McCaskill Aide, Former Jackson Countian Appointed by Obama June 29, 2009

The Obama administration has reached into Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s so-called “Show-Me” mafia for a White House appointment.
A White House news release says: Peggy E. Gustafson, Nominee for Inspector General, Small Business Administration Peggy Gustafson currently serves as General Counsel to Senator Claire McCaskill, where she advises the Senator on government oversight issues [...]

Brownback Express Gets More Crowded June 29, 2009

Here’s some more locals jumping on GOP Governor candidate Sam Brownback campaign train that is now moving out of the station with little or no apparent opposition.
Seven Johnson County Mayors are now on board:
Carl Gerlach – Overland Park
Mike Copeland – Olathe
Michael Boehm – Lenexa
Peggy Dunn – Leawood
Ron Shaffer – Prairie Village
David Drovetta – Gardner
Laura McConwell [...]

Big Names Advertsised. But No Big Names Show June 29, 2009

At an event Monday morning sposnored by the City Manager’s Youth office, 200 younf people were there.
But the new release anouncing the event said that Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser were on the bill.
Never happened.
They never showed.
Representatives of all three officials say they never confirmed [...]

Tiahrt Radio Goes after Stimulus Bill June 29, 2009

Kansas Republican Senate Candidiate Todd Tiahrt started a small TV campaign against the federal stimulus bill last week. Now a radio spot has been produced.
According to a campaign statement Tiahrt thinks the stimulus plan is failing because “since the scheme was passed by Congress, more than two million Americans have lost their jobs, home foreclosures [...]

HHS Report on Status of Healthcare In Kansas and Missouri June 26, 2009

The Dept of Health and Human Services is linking the administration’s call for healthcare reform to a new study profiling the status of healthcare in the states.
Here’s the link for a look at all 50 states http://www.healthreform.gov/healthcarestatus.htm:
Here’s the summaries for Kansas and Missouri: (Note; Subtitles have been removed by me. They were pretty biased. [...]