#Missouri government is fiscally irresponsible with our tax dollars!

The supplemental spending bill proposed by the governor "includes money to hire two attorneys and pay other increased costs as the Administrative Hearing Commission considers more than 850 appeals from +
companies denied licenses to grow, process and sell medical marijuana."
The state will "demand repayment of any unemployment money it paid in error to residents since the COVID-19 pandemic began — regardless of whether the overpayments came from state or federal funds."
How much has AG Schmitt wasted on frivolous lawsuits just to score political points (e.g. suing China for the coronavirus and writing an amicus brief in the case filed by TX's AG challenging November election results in 4 states).
I found out that SoS Ashcroft's office was behind 12-15 weeks on opening mail that contained checks from those sending in funds for corporate registrations.
The fact that the #moleg has yet to pass a Wayfair sales tax is incomprehensible to me.

The Republican super-majority in our state likes to cut revenue by decreasing taxes, but seems to be negligent at using the our money responsibly.
I almost forgot the example of our governor paying the McChrystal Group more than $829,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds on a no-bid contract to assist in responding to the pandemic. Did they advise the governor to take a lackadaisical approach to masks?

#mogov #moleg

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#Missouri, our senator has his explanation for objecting to the electoral college votes published in a newspaper in deep red SEMO.
History of electoral vote challenges in congress.
npr.org/2021/01/05/952…
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Peter Merideth (HD80):

“Just watched as numerous reps voted yes on a bill passing through committee that they don’t support. It’s so frustrating how the budget chair and leadership use their leverage on other issues to make members support things
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While this change sounds fair and “equal,” the problem is it’s not so simple to think that charters and traditional public schools have all the same costs and therefore deserve all the same public funding.
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“If right doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter how good the Constitution is.

It doesn’t matter how brilliant the Framers were.

It doesn’t matter how good or bad our advocacy in this trial is.

It doesn’t matter how well written the oath of impartiality is.
If right doesn’t matter, we’re lost.

If the truth doesn’t matter, we’re lost.

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