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FLASHBACK: Jay Nixon covers up problems with Second Injury Fund
January 26, 2011
Despite repeated warnings from Republicans and independent experts, Jay Nixon has continually covered up the Second Injury Fund’s financial problems. As recently as his 2008 campaign for governor, Nixon denied that problems existed at all– but now it’s going bankrupt.
Missouri Democrats put partisanship ahead of transparency
September 15, 2010
In a shameful display of crass partisanship, Missouri Democrats eagerly abandoned their commitment to transparency and made protecting the political standing of their governor their number one priority.
Jay Nixon assumes near-dictatorial control of state government
April 13, 2010
Gov. Jay Nixon has assumed near-dictatorial control of state government, exercising the powers of all three branches of government: judging what is constitutional, legislating by rewriting the bill to fit his worldview, and using his executive powers to enforce his version of the law.
FLASHBACK: Jay Nixon sued over “costly and illegal” federal mandate
April 5, 2010
Speaking with Missourinet, Nixon declared that he will ignore calls from Lt. Governor Peter Kinder to join a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government over the constitutionality of the health care bill, claiming the lawsuit isn’t “serious business.”
One year later: Nixon fee office process still steeped in controversy
March 16, 2010
Jay Nixon has bragged about changing the system for awarding license offices, but while the bidding process is different, the outcome is the same—wealthy donors and political insiders continue to be rewarded with the state’s most lucrative with fee offices.
Ethics complaint filed against the ‘Godfather’ of Missouri Democrat politics
January 11, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Republican Party today announced that it was filing a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission against John Temporiti for violating the state’s lobbyist registration requirements. The MOGOP’s action comes after a St Louis Post Dispatch story in which Temporiti admitted to lobbying on behalf of Holiday Inn and an unnamed Atlanta company. [...]
Major errors force Nixon Administration to rebid fee offices
December 10, 2009
Following the Springfield News-Leader story regarding the Nixon Administration rebidding 10 fee offices, Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party issued the following statement: “This is the latest in a series of setbacks for Jay Nixon’s scandal-plagued fee office system. Nixon has rewarded Democrat power players and campaign donors with many of the [...]
Jay Nixon stands by as Democrats force devastating health care mandate on Missouri
November 6, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—As national Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, rush towards a weekend vote on the recently released 1,990 page, $1.2 trillion takeover of our health care system, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon continues his glaring absence from the debate. The Democrats’ bill, which shifts massive costs to the states, would break Missouri’s already-fragile budget. According to [...]
MOGOP Statement on Nixon’s rigging of the fee office bidding system
October 30, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY—Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, issued the following statement in response to an AP story that details Jay Nixon’s rigged system for awarding fee offices and suggests that the FBI may be investigating: “For months, the Missouri Republican Party has warned of possible misconduct in the way Gov. Jay Nixon [...]
New EcoDevo Director has his work cut out for him
October 29, 2009
Gov. Nixon has not made job creation a priority JEFFERSON CITY—After months of listless leadership, a stagnating economy, and allegations that Gov. Jay Nixon refused to even speak with his previous jobs czar, Nixon today appointed Kansas’ Secretary of Commerce David Kerr as the Director of Economic Development. Kerr faces the daunting task of putting [...]