Today:
Piper For Missouri
[….]
It’s been a busy few weeks, so I figured I should compile a list of things that Missouri’s Republican supermajority has done this session to fight inflation and lower costs for Missouri families:
Yep.
28 Saturday Jan 2023
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, Missouri Senate, Resist, social media
inToday:
Piper For Missouri
[….]
It’s been a busy few weeks, so I figured I should compile a list of things that Missouri’s Republican supermajority has done this session to fight inflation and lower costs for Missouri families:
Yep.
15 Sunday Jan 2023
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inPriorities.
In the republican controlled Missouri House of Representatives:
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [pdf]
102nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Adopted January 11, 2023[….]
Dress Code
Rule 98. At all times when the House is seated, proper attire for gentlemen shall be business attire, including coat, tie, dress trousers, and dress shoes or boots. Proper attire for women shall be business attire, including jackets worn with dresses, skirts, or slacks, and dress shoes or boots. For the purposes of this rule, “jacket” shall include blazers, cardigans, and knit blazers. This rule shall apply to all members and staff on the floor of the House and lower gallery.
[….]
Subtle.
State Representative Ashley Aune
I’ll be honest, I never thought my first national interview would be about what I can and cannot wear as a female lawmaker…
Missouri lawmaker pushes back on strict dress code for women in state house
Missouri lawmakers are tightening the dress code for women lawmakers, including specific requirements on how to cover their arms. [….]
Rep. Peter Merideth @PeterforMO
Debating the house rules on the floor today, and the first amendment offered by a Republican is about making stricter the rules of what women have to wear in here.
10:48 AM · Jan 11, 2023
Rep. Peter Merideth @PeterforMO
Yep, the caucus that lost their minds over the suggestion that they should wear masks during a pandemic to respect the safety of others is now spending its time focusing on the fine details of what women have to wear (specifically how to cover their arms) to show respect here.
10:49 AM · Jan 11, 2023
Ankles are next?
31 Saturday Dec 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inTags
137th Legislative District, Darin Chappell, defunding public education, education, missouri, right wingnut, social media
On the road to defunding public education:
Darin Chappell @DKChappell
I’ve heard the arguments, and examined the data. I am convinced it is time for school choice in Missouri.No child should be confined to a failing school simply because of his/her zip code. The only decision makers for where a child should be educated are the parents.
12:05 AM · Dec 31, 2022
Some of the responses:
Care to share the data, Darin? I’d love to see it.
Defund public schools, transfer the money to private interests, profit!
I like how easily “school choice” proponents concede to failing schools instead of working to make them better schools.
An F U to the kids that remain at those schools
Fun fact Missouri schools would not be failing if the MO GOP hadn’t been systematically working to defund public education for the last 20+ years.
Dude, you did no research.
Your words do nothing but repeat what the Koch driven school choice people say.
“School Choice” will always be for those that can afford it. Prove me wrong.
You’ve examined the data?
Please share all of it specifically.
Have you really examined the data? If you had, you would see it shows school choice mainly just ends up giving public money to families who are already in private schools. Private schools also don’t do any better academically than public schools when you adjust for income.
If you don’t live in a metropolitan area, where’s the choice?
Wouldn’t be any failing schools if MO would properly fund them.
I see you have the nice Republican/DeVos talking point. Show the data.
Are you for removing tax money from the state to give to private schools that only accept certain students?
That’s how it’s designed to work.
You clearly have NOT examined the data, and I’m skeptical you’ve listened to anyone who opposes the destruction of public education.
Standard conservative policy: starve a public service to the point of failure, point at the system you broke and say “See? It’s broken! Public services don’t work!” then divert the funds to a private model that delivers greater inequality and (bonus!) religious indoctrination.
We have open enrollment available. Also, who will transport students? That costs a lot of money. What about students with disabilities? Private and charter schools don’t have to accept all students. Sit in a classroom all day.
I would also like to see the data. How are we suppose to support an idea or even debate an idea without evidence?
Please share the data. I’ll compare it with the level of funding over the years and see if there’s any correlation. If true, then I would argue that politicians intentionally sabotaged our schools as part of a larger agenda of re-routing public funds to private institutions.
