Archive for May, 2005
Nixon Seeks to Railroad Missouri Taxpayers
May 26th, 2005
JEFFERSON CITY— In what has become a disturbing trend in recent years, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon today announced his latest effort to fleece taxpayers, this time by filing a lawsuit seeking to force the state to needlessly spend $8 million to $10 million on an unusable bridge and thousands more in annual maintenance costs.
This [...]
Nixon to Missouri Taxpayers: "Can you hear me now?"
May 18th, 2005
JEFFERSON CITY — According to state records recently released to the Associated Press, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has purchased more than 20 Blackberry telecommunication devices for his staff since January 2005, in spite of massive reductions being made in other state agencies to address the state’s spending problem.
Nixon’s latest abuse of working Missouri taxpayers [...]
A Balanced Budget, More for Schools, No New Taxes, Spending Spree Tamed: Promises Made, Promises Kept!
May 13th, 2005
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Matt Blunt and the Republican-led Legislature began the hard work of fixing Missouri’s troubled state finances by keeping key pledges to voters: significant new resources for public education, no new job-destroying taxes on Missouri families, and fiscally responsible steps to control the state spending spree created by liberal tax-and-spend policies of [...]
Jay "Old Way" Nixon!
May 10th, 2005
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri Attorney General Jay "Old Way" Nixon has reached way back into the past to offer a tired and job-killing idea: more taxes. With no plan of their own, Missouri Democrats are calling for higher tax on Missouri?s working families as their only idea for changing the funding of education [...]