16 Sunday Oct 2022
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, social media
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Yesterday evening:
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
College football is just absolutely awesome!
6:41 PM · Oct 15, 2022
Previously:
Defunding the public good as a feature, not a bug (September 29, 2022)
That’s the matter with Missouri (October 5, 2022)
29 Thursday Sep 2022
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, social media
Tags
Caleb Rowden, defunding government, General Assembly, Mike Parson, right wingnuts, Special Session
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
This afternoon:
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
I appreciate the partnership of our Missouri House colleagues in sending the largest tax cut in Missouri’s history to @GovParsonMO’s desk today.It is never a bad time to give Missourians more of their money back! #MOLeg
4:22 PM · Sep 29, 2022
Some of the reponses:
…And to think you only had to drain off our rural healthcare, decimate our public schools and let our roads and bridges crumble to pay off your political donors.
20 years of fiscally irresponsible Republican leadership, and we’re all less because of your “good time.”
20yr MO GOP rule:
50th in % state edu funding
33rd in job growth
35th in GDP growth
45th in average teacher pay
46th in per pupil spend
49th in workforce
42nd in healthcare
45th in maternal mortality
50th in starting teacher pay
35th in 10 year wage growth
38th in avg pop growth
it was never ‘our money’. It was supposed to go to the general welfare, like teachers, schools, infrastructure. Now ‘our money’ is being given to rich ppl who don’t need it.
Man oh man, what am I going to do with my extra $72 this year.
I am so grateful! I mean, schools are 4 days a week, hospitals are closing down, and my car needs new tires every year because of the roads, but man, I GOT $72!!!
Thanks for the $11 dollars. #ruiningmissourionedouchebagrepublican at a time.
I’m sure the corporations love y’all for catering to them.
You suck at your job
Now how about fixing our roads and schools, or are you too busy pandering to your corporate sponsors. I actually remember when MO had a government that worked for all people, not just the rich white ones.
Too bad it is another bullshit Republican tax gift to the very rich, rather than something that will actually benefit working taxpayers or their state’s economy.
Did you bother to ask your constituents if they wanted this? Let me guess…definitely not. You all just keep thinking that saying “tax cuts” and Missourians are clueless and so easy to fool. The past 20 years of Republican rule is destroying our state!
Congratulating yourselves when you hold a super majority to pass damaging tax cuts that literally only benefit the few…is something. You terrorists are as stupid as you are cruel.
You are a Lying SOB. You raised taxes on the working families of the state to give your rich donors a tax giveaway, paid for by the working class. Clutch your pearls and STFU.
Well, at least we know some people in Missouri aren’t as stupid as the majority in the right wingnut controlled General Assembly believes they are.
Mike Parson (r) [2022 file photo}.
And others, too.
13 Sunday Feb 2022
Posted in Missouri Senate, social media
Tags
Caleb Rowden, congressional reapportionment, General Assembly, missouri, right wingnuts, social media, Twitter
There is no such thing as a “moderate” republican.
Congressional reapportionment in Missouri.
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Missouri Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (r):
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
STATEMENT FROM SENATE LEADERSHIP:Over the last several weeks, we have watched as business critical to MO citizens has been delayed by a small group of senators willing to send our congressional map to federal courts if they do not get districts that suit their ambition. #MOLeg
6:31 PM · Feb 12, 2022
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
These Senators are also standing in the way of critical policies Missourians are asking for — election reform, banning Critical Race Theory, providing more choice for Missouri parents, and the list goes on. #MOLeg
6:31 PM · Feb 12, 2022
Let’s see, voter suppression, misrepresentation of public school curriculum, and defunding public schools – yeah, those are not considered “moderate” public policy nor priorities by most Missouri voters.
So, which schools and/or school districts in the State of Missouri teach Critical Race Theory? We’ll wait.
State funded vouchers for private or parochial schools? Go ahead and try.
In the Missouri Constitution:
IX Section 8. Prohibition of public aid for religious purposes and institutions. — Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any religious creed, church or sectarian purpose, or to help to support or sustain any private or public school, academy, seminary, college, university, or other institution of learning controlled by any religious creed, church or sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the state, or any county, city, town, or other municipal corporation, for any religious creed, church, or sectarian purpose whatever.
