Tag archive for ‘broken promises’
Banking executive Robin Carnahan takes campaign cash from Goldman Sachs lobbyists
May 7, 2010
In her vain attempt to distance herself from Wall Street, former government banking executive Robin Carnahan has allowed her Washington liberal allies to bankroll negative attack ads against Roy Blunt. But Carnahan must have a short memory. In 2009 alone, Carnahan, a former executive at the Export-Import Bank, took campaign contributions totaling $11,350 from 6 [...]
Banking executive Robin Carnahan takes campaign cash from Goldman Sachs lobbyists
May 7, 2010
In her vain attempt to distance herself from Wall Street, former government banking executive Robin Carnahan has allowed her Washington liberal allies to bankroll negative attack ads against Roy Blunt. But Carnahan must have a short memory. In 2009 alone, Carnahan, a former executive at the Export-Import Bank, took campaign contributions totaling $11,350 from 6 [...]
Nixon Fee Offices: Is a Springfield Non-Profit Gaming the System?
September 11, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—Amid bipartisan criticism of Jay Nixon’s system of rewarding the most lucrative fee offices to Democrat power players and Nixon donors, the success of a Springfield non-profit organization has raised eyebrows. This week, Alternative Opportunities was awarded two additional fee offices in Ava and Poplar Bluff, bringing their total to ten across the state. [...]
Ike Skelton’s hard left turn
September 1, 2009
MOGOP Chairman: Missourians “do not agree with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time—so why does Ike Skelton?” JEFFERSON CITY—Once a conservative Democrat who voted more often with Republicans than his own party, Congressman Ike Skelton has recently become an automatic vote for the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda. Even the AP has taken notice of Ike Skelton’s growing alliance with [...]
Once again: Another Nixon donor receives a fee office
July 9, 2009
Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, issued the following statement regarding Gov. Nixon awarding the Liberty license office to a campaign contributor: “On Tuesday, Jay Nixon rewarded yet another of his campaign contributors with a lucrative fee office. This time, Nixon overlooked five other bidders including the Liberty School District Foundation, awarding [...]
Democrat blasts Nixon’s political patronage scheme
June 30, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—In today’s Kansas City Star, a legislator of Jay Nixon’s own party blasted the governor for rewarding his campaign contributors with lucrative license offices. Despite Nixon’s campaign promise to end political patronage, Ray Salva, a Democratic State Representative from Sugar Creek, has revealed the truth behind Nixon’s hyped bidding process: “It’s all politics. Don’t [...]
Nixon rewards another donor with a lucrative fee office
June 29, 2009
Attempts to bury the story with another Friday afternoon press release For the second week in a row, Gov. Jay Nixon has rewarded a major campaign contributor with a lucrative fee office—and for the second week in row, he has attempted to bury the story by announcing it on a Friday afternoon. This time, Ken [...]
Another day, another license office awarded to a Nixon donor
June 22, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—Despite his pledge to remove politics from the selection process, Gov. Nixon continues awarding lucrative fee offices to prominent Democrat donors. The latest example of Nixon’s broken promise is the Sugar Creek license office, which was awarded to Paul Wrabec. Wrabec, a member of the Jackson County Democratic Central Committee, owns Vinograd Winery and [...]
Nixon breaks promise, awards another fee office to an influential Democrat
June 3, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—Ignoring his pledge to clean up Missouri government, Nixon has appointed another well-connected Democrat-insider to run a lucrative license office. On Tuesday, the Nixon administration awarded the Lee’s Summit fee office, with generates annual revenues in excess of $400,000, to James Montee, an influential Democratic activist, wealthy donor, and ex-husband of State Auditor Susan [...]
Debunking McCaskill’s justification of her anti-2nd Amendment vote
May 26, 2009
Earlier this month, Sen. Claire McCaskill cast a vote against a proposal that would extend 2nd Amendment protections into national parks. In doing so, she took a position farther to the left of Harry Reid. She quickly attempted to quell the controversy by assuring her critics that she (sometimes) supported the proposal. McCaskill’s staff told [...]