Jetton's disinterest is worrisome

To the editor:It is disheartening to see House Speaker Rod Jetton easily admit he doesn't do his job. In his Feb. 7 letter, he said, "I should have read the whole bill myself." Does he half-heartedly read his paycheck when it arrives courtesy of our taxes? This level of disinterest worries me. How can we simple-minded folks keep up when career politicians don't know what happens in their own House?

Why don't legislators write simple bills with simple words even they can read fully? Why add all that bureaucratic nonsense to promote self-worth? This encourages voter apathy and dissatisfaction with better-than-thou politicians. The fancy, yet worthless, wordsmithing of every single item and self-serving, self-promoting agendas have overtaken common sense.

Quoting Jetton's own www.rodjetton.org bio section, his efforts have made better laws for all Missourians and changed the legislative process. Speaker Jetton, rid us of your efforts and actually simplify the process. Moses only had 10 commandments. Why do Missouri legislators have to propose 2,000 new bills of 46 pages or more each?

In Jetton's April 21, 2006, "Capital Report," he acted like he knew his stuff in listing six-plus things proposed House Bill 1698 did for Missourians. Was that from an office memo? Were he just guessing?

Jetton should know what he is doing as servant of the people and quit leading us with guesses and assumptions.

ROD SHELTON, Jackson