Share the data, please.
We rank 49th in school funding. Can you imagine what we could do if we actually funded our schools and educators?
So shouldn’t the school receive more funding to fix problems rather than abandoning it?
more adequate | fixed it for you
You want tax dollars to go into the pockets of your rich friends that own private schools, just say it out loud already.
Shhhh.
If schools are failing, you’re responsible. The teachers and administrators of any school wants a quality education for all of their students. You have failed to give them the resources to do the job.
There’s that.
“I’ve heard the arguments, and examined the data”, you mean you’ve had your pockets lined? What data are you referring to? FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Missouri is 49th in teacher pay, we have a 6.3 billion dollar surplus. There are NO excuses. FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
“I don’t mind condemning disadvantaged people under the guise of helping the “right” people.” Sure friend, sure.
Exactly this.
Maybe you should try equitably funding school districts instead of using “school choice” as a crutch for failed Republican policies.
Try using your 20 year GOP Supermajority in Missouri to improve public education instead of destroying it.
They have a plan.
It’s kinda hard for public schools to succeed when states continue to underfund schools and underfund teachers but I know that the long game here!!Its amazing old white conservative so called Christians want to take it back to 1830!
The arguments and data that exist only in your head.
So you don’t care if the schools in Rogersville close? With over 2000 kids that would likely devastate the local economy. As long as you get campaign money though, right?
It’s a scam. Attempting to drive public schools into privatization.
Profit!
So you’ll write a law to ensure private schools can not charge any amount beyond what the government will pay? Sounds great!
No profit. Not gonna happen.
You made this up. Research shows that public schools offer the best education, are more transparent to parents and provide a sense of community. You’re a charter shill.
School choice doesn’t fix problems. It does absolutely nothing to address why schools are having problems. Terrible policy for lawmakers to take up.
Nope that means the school gets to choose the students.
If you’re a family of 4 living on $32,000/year living north of Rogersville on hwy B, what choice do you have?
1/ I have heard the arguments & examined the data. I’m convinced its time for the state to average the state & local per pupil spending in the 5 highest performing districts in the state & state fund every public district that same combined amt. Put that $6 billion to good use
Public Schools were setup so all ppl regardless of class can attend What is taught there is to be neutral as possible We pay taxes for the whole of society just like infrastructure
If you want something else you pay for it out of pocket This should be the end of that conversation
Curious as to how much in campaign contributions Herzog donated to you?
They didn’t have to, he ran unopposed:
Election Results
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri – General Election, November 08, 2022, Tuesday, November 8, 2022
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on Friday, December 9, 2022
State Representative – District 137 (15 of 15 Precincts Reported)
Darin Chappell Republican 13,708 100.0%
Total Votes 13,708
Also, as a “Conservative Constitutionalist,” what are your feelings on the 3/5 Compromise? Time to bring it back, or does your constitutionalist conservatism only go so far? On that tip: Care to *define* “conservative constitutionalism?” Can you do so using specifics?
Have you considered… I don’t know… funding schools? Like where were you educated?
Heh. Because I are an education expert
So your solution, instead of improving schools, is to take away money from “bad” schools, which are “bad” because they’re already underfunded. For example Kirkwood has the “best” school. Average home value is over 400k. Ranked 100th is aurora R8 where the values are under 200k
So we should follow along cause another MoGOPer says they examined the data? Was the data the amount private companies will make per pupil?
Profit!
Invest in schools, it is the most efficient and effective way to save and improve public education. Choice takes resources away from many to help a few. Robbing from the needy to help the rich. #SchoolChoice is a failed program.
So the GOP approach to “starve the beast and it will die” approach to eliminate public schools is working it seems.
That’s their plan.
Twenty years of GOP budget cuts on the necks of our kids is the origin. Let’s equalize school fu[n]ding across zip codes then and allow local schools to compete. But then again, that’s not your intent, is it?
Since ‘choice’ is the key word…they will ‘select’ only the best which allows them to look successful…behavior, slower learners, special education students will be not be selected.
The actual purpose is to fund parents that select private and religious schools!
That’s their plan.
What data did you examine? Care to share? Also, what choices do sparsely populated areas have?
