Missouri Political News Service has gotten wind from the tipline that a major Missouri news publication is investigating Jason Van Eaton’s decision to “leave” Senator Bond’s office at the end of the current session. Van Eaton currently serves as Bond’s in state director. Assuming that Mr. Van Eaton doesn’t tell his boss everything, the story [...]

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After MOPNS broke the Van Eaton story yesterday the bond office is in spin control. Look today for an announcement from the senior senator’s office stating that Jason Van Eaton and Matt Roney are “voluntarily” leaving in order to run Senator Bond’s campaign in 2010. (Doesn’t everyone leave 3 years out in order to run [...]

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An email to the Missouri Political News Service over the weekend proclaims that long time Bond aide Jason Van Eaton, was unexpectedly terminated as Senator Bond’s in state director. The email went on to say that the staff was told of Van Eaton’s departure in a hastily arranged conference call near the end of the [...]

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The Pitch called K.C.’s Warren Erdman last week “one of the city’s most powerful men. The former staffer to then Gov. Kit Bond – who managed Bond’s 1986 Senate campaign and then served as Bond’s chief of staff – is apparently so powerful now, that he doesn’t even fear his old boss. Insiders tell the [...]

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“The buzz out of the 9th CD is that district insiders have begun to strongly consider Jason Van Eaton, a top aide to Sen. Kit Bond, as a top contender to replace Rep. Kenny Hulshof should Hulshof be named MU president….Some say Van Eaton’s star has risen due to his family ties in the district” [...]

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Sources tell MOPNS that mid level Bond staffer Jason Van Eaton, has quietly been working grassroots activists to get the 9th district nomination if Hulshof gets the top job at Mizzou. We also hear that Speaker Rod Jetton is growing weary of having his ethics challenged as Speaker, especially while his political consulting business is [...]

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