When Republican party committee members stopped by my home working on behalf of Charlie Herbst, they failed to tell me that by voting Jay Purcell out we were voting out the only true conservative in County government. Now property taxes have gone up and we have to pay to use picnic shelters and put up holiday light displays in the park. The Republican Party owes us all an apology.
Missouri legislators are working overtime to exempt things from press scrutiny or from what is known as the requirements of the Sunshine Law. What are they trying to keep hidden from the press and the people? The way I see it, pretty much everything.
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