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Whoops, there goes another special election…

31 Monday Jul 2017

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri Senate

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8th Senate District, Eric Greitens, missouri, special election, Will Kraus

From Governor Eric Greitens (r):

Governor Eric Greitens Appoints Leaders Across State and Local Government
July 31, 2017
[….]
State Tax Commission

Senator Will Kraus was appointed as a member of the State Tax Commission. Kraus will be the successor of Ryan McKenna.

Senator Kraus represents the Eighth District of Missouri and has been a leader in tax policy during his time in the Missouri State Senate. He served in the United States Army for 25 years. Kraus also previously served as a State Representative. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Missouri State University.
[….]

There’ll be a special election in the 8th Senate District.

A portrait of willful ignorance

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by willykay in Missouri General Assembly, Uncategorized

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Budget shortfalls, Corporate incentives, Fiscal Responsibility, Nicole Galloway, Supply side economics, tax cuts, Tax policy, Voodoo economics, Will Kraus

We all know that newbie Governor Greitens has been trying to deal with a dire budget situation occaisoned by a corporate tax cut enacted in 2015 that ended up slashing incoming revenue by $155 million. Chickens are coming home to roost, you reap what you sow & etc., etc.

State Republicans, however, who were adamant that the corporate tax cut wouldn’t hurt a bit and was, in fact, necessary to stimulate growth, are now pretending that they didn’t know how distressed chickens behave, or, alternatively, that they just didn’t know what they were sowing:

“We had bad information when we passed that bill,” House Budget Committee Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick told The Associated Press. “I think if we’d have had the correct information, we wouldn’t have passed it.”

But somehow Democrats in the legislature knew that no good would come from fact-free tax cutting – and they tried to tell the GOP ideologues in the Assembly:

Democratic senators who spoke against the bill said they worried it would threaten Missouri’s excellent credit rating and reduce state funds for education.

“We can’t afford to do a tax cut at this level,” said Senator Jolie Justus, speaking on the Senate floor, citing services that she said were already severely underfunded. “We are on the wrong track.”

Democratic Governor Nixon also knew. He called the bill “ill-conceived,” and correctly vetoed it. But nobody on the Republican side was listening. The determined Republican legislative majority covered their ears and passed the tax-cut over Nixon’s veto.

It’s just one more case of willful ideologuing on the part of Republican politicians who ought to have been governing. It’s not like there hasn’t been lots of examples proving that radical tax cuts don’t really summon the elusive business fairy – Brownback’s failed Kansas economic experiment is a potent example right next door. And there’s lots more out there – Louisiana, Wisconsin, etc. are finding out that the GOP tax-cutting mantra doesn’t readily translate into workable policy.

Research tells us that corporate tax incentives may provide a windfall for CEOs of existing businesses in the state, but they rarely contribute to increased statewide prosperity. A new report even suggests that tax based incentives are not only ineffective, but actually cost more than they contribute to the economy:

Less flashy but more important, a February report from the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research suggests, are the run-of-the-mill economic development incentives built into state law across the country and designed either to attract companies, to keep them in place, or to get them to add positions. In 2015, incentives for new or expanding export-based industries (i.e., manufacturing, tech, media, any company that sells its goods or services beyond the local economy) offset average state and local business taxes by 30 percent, costing the U.S. $45 billion.

The report, based on a database of 26 years of incentives in 33 states, affirms the consensus that these tax breaks—which have tripled since 1990, when the database begins keeping track—don’t do much to convince companies to move. Plotting the effects of incentives and taxes on state GDP growth, the study concludes their effects are “always statistically insignificant … the maximum possible effects of incentives on increasing growth … are towards the lower end of the range of estimates in the previous literature.”

And while some GOP pols in Jefferson City are pretending that they just didn’t understand that actions have consequences, don’t expect a change in their direction. In December, that irrepressible tax-cutter, Senator Will Krauss (R-8), the Senate sponsor of the 2015 bill, let us know that that he, like most GOPers, will never, ever learn the lessons of the past:

Republican state Sen. Will Kraus told The Associated Press that Trump’s support for reducing such taxes could open the door to axing corporate income taxes on the state level. Kraus will introduce a bill during the next legislative session beginning in January that would phase out the state’s current 6.25 percent corporate income tax.

“I see an opportunity for us to be able to market Missouri as a corporate tax-free state,” Kraus said. He called the measure a “job-creation” bill.

Under Kraus’ bill, the tax would drop to 4 percent in 2017 and 2 percent in 2018. It would be eliminated in 2019.