So quick question, when parents opt out and go to a “choice” school. Is a bus provided? Before care/ after care? Do you know who will be left behind? Those without the means to get to the “choice” schools.
Profit!
The data shows that more school funding (and family affluence) contributes to better educational achievement. The answer is to assure ALL schools are adequately funded.
Wow. No hope from you for improving public education in underserved areas? No wonder Missouri has a reputation of being a backwater hell hole. Lazy representatives.
“School Choice” is the “Right to Work” of the “Contract With America” #MObullshit
Bingo!
What a bunch of BS! No taxpayer money should be used for private schools. That is just another means of segregation! Public schools would be better funded if they were a priority, but you only want to educate those that a few legislators think are worthy instead of everyone.
You’re an idiot if you think this gaslighting works!
Please cite the “data”. Otherwise your comments are just more moronic drivel. Your opinions are NOT facts.
29 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inAnd that is not a good thing.
Welcome to my Jefferson City office!
Which version? Of either. Just asking.
A few of the responses:
Teachers are busy teaching children to survive active shooters in school. I guess we could arm kids with Bibles to throw at a school shooter?
yeppers, nothing says the good book like a glock!! “thout shall always carry guns everywhere especially in schools” corinthians 13 4-8
religion doesn’t belong in our schools, Your beliefs shouldn’t be shoved down others throats.
Our constitution says differently regarding religion…..this leads me to believe you are against our own laws & constitution…..
I don’t think it suggests that it should be taught in schools, I think she is just pandering to morons.
What does this mean as it relates to your responsibility to provide good government for all the people of Missouri, not just those who may agree with you?
Heh. This is Missouri.
Which version of the Bible would you want them to teach from? Does the school board vote on “trespassers” or “debtors”? Can teachers who are divorced lead the prayer? What about *gasp* female teachers who cut their hair and wear pants? Are Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim prayers allowed?
I have so many questions about how you want to incorporate religious studies into public school education.
Mazzie only cares about “her religion” and her interpretation of it. She’d lose her mind if this was suggested by someone of a different faith.
Not every American is a Christian.
And just in case you forgot, AMERICA ISN’T A CHRISTIAN NATION.
I pity you.
Disturbing and unprofessional.
My thoughts and prayers are with your supposed freedom of religion.
A poorly written book of fiction and a handgun?
You would think someone wanting to be a state representative would understand separation of church and state. You would also think they would understand religious freedom. However, I guess that’s asking too much.
I think guns end up in schools way too often
There’s that.
Keep all religion out of our schools! We do NOT want to be like the Taliban!
This is not a Christian nation.
It is a nation in which you are free to be Christian.
what happens when guns do end up in schools? any plans on keeping our kids from mass shootings?
The last thing Missouri needs is another Christofascist in our statehouse.
God this is so cringe
More guns in schools? Brilliant! Needs less mythology though.
Earning some brownie points with your idiot supporters?
This is super lame
Absolutely idiotic
you want to use the gun to force people to read the book.
admit it.
where does jesus tell you to pick up a gun?
whatever justifies your fear-based hatred.
Imagine being this fucking stupid and just announcing it like this.
06 Tuesday Dec 2022
The first day of the next legislative session of the Missouri General Assembly starts on January 4, 2023. Bill prefiling has commenced in Jefferson City.
“…’Belief-based student association’ includes, but shall not be limited to, any political or ideological student association or any religious student association…”
Any.
A bill, prefiled:
102nd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
HB 136 Prohibits public institutions of higher learning from discriminating against a religious student association or denying a religious student association any benefit available to any other student association
Sponsor: Hudson, Brad (138)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2023
LR Number: 0107H.02I
Last Action: 12/01/2022 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 136
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
Not exactly. The actual bill language, as introduced:
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 136 [pdf]
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLYINTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HUDSON.
