt · Videos

MOGOP: “Top 11 Reasons Why Jay Nixon Wants Campaign Contributions Returned”

September 14th, 2007 · No Comments

With Jay Nixon’s hypocritical and self-serving statements on the return of unlimited campaign contributions and the media’s use of lists, the Missouri Republican Party presents the Top 11 reasons why Nixon supports giving the money back: 11. Because the media will report he is returning them even though he has not returned a penny. 10. […]

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Veddy, Veddy Interesting!

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip: Branson Missouri blog: Missouri’s Attorney General Jay Nixon will be hosting a document shredding event in Columbia’s Reactor Field from 9 to 12 Saturday. Everyone’s invited! *If any of our readers plan to attend this event, please send us pictures or video.

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Liberal Group Calls Quest for Equal Rights a “Con”

September 7th, 2007 · No Comments

From Media Transparency: (excerpted) In the aftermath of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling severely limiting the use of race in K-12 integration plans, Ward Connerly is feeling his oats. “I believe that we are now poised for a coup de grâce to say that race preferences in the eyes of the public should not […]

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Tags: Affirmative Action · Carnahans' · Decision '08 · Jay Nixon

What Is The Truth About La Raza?

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Jay Nixon pictured with Bernardo Ramirez, former deputy vice president of the National Council of La Raza. Ramirez is currently a board member for the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation in Kansas City. Several readers have commented that we have it all wrong regarding La Raza, Mecha, and their nationalist desire for a fictional homeland in […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Illegal Immigration · Jay Nixon · Videos

Decisions, Decisions…

September 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Attorney Michael Kilgore: 2006 Democratic appointee to the Missouri Ethics Commission. As Missouri’s politcos wait with baited breath on the Missouri Ethics Commission’s ruling on whether candidates should be forced to return excess contributions, there is a side caveat to this matter that is not receiving much attention from the mainstream media in this state. […]

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