Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins (r) sent out his weekly legislative session report today:

Denny Hoskins, CPA

Speaker Pro Tem

Missouri House of Representatives

District 54

[….]

Capitol Report

April 24, 2014

….Governor Nixon has consistently tried to scare Missourians away from reducing the tax burden and chose to cherry picked a phrase in this bill and twisted it to fit his deceptive messaging. The Governor contends SB 509 will eliminate the top tax bracket, but his opinion has been dismissed by former Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ray Price and the Missouri Society of CPAs who agree the bill will require the tax tables to be redrawn and not eliminate the entire tax bracket as the Governor says….

[emphasis in original]

Who’s doing the dismissing?:

Nixon says Republican tax cut bill would cost Missouri billions

April 22, 2014 11:30 pm  •  By Virginia Young

….[House Majority Floor Leader] Diehl [r] cited a legal opinion by former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice William Price, who was asked to review the bill by Dempsey. Price concluded that Missouri courts would find that the 5.5 percent tax rate would apply to all incomes over $8,000 even after the reduction is fully implemented. Price is Diehl’s law partner at Armstrong Teasdale, a St. Louis law firm….

[emphasis added](hat tip to Bob Yates)

Fancy that.

The lead editorial in today’s Warrensburg Daily Star Journal takes issue with SB 509:

Mo. tax cut bill ill-considered; veto necessary

….What lawmakers meant to pass is, understandably, a source of concern. But what [Governor] Nixon said they actually passed is an unmitigated catastrophe….

….The trouble is, what lawmakers wrote is not abundantly clear. What they wrote is questionable legally, and therefore dangerous fiscally.

When the fate of the state is at stake, lawmakers should be scrupulous in what they write, and in how carefully they read. They should allow debate that answers questions, something the House did not allow. No matter the intent or ultimate legal decision regarding, Senate Bill 509 looks like sloppy lawmaking and that is not a good for Missouri….

….Anyone who would vote to override a veto of HB 509 risks plunging Missouri into a financial abyss from which there may be no way out.

The home town newspaper isn’t buying what Representative Hoskins (r) is selling. Fancy that.

Previously:

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon (D) strikes back (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: dueling on Twitter (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: Would you like some whine with your bill? (April 23, 2014)

SB 509: strange gyrations (April 23, 2014)

The Missouri GOP, Evel Knievel and political stuntsmanship (April 24, 2014)

 In case you wondered what Missouri Republican legislators are currently cooking up, they are starting impeachment hearings against the Governor. They think that if they set off some big rhetorical fireworks, reality-challenged Missourians (a.k.a., the Republian base) might be susceptible to becoming so riled up about the Governor’s efforts to take care of business that they’ll show their appreciation come election time.

If you want more background read the earlier post by Blue Girl, (“When ideology overtakes governing”). After doing so, you’ll be in a good position to appreciate Rep. Mike Moon’s (R-157) effort at wit when he attempted to defend the risible GOP project:

Moon says the Governor has called the impeachment resolutions “stunts.”   But he says,  “I  guarantee you I’m no Evel Knievel,” referring to the famous motorcycle stunt rider.

Rep. Moon is right that there are some differences beetween the famous stuntman and the state’s GOP lawmakers – although the difference might have to do with something other than performing stunts. Evel Kneivel, who attempted to jump motorcycles over strings of trucks, canyons and other lethal spaces, had to know something about what he was doing in order to avoid going terminally splat. Can we say the same thing about the Republican contingent in Jefferson City? Is it possible that these folks don’t have a clue? For example, the latest evidence that we are represented by buffoons pulling one mindless stunt after another is the current manifestation of the GOP’s ongoing preoccupation with cutting the taxes of the wealthy, SB509:

Nixon says lawmakers might have intended to lower the income tax at the top level.  But what they did to is eliminate state income taxes on incomes of more than $8,000.   He maintains the wording is clear. “Senate Bill 509 says that once this legislation is fully phased in, the top bracket ‘shall be eliminated,'” he says. “The result of this provision is to wipe out 97% of all individual income tax collections in the state of Missouri.”

Nixon’s got expert opinion on his side and the GOP have got an retired Missouri* Supreme Court judge who disagrees. So how do the intellectual giants in the lege come down on the topic? According to Senate floor leader Ron Richard, “we got one learned man who says it’s not an issue; one learned man who says it is. So what do you do?  You take your best shot and try to deal with what you think is your best interest.”  

Does that mean that Richard thinks it is in the state’s best interest to get tangled up in litigation that could do away with most income tax? Or is he just saying that Republicans propose to do nothing about what is either a dangerous error or a potentially dangerous ambiguity? Am I the only person who sees the problem with this response? You think that Richard and his GOP colleagues have got some hidden agenda that would keep them from fixing an ambiguous passage? Or does he think a slap-happy approach to state tax revenue is really the way to go?

