Local Lawmaker Will Lead Review of Jeff City Hoax November 12, 2009

Jackson County State Rep. Gary Dusenberg  (R- Blue Springs) will lead a House review of this week’s strange  false alarm at a state office building in Jefferson City Tuesday.
Dusenberg is the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. He says House Speaker Ron Richard asked he  look at the issue.
The Governor Office building was shut down for fours [...]

Politico: Missouri Senate Makes it’s Top 10 Flippers November 10, 2009

The upcoming Missouri US Senate race between Democrat Robin Carnahan and Republican Roy Blount (presuming  he survives his primary), ranks as #8 on Politico’s list of  top senate seats that may flip in 2010.
No great revelations in the Missouri summary:
“The race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Kit Bond offers Democrats one of their strongest pickup [...]

Warrensburg Editorial: Ike A Liberal? No Way November 10, 2009

With a tip of the cap to johncombest.com, here’s a portion of the  Warrensburg Daily Star Editorial by Jack Miles.  It says that despite the GOP efforts to paint Mo. 4th Congressman Ike Skelton as a closet liberal, his health care votes last weekend proves otherwise.
“Not every vote by Skelton, who represents a district of [...]

Skelton’s Health Care Stance Makes NYT November 6, 2009

Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton’s announcement this week that he will not support the Democratic Health Care bill put him in Friday’s New York Times.
Here’s the  Skelton part of the piece:
Defectors Among the House Democrats

By David M. Herszenhorn

Jay Mallin/Bloomberg Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, opposes the Democratic health care bill.
While [...]

Marcason Gets Nixon Appointment November 5, 2009

Kansas City Council Member Jan Marcason has been appointed to the Missouri Women’s Council by Governor jay Nixon.
The 15 member panel is part of the Missouri Economic Developement Dept. According from a statemen from Marcasion’s office the Council, “the council works closely with other agencies and community-based organizations to build awareness, educate, promote opportunities” for [...]