Previously: Living in a glass house
Missouri Representative Mark Parkinson (r) attempts to dip into the same stand-up comedy well as other Missouri republicans. Via Twitter:
Because Obama threw out the first picth at the MLB All-Star game here in St. Louis is he now the front runner for the Cy Young Award? 8:30 PM Oct 9th from Tweetie
Like the Saint Louis Rams, Obama is 0-5, but the Nobel Prize Committee proclaims the Rams Super Bowl Champions! 4:17 PM Oct 11th from Tweetie
Let’s look at Representative Parkinson’s long list of legislative success:
Missouri House of Representatives
2009
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Mark A. ParkinsonSPONSOR
HB348
Authorizes a state income tax deduction for school supplies and books purchased for home schooling a child
HB348 — (LR# 0717L.01I)
TAX REFORM
Voted Do Pass (H)HB349
Allows persons who are permanently disabled to apply to the Department of Revenue to have a notation indicating that status on his or her driver’s or nondriver’s license
HB349 — (LR# 0029L.01I)
TRANSPORTATION
Voted Do Pass (H)HB350
Makes it a crime for a person to conceal, harbor, or shelter from detection any alien knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien has entered or remained in the country illegally
HCS HB 350 — (LR# 0718L.02C)
Referred: Rules – Pursuant to Rule 25(32)(f) (H)HB351
Requires any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony in this state on or after August 28, 2009, to serve a minimum prison term of 85% of his or her court sentence
HB351 — (LR# 0716L.01I)
CRIME PREVENTION
Public Hearing Completed (H)HB385
Requires the Driver License Bureau within the Department of Revenue to establish a database of next of kin persons for use in emergency situations
HB385 — (LR# 0861L.02I)
PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Hearing Completed (H)HB625
Exempts personal and residential property owned by certain taxpayers 65 years of age or older from increases in assessed valuation and limits increases in their personal and property tax
HB625 — (LR# 0719L.02I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)HB779
Allows any person to purchase or sell any slot machine for operation at the residence of the owner if the slot machine is not operated for gambling purposes
HB779 — (LR# 1929L.01I)
Perfection Defeated (H)HB801
Exempts political subdivisions from paying taxes levied by the state or other political subdivisions
HB801 — (LR# 1899L.01I)
Referred: Tax Reform (H)HB833
Requires information from reports made to the state literacy hotline regarding students who have dropped out of school to be made available electronically with personal-identity information withheld
HB833 — (LR# 2010L.01I)
Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education (H)HB977
Establishes the Annual Sportsman Sales Tax Holiday Act which authorizes an annual state sales and use tax exemption on purchases of certain outdoor sportsman equipment
HB977 — (LR# 2051L.03I)
WAYS AND MEANS
Public Hearing Completed (H)HB1009
Requires the Official State Manual to be made avaiable for distribution only in an electronic format on compact discs with exceptions
HB1009 — (LR# 2386L.01I)
Rules – Reported Do Pass (H)
Well, he did introduce bills. The slot machine bill is quite striking, don’t you think? I was really hoping that one would win the prize. Alas, nothing in the session made it through.
Missouri House of Representatives
2008
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Legislation Sponsored by Rep. Mark A. ParkinsonSPONSOR
HB2366
Changes the laws regarding illegal aliens and immigration status verification
Approved CCS SS HCS HB 1549, 1771, 1395 & 2366 — (LR# 3681L.12T)
Delivered to Secretary of State (G)HB2564
Establishes the Missouri Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act regarding illegal aliens in the state
HB2564 — (LR# 5635L.01I)
Referred: Special Committee on Immigration (H)HB2573
Exempts personal and residential property owned by certain taxpayers 65 years of age or older from increases in assessed valuation and limits increases in their personal and property tax
HB2573 — (LR# 5632L.01I)
Referred: Ways and Means (H)HB2580
Authorizes a state income tax deduction for school supplies and books purchased for home schooling a child
HB2580 — (LR# 5631L.01I)
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM
Public Hearing Completed (H)
Wait, he got one through. One.
…During his tenure in the General Assembly, Rep. Parkinson was the sponsor of HB 2366 in 2008, a bill that became part of the successful immigration reform omnibus bill that session. For his work on this issue, Rep. Parkinson was recognized as one of the freshman legislators of the year…
He doesn’t tell us who “recognized” him, does he? You think it was one of those republican caucus “give the guy a ribbon for showing up” things they hand out like cheap candy on Halloween? Just asking.
Do we have another candidate for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives?
Well, Representative Mark Parkinson reads us:
I don’t know which is worse – the fact that he actually reads us or that a state representative wrote a Twitter post utilizing the texting vocabulary of a junior high school student. “…lmao…” Really?
By the way, the photograph was one of those really long exposures which totally blurs anything which is not completely motionless. Furniture shows up quite well.