Bolstering the latter explanation is the fact that this is not the first time that the geniuses in Jefferson City have proven unable to draft coherent legislation. They made a potentially disastrous drafting error when they tried to push a tax cut bill through last session. And it wasn’t the only such error. Just think – these bozos can’t even get the basics right even when they’ve got outside lobbyists, like the American Legislative Educational Council (ALEC), who want to write legislation for them!

Supporting the hidden agenda thesis, however, is the Governor’s contention that maybe these folks are sneaking in through the back door in order to to do billionaire Rex Sinquefield’s dirty tax cutting work:

Nixon said there were only two possible explanations for how this happened,” the newspaper reported. “It was either an accident or it was put in deliberately ‘at the behest of ideological interests led by one St. Louis billionaire.’ ”

The governor was apparently referring to wealthy financier Rex Sinquefield, who has long advocated eliminating Missouri’s income tax as a way to attract more business to the state.

Nixon hasn’t offered any hard proof for this assertion, but, on the other hand, Missouri’s wild-West attitude toward influence buying in government, coupled with Sinquefield’s rather lavish generosity towards compliant pols, does lend his accusation a certain piquancy, particularly when the GOPers try to pooh-pooh the potential problem when it’s pointed out to them. This point of view suggests that perhaps the strongest resemblance between Missouri GOP pols and Evel Knievel might be that they’re all folks who are (or, in the case of Knievel, were) paid for performing dangerous stunts.

And cutting already low taxes in a low service state is unequivocally a dangerous stunt. The same stunt has backfired in Kansas and it has failed dismally to benefit the citizens of Texas and Oklahoma, states that, while experiencing growth primarily due to their oil reserves, have drastically  curtailed essential services. Which point suggests another significant difference between Missouri GOP pols and Evel Knievel: while Knievel himself shouldered all the risks in return for the cash, the Missouri stuntsmen are content to pocket the bucks (whether quid pro quo or not) and to shove the danger off onto the shoulders of Missouri citizens.

* The word “Missouri” added for clarity.

Representative Chris Kelly (D) on the floor of the House [file photo]

Today, via Twitter, Representative Chris Kelly (D):

Chris Kelly ‏@repckelly

We Catholics know that suicide is sinful but many are not aware that there is an exception if you are caught in a discussion of Agenda 21. 5:16 PM – 23 Apr 2014

Chris Kelly ‏@repckelly

In the morning we do flying eagles & Impeachment. In the afternoon cow farts & Agenda 21. We got it all covered in #Moleg.5:22 PM – 23 Apr 2014

If Representative Kelly ever wants a place to hang out after he leaves the General Assembly he’s most welcome here. He’d fit right in.

Advice for the republican controlled General Assembly – which they tend to ignore.

More sputtering from yesterday via Twitter, from Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins (r):

Denny Hoskins, CPA ‏@DLHoskins

MO CPAs & former MO Supreme Court Justice Price say @GovJayNixon analysis on #SB509 is incorrect. #moleg #WhoDoYouBelieve? 4:05 PM – 22 Apr 2014

A reply:

E. J. Miller ‏@EJMillerEsq

@DLHoskins @SpeakerTimJones Mendacity and incompetence of #MoLeg clearly shows the moral and intellectual decline of American conservatism 4:30 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Okay, that left a mark. Though he didn’t mention twerking.

More gyrations:

Denny Hoskins, CPA ‏@DLHoskins

@EJMillerEsq So you disagree w/former Supreme Court Justice Price & MO CPAs on this tax interpretation but agree with the college professor? 5:39 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Because we all know that college professors just occupy space and CPAs never make misteaks.

E. J. Miller ‏@EJMillerEsq

@DLHoskins @EJMillerEsq I can read too! #PlainLaguage #Sinquefield 6:18 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Tom Pendergast ‏@voteearlyoften

@EJMillerEsq @DLHoskins it really is very simple. all words in statute must be given meaning. What else is meant by the sentence? 8:18 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Good question. Yes, indeed.

Previously:

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon (D) strikes back (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: dueling on Twitter (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: Would you like some whine with your bill? (April 23, 2014)

…in keeping with republican spin.

Last night, on Twitter, from Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins (r):

Denny Hoskins, CPA ‏@DLHoskins

When Gov Nixon’s agencies had the chance to input on #SB509 before it was passed, none provided fiscal note like Gov is reporting now #moleg 8:14 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Ah, the old “you didn’t prevent us from doing something stupid” defense.

And an observation from a Democrat:

Roy Temple ‏@roytemple

Hard lesson for the #MOLeg GOP to ponder: There are some things talking points can’t fix. #SB509 6:14 AM – 23 Apr 2014

Heh. We know what you’re thinking.