0107H.02I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief ClerkAN ACT
To amend chapter 173, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to student
associations at public institutions of higher learning.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 173, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 173.1555 and 173.1556, to read as follows:
173.1555. As used in this section and section 173.1556, the following terms mean:
(1) “Adverse action”, any action or policy that denies a belief-based student association any benefit available to other student associations or organizations or that otherwise discriminates with respect to any such benefit;
(2) “Belief-based student association” includes, but shall not be limited to, any political or ideological student association or any religious student association;
(3) “Benefit”, recognition, registration, the use of facilities of a public institution of higher learning for meetings or speaking purposes, the use of channels of communication of a public institution of higher learning, or such other assistance, aid, or advantage as are made available to student associations by a public institution of higher learning;
(4) “Public institution of higher learning”, any state postsecondary educational institution governed or supervised by a board erected under chapter 172, 174, 175, or 178; a board of trustees of a community college; or any state board for any other technical school.173.1556. 1. (1) No public institution of higher learning shall take any adverse action against a belief-based student association or an applicant to be recognized as such:
(a) Because such association is political, ideological, or religious;
(b) On the basis of such association’s viewpoint or the expression of the viewpoint by the association or the association’s members; or
(c) Based on such association’s requirement that the association’s leaders be committed to furthering the association’s mission or that the association’s leaders adhere to the association’s sincerely held beliefs, sincere practice requirements, or sincere standards of conduct.
(2) Leaders referred to in paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, any person who holds a position within the association that authorizes such person to participate in the leadership or governance of the association or in establishing criteria for the association’s leadership or governance.
(3) The mission, beliefs, practice requirements, and standards of conduct referred to in paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be interpreted as defined by the association.
2. Any belief-based student association or applicant to be recognized as such that has been aggrieved as a result of a violation or threatened violation of subsection 1 of this section may assert that violation or threatened violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding or in an administrative proceeding involving the public institution of higher learning and obtain appropriate relief.
Think of the endless possibilities.
20 Thursday Oct 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inTags
1st Legislative District, campaign finance, Jean Evans, Jeff Farnan, Jess Piper, missouri, ratio, social media, The smell of fear, Twitter
Yesterday:
Jean Evans @mojeanevans
Meet Jess. She’s fought hard to keep schools shut down and businesses closed. And now she wants your vote to do more of the same.Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
[…]
I know you keep up with me, girl. I’m not teaching this year. I’m running for state representative. Just trying to keep my kid’s school open while y’all tell her to get in the field while listening to books on tape. You know…the model you proposed for rural students?
Do you smell republican fear in Missouri’s 1st Legislative District race? You’ve got to wonder why.
Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
The republican in the race:
That’s some ratio.
Speaking of ratios, some of the responses to Jean Evans (r):
Malarkey!
We see what you did there.
Jess Piper is a rural educator who wants all students, including our rural students, to receive a quality public education. She has obviously not fought to keep schools closed. People are tired of others lying about where people running for political office stand on issues.
Jean, be honest, your work in education promotions privatization of schools, not support of public schools.
Jess is the voice we need in the state legislature. Practical experience dealing with decreased school funding, neglect of rural infrastructure and lobbyists destruction of family farms. She gives me hope
You are obsessed with her lol
More like fear.
Jean, you might want to sit this one out. Jess will go toe to toe with you and you’ll lose.
Meet Jean.
She’s OK with forcing schools to cut their curricula to 4-days a week to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, but trolls people who supported public health protocols protecting students, customers & employees during the pandemic.
Jean’s a hypocrite.
Don’t be like Jean.
Jean, meet our friend Ratio
Heh. We noticed.
Person that wants public education to fail says what?
And we LOVE her for it. Americans don’t want the fascism you’re pushing Jean.
Don’t be like Jean. Jean is sad and bored.
You are a liar, disgraceful. You do not have Missouri citizens in your best interest
She is being paid. That is what matters to Jean.
Huh? I’ve been following Jess for a while… her messaging seems to be about keeping rural schools open 5 days a week. Are you resorting back to talking points from 2 years ago? The world has changed, Jean.
Meet Jean. She has 45,000 fewer followers than Jess. If Jess has 48,000 followers, how many does Jean have?
Well, would you look at that. Us teachers can turn anything into a math problem [….]
We see what you did there.
As I recall Jess taught during the pandemic, in person. She was a brave frontline worker. I have nothing but respect for her and her voice in our community. Thank you, Jess Piper!
You’re a sad, dishonest shill for the GOP.