So … is there any hope? Maybe. State Auditor Michelle Galloway is going to begin “what she calls a ‘budget integrity series,’ a slew of audits and financial reviews to better understand how the budget shortfall occurred … she hopes to better understand the difference between expected fiscal effects when tax breaks are offered and their actual ramifications on the state budget.” Just what the doctor ordered. But unless Galloway’s findings confirm the prior beliefs of our GOP pols, it may be too much to expect them to pay attention.

Campaign Finance: Well, isn’t that special?

06 Wednesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Secretary of State, Will Kraus

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Will Kraus’ (r) 2016 campaign for Secretary of State:

C041029 07/06/2016 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS Axiom Strategies, LLC 1251 NW Briarcliff PKWY Ste 85 Kansas City MO 64116 7/5/2016 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

How nice of them.

Previously:

Sen. Will Kraus (r): warming up the crowd about urban schools at the Santorum rally (February 4, 2012)

Will Kraus (r) and Jay Ashcroft (r): pass the popcorn (July 5, 2016)

Will Kraus (r) and Jay Ashcroft (r): pass the popcorn

05 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Jay Ashcroft, missouri, Secretary of State, Will Kraus

Will Kraus’ (r) 2016 primary campaign for Secretary of State isn’t holding back anything in the scorched earth, sow the land with salt department. A video from the Kraus (r) campaign:

Announcer: Jay Ashcroft uses his last name as a political tool, but he’s fallen far from the family tree. Jay attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for three years, which by law means he must serve in the military, repay taxes for his tuition, or get special permission not to. But Jay never finished at the Academy. He didn’t serve. He hasn’t said he repaid taxpayers and he won’t tell us why. Did he get special treatment because his father was governor? Was he dismissed for bad behavior? Missourians don’t know because Jay won’t answer basic questions about a serious issue.

Jay has since tried his hand as a professor, as a lawyer, as an engineer, and now he works for his dad’s law firm.

In two thousand fourteen Jay refused to oppose a core component of Obamacare and lost his race for state senate. He told Missourians he was for voter ID law, started a signature campaign to get it on our ballot, but failed to submit even a single signature. We simply can’t count on Jay to finish anything he starts.

We can’t even count on him to vote. Jay Ashcroft, who wants to be the top elections official in the state did not vote in six major elections just between two thousand to two thousand twelve, including a two thousand four constitutional amendment vote to define marriage as between one man and one woman.

Jay asks for your vote, but he doesn’t show up himself. He doesn’t answer your questions. He doesn’t finish the job.

Jay Ashcroft has fallen a long way from his family tree and he is far from who he says he is.

[Paid For By Citizens For Will Kraus, Curtis Morrison, Treasurer]

There’s so much right wingnut win in this it’s really difficult to figure out where to start.

Pass the popcorn.

Previously:

Sen. Will Kraus (r): warming up the crowd about urban schools at the Santorum rally (February 4, 2012)

Campaign Finance: oh, yeah, we almost forgot

09 Monday May 2016

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance

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campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Secretary of State, Will Kraus

Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Will Kraus’ (r) 2016 campaign for Secretary of State:

C041029 05/08/2016 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS William Kapp 8171 Bay Colony Dr. Apt 902 Naples FL 34108 Physician 5/7/2016 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Naples, Florida? Really?

Will Kraus, voting fails, and more hoodwinkery

07 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by willykay in Uncategorized

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photo ID, St. Louis County Board of Elections, voter ID, Will Kraus

I wrote earlier today about state Sen. Will Kraus (R- 8) and his enthusiasm for photo voter ID requirements that have the potential to disenfranchise 220,000 voters. I had read earlier in the day about the St. Louis County election snafu last Tuesday – the county didn’t have time to reprogram voting machines between the municipal elections and the primary elections a couple of weeks ago. Subsequent database problems resulted in too few ballots at around 60 precincts.  I didn’t realize that the two issues were related, however, until I read a post on the Progress Missouri team blog that first points out that:

Sen. Kraus actually sponsored the 2014 legislation that changed the date of the Presidential Primary from February to March, in spite of warnings the new date was too close to April municipal elections and could cost millions, $37.5 million to be exact. His bill gave local election authorities just 3 weeks to prepare for another election.

Yes, those in charge of running elections in St. Louis County should be held accountable for much of what went wrong on Tuesday. But so should lawmakers like Sen. Kraus, for sponsoring legislation that got us into this mess in the first place. Elections—and bad bills—have consequences.