And this beautiful moment:

Eli Yokley ‏@eyokley

“What the heck is the gov doing talking to” outside groups? @johndiehljr critical of Nixon’s #SB509 public campaign: http://bit.ly/1rfRS9n 2:06 PM – 21 Apr 2014

Apparently, if you’re not a lobbyist representing a billionaire you’re part of an outside group.

Previously:

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon (D) strikes back (April 22, 2014)

SB 509: dueling on Twitter (April 22, 2014)

From Governor Jay Nixon (D):

Governor Jay Nixon ‏@GovJayNixon

Fatal flaw or hidden agenda? Either way, #SB509 demonstrates #moleg reckless approach to our budget http://governor.mo.gov/news/ar… … 5:11 PM – 22 Apr 2014

And a reply:

Caitlin Kerber ‏@CaitlinKerber

@GovJayNixon maybe you should link to something other than YOUR OWN website. Just saying, who is the one pushing their own agenda? #moleg 5:14 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Uh, he’s the Governor. People voted for him. They expect him to push his agenda. Who elected the billionaire? Just asking. By the way, the Governor openly pushing his agenda means that it’s not “hidden”. There is a difference.

We never get out of junior high school.

Caitlin who?:

Speaker Pro Tem

Denny Hoskins (54)

Room: 301

[….]

Legislative Assistant: Caitlin Kerber

Interesting.

Previously:

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

SB 509: Governor Jay Nixon (D) strikes back (April 22, 2014)

The right wingnut republican controlled General Assembly made a big boo boo. Is anyone surprised?

A press release from the office of Governor Jay Nixon (D):

Senate Bill 509: Impacts of Section 143.011.2(4) Eliminating Top Income Tax Bracket

April 22, 2014

“With the simple stroke of my pen, this bill would separate Missouri from every state in the nation – as the only one unable to meet even the most basic obligations to its people,” Gov. Nixon said. “For generations, Democrats and Republicans have worked together to protect Missouri’s spotless AAA credit rating and keep our state on a fiscally responsible path. Now is not the time to veer off this proven course. That’s why I’m calling on members of the legislature to abandon this dangerous scheme, and work with us on a responsible approach – like the one I laid out earlier this year – that will protect public education and keep our state moving forward.”

   Senate Bill 509 [pdf] contains a provision that would eliminate entirely the income tax for Missouri taxpayers with incomes over $9,000.

   Missouri’s tax code contains a number of brackets, or ranges of income subject to certain levels of taxation.  Currently, the top individual income tax bracket applies to all Missourians with incomes greater than $9,000 a year.  

   The new Section 143.011.2(4) in Senate Bill 509 provides that once the legislation is fully phased-in, the top tax bracket “shall be eliminated.” Eliminating this top tax bracket would result in a new top tax bracket that applied to taxpayers with Missouri taxable income “Over $8,000 but not over $9,000.” However, there would no longer be a tax bracket for Missourians with incomes over $9,000, thereby eliminating altogether the income tax for such taxpayers.

   This analysis is supported by the independent legal opinion of Professor Cheryl D. Block of the Washington University School of Law. For more than thirty years, Professor Block has taught classes on tax law, legislation, and statutory interpretation. Professor Block is an expert on tax policy and author of a leading textbook on corporate taxation, which is in its fourth edition.

   Professor Block’s analysis confirms that the language in Senate Bill 509 would “completely eliminate the top state personal income tax bracket” and, as a result, taxpayers with incomes “over $9,000 would pay no tax at all.”

   A fiscal analysis performed by the Office of Administration, Division of Budget and Planning, shows that the provision eliminating the income tax on Missourians with incomes greater than $9,000 would reduce state general revenue by approximately $4.8 billion annually, eliminating 97 percent of all individual income tax collections and wiping out 65 percent of the state’s general revenue budget.

   A fiscal impact of this magnitude would jeopardize even basic funding for education and vital public services and is likely to result in a downgrade to Missouri’s spotless AAA credit rating, maintained over decades and reaffirmed by all three leading independent credit rating agencies just last year.

The legal analysis from Washington University School of Law Professor Cheryl D. Block is available here. [pdf]

The fiscal estimate produced by the Office of Administration, Division of Budget & Planning is available here. [pdf]

[….]

[emphasis in original]

Meanwhile, the usual republican suspects sputter:

John Diehl, Jr ‏@johndiehljr

@eyokley Governor’s contention of #SB509 flaw is laughable. MO SupCt would never take his position on that reading of the bill. 7:58 AM – 22 Apr 2014

There’s so much win in that.

Denny Hoskins, CPA ‏@DLHoskins

#SB509 is a tax cut for MO individuals and small businesses, NOT special interest groups. @GovJayNixon needs to read the bill! #moleg 10:25 AM – 21 Apr 2014

Apparently Governor Nixon (D) did. And so did professor Cheryl Block. You’d know that if you had read her analysis.

