Tag archive for ‘pay to play’

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 [...]

MOGOP statement on Nixon’s appointment of John Temporiti

July 7, 2009

Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, issued the following statement on Jay Nixon’s appointment of John Temporiti:
“Not content in rewarding his campaign contributors with lucrative fee offices, Jay Nixon continues appointing moneyed insiders with plum government positions. The latest example, Nixon’s appointment of prolific Democratic fundraiser John Temporiti to the Missouri [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]