You’d think, wouldn’t you, that Kraus might be a little apologetic about ignoring the all the evidence that it would be difficult – especially for larger muncipalities – to hold two elections so close together? But not our boy Will. He’s too busy making lemonade out his own personal lemons. He’s trying to get credit for punishing the board of election for their failure to manage the problem he tossed into their laps, noting in a press release today that, “Missouri voters deserve a better election process, plain and simple” […] “The board [i.e., St. Louis County Board of Elections] members need to take responsibility for this and allow the governor to appoint new members.”

But Kraus is more than a strutting malefactor trying to divert attention from his own culpability  by pointing out that the other guys did a bad job. The Progress Missouri piece adds an observation that enlarges the perspective from which Kraus’ posturing should be considered:

Sen. Kraus is currently sponsoring extreme Photo ID legislation that could make it harder for around 220,000 registered Missouri voters to cast a ballot—namely women, seniors, students, and minorities.

So while we appreciate Sen. Kraus sharing his concerns for voters who may have been disenfranchised on Tuesday, we’d feel a lot better if he also cared about the 220,000(!) registered voters that could be be prevented from voting under his extreme proposal.

Voter ID and the GOP art of hoodwinkery

07 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by willykay in Uncategorized

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Glenn Grothman, photo ID, Steve Tilley, voter ID, Voter supression, Will Kraus

State Senator Will Kraus (R-8) is seriously worried that there’s going to be a massive outbreak of voter impersonation sometime in the future, declaring that, “in the state of Missouri, without an ID, it’s pretty easy to get somebody else’s utility bill and say, ‘Hi I’m Bob Jones, I’m here to vote.’” Of course no one votes in Missouri without identification –  which might be why there are almost no cases of the type of voter impersonation that’s got Kraus all excited.

The point seems to be that Kraus and his GOP pals in Jefferson City  want to change the Missouri Constitution to mandate the use of very specific types of state, military or federal photo ID. Not everyone has these IDs and they can be difficult to obtain. Other types of photo ID, such as student IDs, are not acceptable to our persnickety GOPers. The fact that this constitutional amendment would almost immediately disenfranchise about 220,000 registered voters in Missouri – just in time for a big presidential election – does not seem as important to these representatives of the people as stopping a type of voter fraud that essentially doesn’t exist. A study in 2012 showed that there were only 10 provable cases of voter impersonation in the U.S. over a 12 year period.

But Missouri lawmakers like Kraus are obsessed. They’re willing to obligate the state to pay the $16 million dollars over a three year period that would be necessary  to implement the requirement in a fair way, which means paying for the IDs, for obtaining supporting documents necessary to obtain the IDs, and advertising the  requirement so that all eligible voters know what it takes to vote. Bear in mind that Missouri is a state that can’t even afford to repair its crumbling highways  and bridges.

The GOP fervor for unnecessary photo voter ID suggests that maybe something else is going on. Maybe it is the power of Democratic voter coalitions that they really find frightening. For instance, Wisconsin Republicans enacted a very restrictive voter photo ID law. A former legislative staffer remembered that when it was first proposed, “some Republicans were ‘giddy’ over the legislation’s ‘ramifications’ and the effect it would have on minority and young voters,” both groups that tend to vote Democratic. On Tuesday, Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) had this to say on uses of photo ID:

I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate the Democrats have ever put up. And now we have photo ID, and I think photo ID is going to make a little bit of a difference as well …

If you have to resort to voter suppression to beat Hillary Clinton, maybe she isn’t as weak as you think.  Of course, giddiness about the prospect of beating back the hordes of brown American voters and college-age hippies might be what’s making our own Missouri GOPers too “giddy” to exercise their best judgment, not to mention their higher moral faculties.

Why is it that Republicans fear that they will loose in a fair contest? Shouldn’t free market advocates endorse the free marketplace of ideas?

Do you  think GOP disinclination to stay on the up and up might have something to do with the string of disasters that have resulted when conservative ideologues got their way in government? After all, unregulated financial (i.e., free) markets gave us the crash  of 2008; tax cuts in Kansas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and elsewhere have been economic disasters. Hare-brained GOP efforts to run government like a business led to poisoning the children of Flint. Obstructionist GOPers in the Federal legislature have shown themselves incapable of the flexibility necessary to govern fairly – or to govern at all.

Republican ideology just doesn’t have much of a track record, although the facts are often obscured or denied. Religious and racial bigotry may be all that has kept the party going. Voter suppression provides one more tool.

If GOP ideology is demonstrably bankrupt, what is it that fuels the Republican drive to power at any cost?  We know, of course, that many of our lawmakers are true believers and live in a perpetual state of misinformed denial. We also know that many are simply dumber than the proverbial post. But don’t you think it might also have something to do with people like the Koch brothers,  the Humphries of Joplin, and St. Louis’ Rex Sinquefield? The so-called 1%, the folks who gain when the rest of us lose? And, incidentally, the same folks who rain dollars on our rambunctious GOP ideologues. Whether you’re right or wrong, nobody wants to disappoint the folks who pay the bills and open the doors to affluence. And once the goal is clear, who wouldn’t use any tool that presents itself?

