KINDER: SESSION `FRUSTRATING'

As the Missouri legislative session closed Friday night, Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said he was left shaking his head and wondering what had been accomplished this year.

He said it was the most frustrating session of his three years in the Senate.

"Some of my senior colleagues who have been here 20 years have described this as the most disorganized and unproductive session in their memories," Kinder said.

The senator cited the addition of the "racial disparity" clause in the juvenile crime bill, failure to pass a concealed weapons law and failure to pass legislation that would have allowed Sikeston to hold an election to raise money for law enforcement as examples of decisions that frustrated him.

"Due to inaction and stalling tactics this session, we will have a great deal more to accomplish next year," Kinder said. "I can only hope that the governor and other legislators will be willing to settle down and get some work done during the 1996 session."