“Pay to Play” Jay Nixon is the victim of Democratic friendly fire after a national Democratic group released a new ad in Wisconsin that highlights Missouri’s rank as the second-worst state in the nation in terms of job creation. The new ad, funded by the Democratic Governors Association, is meant as an attack against Wisconsin [...]

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Credit: Post Dispatch The state  auditors office released results last week that regular MOPNS readers already knew: “Pay to Play Jay” top contributor Alternative Opportunities have two fee offices in the top five in revenue. The whole sordid history is below: MOPNS: (9/21/09) Alternative Opportunities, INC, a group that has been awarded numerous fee offices [...]

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“Watch for more on Nixon’s High Street Project and how favors are exchanged.” — MOPNS 1/26/09 Republican governor candidate Bill Randles called out Missouri’s lap dog media yesterday on their coddling of Governor Nixon. Instead of focusing on “Play to Pay Jay” and his Centene Medicaid scandal, they’d rather focus on Dave Spence’s connection to [...]

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This story is not going away after Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles called for an investigation two weeks ago: K.C. Star: California-based Molina Healthcare discovered in February that it lost its contract to manage health care for Medicaid beneficiaries in Missouri. The company has filed a lawsuit alleging that state officials violated competitive bidding laws [...]

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Ho hum. Same story and Party, different actors. Post Dispatch: Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson and a St. Louis lawyer were indicted on a federal misdemeanor charge late Wednesday for allegedly laundering campaign contributions to the Missouri Democratic Party through a St. Louis law firm, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Thursday morning. Read more…. Related: [...]

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Randles released a written statement today calling for a federal investigation into recent reports of Governor Nixon engaging in “pay-to-play” activities. The Nixon administration awarded an exclusive $1.1 billion contract to insurance company Centene after receiving campaign contributions from both the company and its CEO. Here is an excerpt from today’s [...]

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