 

Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce

17 Friday Oct 2014

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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8th Senate District, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Rex Sinquefield, Will Kraus

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C041029 10/16/2014 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 Retire 10/15/2014 $100,000.00

[emphasis added]

Like the republican incumbent needs the cash?:

C041029: Citizens For Will Kraus

612 Sw Trailpark Circle Committee Type: Candidate

Lees Summit Mo 64081 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 01/26/2004

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2014 – October Quarterly Report

Beginning Money on Hand $193,868.49

Monetary Receipts + $81,586.00

Monetary Expenditures – $1,371.60

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $80,214.40

Ending Money On Hand   $274,082.89

[emphasis added]

Uh, that was before the really, really, really big contribution from the really, really, really wealthy individual. Because we all know, one can never take an election result for granted. There is one exception.

The individuals who filed for the 8th Senate District seat:

State Senator – District 8

Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Will Kraus 612 SW TRAILPARK CIR LEES SUMMIT MO 64081 162 2/25/2014

That’s it. No one else. That’s the one exception.

So, what’s the $100,000.00 for and what does it really buy? Just asking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: For what purpose? (September 3, 2014)

Well, well, somebody’s an early friend of Catherine Hanaway’s (r) 2016 campaign for Governor.

Campaign Finance: locking up the vote at 9109 Watson Road (April 15, 2014)

[….]

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL

HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR [pdf] 4/15/2014

[….]

Citizens for Will Kraus

612 Trailpark Circle

Lees Summit MO 64081

3/31/2014 $5,000.00

[….]

[emphasis added]

We’ll definitely keep an eye on that $100,000.00.

Campaign Finance: For what purpose?

04 Thursday Sep 2014

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Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C041029 09/03/2014 CITIZENS FOR WILL KRAUS Grow Missouri 308 E. High St Ste 301 Jefferson City MO 65101 9/3/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

C041029: Citizens For Will Kraus

612 Sw Trailpark Circle Committee Type: Candidate

Lees Summit Mo 64081 Party Affiliation: Republican

[….] Established Date: 01/26/2004

  Termination Date:

Information Reported On: 2014 – 8 Day Before Primary Election-8/5/2014

Beginning Money on Hand $121,956.17

Monetary Receipts + $21,700.00

Monetary Expenditures – $2,183.67

Contributions Made – $0.00

Other Disbursements – $0.00

Subtotal     $19,516.33

Ending Money On Hand   $141,472.50

[emphasis added]

It’s not like his campaign desperately needs the money.

Only one candidate filed in the 8th Senate District:

State Senator – District 8

Republican

Name Mailing Address Random Number Date Filed

Will Kraus 612 SW TRAILPARK CIR LEES SUMMIT MO 64081 162 2/25/2014

For what purpose all that money?

Grow Missouri? Who bankrolls them?:

Campaign Finance: Why give 11 cents when you can write a check for $1.5 million? (May 15, 2014)

….Missouri’s astroturf supported plutocratic future will be stunning in its magnificence….

Ah, now we understand. Chess, anyone?

Bill signing Kabuki

12 Friday Jul 2013

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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David Pearce, Dean Dohrman, Denny Hoskins, Gary Cross, HB 253, Kabuki, missouri, SB 281, Will Kraus

Missouri politics, where everyone is your friend and everything is all sweetness and light.

Governor Jay Nixon (D), in Warrensburg on the campus of the University of Central Missouri – July 11, 2013.

Yesterday morning in Warrensburg, on the campus of the University of Central Missouri, Governor Jay Nixon (D) signed SB 381 into law. The bill “officially defines in state statute an Innovation Campus as an educational partnership comprised of one or more Missouri public community colleges…one or more Missouri public or private four-year institution of higher education, one or more Missouri high schools or K-12 school districts, and at least one Missouri-based business.” In the scheme of things everyone involved in supporting the bill is patting themselves on the back that this is a good thing for education in the state. The amount of good varies with who you ask.

Governor Nixon (D) signing SB 381 into law – July 11, 2013.

These kinds of public self-congratulatory exercises are a magnet for state legislators in or near the districts where the bill signing takes place. The bill handlers from the Senate and the House tend to show up, too. Senator Will Kraus (r) and Representative Gary Cross (r) were in attendance and took the opportunity to heap praise. Senator David Pearce (r) and Representatives Denny Hoskins (r) and Dean Dohrman (r), who represent the districts most closely connected to the University of Central Missouri, were also in attendance. They, too, praised the bill and the institution.

