Insiders tell the Missouri Political News Service that patience is beginning to wear thin for lame duck Speaker Rod Jetton. Activists feel that Jetton’s questionable ethics – including soliciting clients for his consulting business while at the Capitol – and now his fly around tour with former state representative and pilot Jack Jackson, is very […]

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What’s the saying about politics make strange bedfellows? Powerful Jeff City lobbyist Travis Brown brought this truism to light last week. Brown, who contributes generously to Democrats, lent his personal airplane to Democrat lt. governor candidate Sam Page for his campaign announcement fly around. Kansas Governor and Democratic Governor’s Association Chair Kathleen Sebelius, wrote this […]

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Insiders tell the Missouri Political News Service that state Senator John Greisheimer has put his name in for the Missouri Energy Development Association (MEDA) exec director’s job. The Washington, Mo Republican – who serves on the Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee – was first elected to the House in 1992 and the Senate in […]

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Email sent today from the Giuliani Campaign: I am excited to report that Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be in St. Louis today, Friday, June 8. He will be dropping by to greet supporters and citizens at the Canyon Café this afternoon, and I wanted to invite you to join us for this special occasion. WHEN: […]

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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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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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Sources tell the Missouri Political News Service that Keith Savage – St. Louis entrepreneur and aspiring politician – will not be a candidate next year for the 58th District House seat. Look for an announcement soon. Savage was rumored to be running, if and when, Rep. Rodney Hubbard stepped up and announced he was running […]

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Tipsters tell MOPNS that two names have emerged in the last few hours as potential candidates for White’s vacated seat. The two names – Gerald R. Reynolds, Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, of Kansas City and Brenda Talent, wife of former Senator Talent and current Tax Attorney, have consistently found their […]

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RSMO 578.395. 1. Any person, firm, or corporation who resells or offers to resell any ticket for admission, or any other evidence of the right of entry, to any public sporting event for a price in excess of the price printed on the ticket is guilty of the offense of ticket scalping. Below is an […]

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Sources tell the Missouri Political News Service that Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman – who has a history of skipping out on financial obligations, is preparing to skip out on fellow ally and friend Rep. Robin Wright-Jones. Wright-Jones is said to be considering running for Coleman’s term limited seat in ’08. In a masterstroke of […]

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