Archive for April, 2007

Statement on Passage of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative

Following is a statement from Jared Craighead, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party, on the Missouri Senate’s passage today of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative:
“The initial passage of the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative by the Republican-led state Senate is a victory for Missouri students who stand to benefit from the millions of [...]

Nixon Accepts More Backdoor Cash from Democrat Committees

JEFFERSON CITY - Already infamous for accepting more than $19,000 in laundered political contributions from Ameren while he was investigating the utility, campaign finance reports released today show that Democrat committees continued to funnel tens of thousands of dollars in illegal coordinated contributions into Nixon’s struggling campaign for governor prior to the January 1 deadline [...]

Nixon Caught on Tape IV: Supports Tax Increase to Pay for Broken Medicaid System

JEFFERSON CITY - Jay Nixon made it publicly clear in a television interview last week that he would rather force a more than $1 billion (“with a B”) tax hike on Missourians rather than deal with the staggering growth of the state Medicaid program. Nixon’s love of taxes is so great that he declined to [...]

Nixon Caught on Tape Part III: Opposes Student Funding, Undermines Lawsuit

JEFFERSON CITY - In a stunning public admission, Jay Nixon not only said he opposes millions of dollars in new funding for Missouri students, colleges and universities but also is determined to undermine the state’s public school funding formula he is supposed to be defending in court.
In an interview with Springfield television station KY-3 [...]

Nixon Caught on Tape Part II: Forgets He Supported Benefits to Illegal Aliens

JEFFERSON CITY - In a stunning example of politically convenient amnesia, Jay Nixon is publicly claiming that he can’t remember a political survey in which he unequivocally supports providing state sponsored benefits to illegal immigrants.
In an interview with Springfield television station KY-3 that aired yesterday, Nixon is asked about the survey to which he [...]

Nixon Caught on Tape Part I: Lies About Returning Ameren Donations

JEFFERSON CITY - After months of running from the media, Jay Nixon finally publicly commented on illegal donations he received from Ameren, the target of his investigation. Not surprisingly, Nixon lied and said that he refunded more than $19,000 in backdoor political contributions from Ameren “once he became aware of it” even though campaign finance [...]

Return to Sender? Silent Jay Continues to Receive Laundered Ameren Cash

JEFFERSON CITY - Silent Jay Nixon’s claim that he refunded more than $19,100 in backdoor contributions from Ameren has been exposed as a lie after campaign finance reports show that Democrat political committees never returned the money Nixon “refunded” but instead sent at least $7,000 of that money back to Nixon’s campaign.
Missouri Ethics Commission reports [...]

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