An excerpt from Representative Dean Dohrman’s (r) brief remarks:

Ah, political science. That’s really interesting, considering that whole nullification thing was settled one hundred fifty years ago.

Representative Gary Cross (r) – July 11, 2013.

Representatives Dean Dohrman (r) (left) and Denny Hoskins (r) (right) – July 11, 2013.

Here’s the all too familiar Kabuki element in Missouri politics: on one hand they’ll show up for the photo op and glory in the credit for one bill which supports an institution in their district, all the while, voting for a more far reaching bill which seriously screws that same institution. They can get away with it because most of their constituents usually aren’t paying attention when the screwing actually happens. And that occurred with HB 253.  

What would HB 253 do to the University of Central Missouri, along with a whole bunch of other institutions and essential programs across the state?:

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

[….]

Governor Jay Nixon (D): With a price tag of at least eight hundred million dollars annually House Bill 253 would undermine our fiscal foundation now and for years to come. It’s the equivalent of cutting all support for higher education, all of it, closing all of our prisons, or shutting down the entire Department of mental Health. House Bill 253 is a dangerous experiment we simply cannot afford. These costs are real and immediate if my veto is not sustained.

[….]

“…These costs are real and immediate if my veto is not sustained…”

And how did those Representatives vote? The vote on HB 253, from the Journal of the House (2339) [pdf]:

[….]

On motion of Representative Berry, SS HB 253, as amended, was truly agreed to and finally

passed by the following vote:

AYES: 103

Allen Anderson Austin Bahr Barnes

Bernskoetter Berry Brattin Brown Burlison

Cierpiot Conway 104 Cookson Cornejo Cox

Crawford Cross Curtman Davis Diehl

Dohrman Dugger Elmer Engler Fitzpatrick

Fitzwater Flanigan Fraker Franklin Frederick

Gatschenberger Guernsey Haahr Haefner Hansen

Hicks Higdon Hinson Hodges Hoskins

Hough Houghton Hurst Johnson Jones 50

Justus Keeney Kelley 127 Koenig Kolkmeyer

Korman Lair Lant Lauer Leara

Love Lynch Marshall McCaherty McGaugh

Messenger Miller Molendorp Moon Morris

Muntzel Neely Neth Parkinson Pfautsch

Pike Pogue Redmon Rehder Reiboldt

Remole Rhoads Richardson Riddle Roorda

Ross Rowden Rowland Scharnhorst Schatz

Schieber Schieffer Shull Shumake Solon

Sommer Spencer Stream Swan Thomson

Torpey Walker White Wieland Wilson

Wood Zerr Mr Speaker

NOES: 051

Anders Black Burns Butler Carpenter

Colona Conway 10 Curtis Dunn Ellinger

Ellington English Englund Fowler Frame

Gannon Gardner Hampton Harris Hubbard

Hummel Kirkton Kratky LaFaver May

Mayfield McCann Beatty McDonald McKenna McManus

McNeil Meredith Mims Montecillo Morgan

Newman Nichols Norr Otto Pace

Peters Pierson Rizzo Runions Schupp

Smith 85 Swearingen Walton Gray Webb Webber

Wright

PRESENT: 000

ABSENT WITH LEAVE: 009

Entlicher Funderburk Gosen Grisamore Kelly 45

Lichtenegger Mitten Phillips Smith 120

Representative Frederick declared the bill passed.[….]

[emphasis added]

Senator Will Kraus (r) – July 11, 2013.

And the vote [pdf], from the Journal of the Senate (1512):

[….]

Senator Schmitt moved that SS for HB 253, as amended, be called from the Informal Calendar and taken up for 3rd reading and final passage, which motion prevailed.

SS for HB 253, as amended, was read the 3rd time and passed by the following vote:

YEAS-Senators

Brown Cunningham Dempsey Dixon Emery Kehoe Kraus Lager

Lamping Libla McKenna Munzlinger Nieves Parson Richard Romine

Rupp Sater Schaaf Schaefer Schmitt Silvey Wallingford Wasson-24

NAYS-Senators

Chappelle-Nadal Curls Justus Keaveny LeVota Nasheed Pearce Sifton Walsh-9

Absent-Senators-None

Absent with leave-Senator Holsman-1

Vacancies-None

The President declared the bill passed.

[emphasis added]

Do you think they won’t vote to overturn the governor’s veto? Somebody’s spending big bucks to make sure they do overturn it.

They’re republicans, the outlook isn’t good for the rest of us.

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