MOSenate08 ‏@MOSenate08

@J_Hancock @jshormanNL @johndiehljr Looks like the governor is once again grasping at straws. I’m confidant courts would uphold the intent. 8:47 AM – 22 Apr 2014

That’s the right wingnut republican version of “we didn’t mean what we wrote”. This truly inspires confidence.

Peter Kinder ‏@PeterKinder

Will the unhinged hysteria campaign of #MO @GovJayNixon against #tax cuts work this time? 1:10 PM – 22 Apr 2014

Thank you for that, Captain Dunsel.

Meanwhile:

Tony Messenger ‏@tonymess

Remember when #moleg GOP said last year they could fix all the mistakes from last year’s messed up tax cut bill? Instead they made new ones. 10:12 AM – 22 Apr 2014

Tony Messenger ‏@tonymess

Once again, @rexsinquefield overreaches by trying to eliminate his tax bracket, while his minions suggest otherwise. When will #moleg learn? 10:13 AM – 22 Apr 2014

Tony Messenger ‏@tonymess

Can’t imagine the #MOGOP would sabotage their own tax cut bill so they could go through entire charade again next year. #kaching #moleg 12:14 PM – 22 Apr 2014

They would have to possess a modicum of understanding for that theory to be operative.

Previously:

New Missouri Rule: if the governor governs right of center you can’t call him a “liberal” (July 1, 2013)

Bill signing Kabuki (July 12, 2013)

Rep. Chris Kelly (D): HB 253 – “I’d like to know what your opinion is.” (July 19, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): probably not gonna sustain the Governor’s veto of HB 253 (August 19, 2013)

Sec. of State Jason Kander (D) to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r): You forgot about that Medicaid thing? (August 23, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r) to UCM on HB 253: I don’t care, I’d rather be the new Speaker Pro Tem (August 24, 2013)

Rep. Denny Hoskins (r): your constituents know what you’re doing to them (August 26, 2013)

HB 253: Because those dissolute leeches at the public trough should shut up, that’s why! (August 28, 2013)

Missouri Democratic Party on HB 253: Yes, yes, let’s talk about Texas Gov. Rick Perry (r)…. (August 28, 2013)

AG Chris Koster (D) to Speaker Jones (r) on HB 253: you all certainly made a mess of things… (August 29, 2013)

Speaker Tim Jones (r) and HB 253: hone your legal analytical skills litigating birth certificates (August 30, 2013)

HB 253: any way you slice it (September 11, 2013)

HB 253: Watch out – It’ll be baaaaaaaaaack (September 11, 2013)

SB 509: once more, with feeling (April 17, 2014)

SB 509: “….We’d like to think that most of them are not simpletons….” (April 18, 2014)

“…Propeller beanies are optional for all involved, but the sponsors should be required to wear them anyway…”

Representative Nick Marshall (r) in Jefferson City. [file photo]

Representative Rick Brattin (r) [file photo].

Propeller beanies, indeed.

The hearing schedule on Wednesday for the House Judiciary Committee:

97th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session

Hearing Schedule

[….]

Hearing Date Wednesday, April 23, 2014

[….]

Committee: Judiciary

Chair: Cox, Stanley – (Rep-52)

Vice Chair: Elmer, Kevin-(Rep-139)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Time: 12:00 PM or Immediately Upon Morning Recess

Location: House Hearing Room 1

Note:

Executive session may be held on any matter referred to the committee.



Public Hearings will be conducted for the following bills:

HR 380 — ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

Sponsor: Marshall, Nick A (Rep-013)

Co-Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (Rep-055)

Adopts Articles of Impeachment for Governor Jay Nixon for the issuance of Executive Order 13-14 regarding the filing of a Missouri state combined income tax return by certain same-sex couples

HR 476 — ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

Sponsor: Moon, Mike Michael (Rep-157)

Co-Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (Rep-055)

Adopts articles of impeachment against Governor Nixon for failure to issue writs of election to fill vacancies in the General Assembly without delay as required by state law

HR 923 — NOTITLE

Sponsor: Brattin, Rick (Rep-055)

Co-Sponsor: Marshall, Nick A (Rep-013)

Adopts articles of impeachment for the Governor based on his failure to discipline or dismiss executive branch employees responsivle for the released of concealed carry endorsement information

What a colossal waste of time.

Previously:

HR 380: impeaching Governor Jay Nixon (D) because of teh gay thing (February 6, 2014)

HR 476: keeping their eyes on the bouncing rubber ball (February 13, 2014)

HR 923: the ultimate in right wingnut – guns and impeachment (March 11, 2014)

Wait, wait, don’t tell me (November 18, 2014)

Impeaching Nixon? (November 17, 2014)

Given the agendas, we’ll all need it.

Spring in west central Missouri.