Believing in public schools and wanting to be a responsible steward of our children’s health. Wanting to invest in rural children. What a concept! Republicans have failed.
The whole world was shutdown. Just stop.
What a load crap. Betsy Devos is the one that proposed keeping rural kids in the field for starters. Secondly, What schools actually shut down last year in Mo? None How many businesses actually shut down other than the first 2 weeks of the pandemic in Missouri?
Saaaay what? Girlfriend you need to cough up data before you roundhouse with parroting opinions. But then that would mean knowing how to research and vet information…which is taught in public schools by the very educators you are trying to cancel and defund. Sit down.
Petty twitter fight? Shouldn’t you be busy stealing public funds for private education capitalists. Or maybe just finding new arguments to ensure that children with special needs are setup to fail.
Pretty much.
You’re Jean. Whose whole existence is fighting to defund public schools and pack the pockets of elitists. And now she thinks her trolling on Twitter is cute. It’s not.
Pretty much.
Well, Jean. Congrats on the steaming pile of horse shit you just dumped on the internet.
Meet Jean. This morning someone shat in her Fascist Flakes. And now she wants your attention so she can fill the hate shaped hole in her soul.
Well.
04 Tuesday Oct 2022
Posted Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media
inTags
1st Legislative District, abortion, GOP hypocrisy, House, Jess Piper, missouri, Roevember, social media, Twitter
This morning:
Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri
The fact that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion surprises no one. Folks with money and means will always have the right to an abortion. When they pass abortion bans, they aren’t meant for powerful folks.Bans are for the rest of us.
7:38 AM · Oct 4, 2022
Well, yes.
Roevember.
19 Friday Aug 2022
Tags
abortion, Emily Weber, General Assembly, Johnson County, Post Roe Missouri, Roe v Wade, Warrensburg
Representative Emily Weber (D-24) spoke on organizing, party bulding, and post Roe Missouri at a Johnson County Democratic Club meeting in Warrensburg yesterday evening.
An excerpt:
Previously:
HB 126 and HB 127: catering to their single issue base (December 3, 2018)
Gov. Mike Parson (r): Alabama, hold my beer… (May 15, 2019)
Gov. Mike Parson (r): New York is shorthand for what? (May 16, 2019)
Medieval (May 17, 2019)
Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): post session victory dance over any individal woman’s personal medical decisions (May 17, 2019)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the 13th Century GOP in 21st Century America (May 20, 2019)
HB 126: the elephant in the womb (May 24, 2019)
HB 126: “…here for the ratio” (May 25, 2016)
Missouri: Medieval (May 28, 2019)
ACLU: Referendum Petition filed on HB 126 (May 28, 2019)
Women’s Health Care in Missouri – 1, Gov. Mike Parson (r) – 0 (May 31, 2019)
Our nation turns its eyes to Missouri (June 1, 2019)
State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): Gov. Mike Parson (r) and HB 126 – “…extreme and cruel.” (June 3, 2019)
In the Medieval State of Missouri (June 4, 2019)
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (r): Emergency! Emergency! (June 7, 2019)
American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and Sara E. Baker v. John R. Ashcroft, et al. (July 8, 2019)
State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D): going forward with the HB 126 petition (July 8, 2019)
MoGOP’s Abortion Checkup (March 20, 2022)
But, her emails… (June 24, 2022)
In Missouri Mike Parson (r) now makes your health care decisions for you (June 24, 2022)
Forced birth (June 24, 2022)
It’s been a long road to now (June 24, 2022)
05 Friday Aug 2022
Tags
Arizona, campaign finance, House Republican Campaign Committee, HRCC, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, North Carolina, right wingnuts
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C091068 08/05/2022 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Cheyenne International LLC 701 S. Battleground Avenue Grover NC 28073 8/4/2022 $25,000.00
C091068 08/05/2022 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc Lathrop Gage Consulting PAC 314 E. High Street Jefferson City MO 65101 8/4/2022 $15,000.00
C091068 08/05/2022 House Republican Campaign Committee, Inc LE03-AWIN Management Inc. 18500 North Allied Way Phoenix AZ 85054 8/4/2022 $10,000.00
[emphasis added]
They get what they pay for.
31 Tuesday May 2022