Mitt Romney announced that former Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Representative Carl Bearden joined the Romney for President team. Former Representative Bearden said, “Washington is broken and we’re not going to fix it by sending the same people back just to have them sit in different chairs.” After making yesterday’s announcement, Romney said, “I appreciate Representative [...]

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Former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden, who is now a lobbyist for Travis Brown’s new firm Pelopidas and American for Prosperity- Missouri, sent out a press release yesterday promoting two AFP videos that criticize Missouri school districts that are suing the state for more money. A tipster alerted us to the videos on YouTube two [...]

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The Turner Report informed us last week that former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden has added another client to his lobbying roster. The new client is the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. AFP touts itself as a national not-for-profit organization committed to educating citizens about economic policy. Below is a op-ed sent to us written by [...]

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Super Democratic lobbyist Travis Brown has been a busy man these last few months. In June, he loaned his private airplane to Lt. Governor Candidate Sam Page for his campaign announcement fly around. And then in July, he announced the formation of his new lobbying firm  (Pelopidas) along with its first employee, former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden. This is [...]

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From The St. Charles Journal: By Steve Pokin If you win the upcoming election, would you quit and leave office should you receive a fantastic job offer?I think we need to start asking that question in St. Charles County. In two years we have seen three state lawmakers leave office early. Two were in their [...]

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