Previously:
Math is hard, proportional representation is evil, Missouri voters are stupid (February 4, 2020)
Math is hard – “…yup I’m from Missouri yup…” (February 5, 2022)
You never have to answer your phone when it’s off the hook (February 7, 2022)
Mom, apple pie, the convertibility of silver… (February 11, 2022)
Investing in popcorn futures (February 12, 2022)
08 Tuesday Dec 2020
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate
On the other hand, it does make some sense since Governor Mike Parson (r) is so intent on gambling on our health and lives.
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
A bill, prefiled in the Senate:
SB 256
Authorizes sports wagering
Sponsor: Rowden
LR Number:1108S.01I
Committee:
Last Action:12/2/2020 – Prefiled[….]
Current Bill Summary
SB 256 – This act authorizes sports wagering, and modifies the definition of “gambling game” to include sports wagering. (Section 313.800)
Sports wagering shall only be authorized to be conducted on an excursion gambling boat or over the internet to persons physically located in this state. Such licensed facilities shall apply to the Missouri Gaming Commission for authorization to conduct sports wagering, and shall pay an application fee of $50,000. If granted a certificate of authority, a certificate holder shall be authorized to conduct sports wagering in a licensed facility or through an interactive sports wagering platform, as defined in the act. (Section 313.1006)
Certificate holders shall designate an area within the licensed facility for conducting sports wagering. (Section 313.1008)
Certificate holders shall ensure that the certificate holder’s surveillance system covers all areas in which sports wagering is conducted, allow the Commission to be present through gaming agents during the hours sports wagering is conducted, ensure that individuals under the age of 21 are not making sports wagers, provide certain information to sports wagering patrons, and post a sign indicating the minimum and maximum amounts that may be wagered. Certificate holder shall also establish house rules specifying the amounts to be paid on winning wagers, the effect of schedule changes, and the source of the information used to determine the outcome of wagers, as described in the act.
This act authorizes the Commission to enter into agreements with other juridictions to facilitate, administer, and regulate multi-jurisdictional sports betting. (Section 313.1004)
Subject to the approval of the Commission, a certificate holder may contract with a third party to conduct sports wagering at the certificate holder’s licensed facility. (Section 313.1008)
An interactive sports wagering platform, as defined in the act, may apply to the Commission for authority to offer sports wagering on behalf of a certificate holder. Such interactive sports wagering platform shall submit an application fee of $50,000. Each year after licensure, an interactive sports wagering platform shall submit an annual license renewal fee of $20,000. (Section 313.1010)
The Commission shall promulgate rules for a sports wagering self-exclusion program, as described in the act. The Commission shall also promulgate rules to ensure that advertisements for sports wagering do not target minors or other persons who are ineligible to place wagers, problem gamblers, or other vulnerable persons. (Section 313.1012)
The Commission shall conduct background checks on individuals seeking licenses under the act. Such background checks shall include a search for criminal history and any charges or convictions involving corruption or manipulation of sporting events.
A sports governing body may notify the Commission that it desires to restrict, limit, or exclude sports wagers, as defined in the act, on its sporting events. Such governing body shall demonstrate good cause that indicates a credible threat to the integrity of sports wagering that is beyond the control of the governing body to preemptively remedy or mitigate.
The Commission and certificate holders shall cooperate with investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies. (Section 313.1014)
A certificate holder shall maintain records of all bets and wagers placed through an interactive sports wagering platform, and all bets and wagers placed in person that exceed $10,000 in a 24-hour period, including personally identifiable information of the bettor, the amount and type of bet, the time the bet was placed, the location of the bet, the outcome of the bet, and records of abnormal betting activity for at least three years after the sporting event occurs. (Section 313.1016)
A tax is imposed at a rate of 6.75% on the adjusted gross receipts received from sports wagering conducted by a certificate holder. Such tax shall be remitted by the last business day of each month. Revenues received from the tax shall be deposited in the Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund.
A certificate holder shall also pay to the Commission an annual administrative fee of $20,000. In addition to such administrative fee, a certificate holder shall pay to the Commission a fee of $10,000 every five years for a reinvestigation of the certificate holder. Such fees shall be deposited in the Gaming Commission Fund. (Section 313.1021)
All sports wagers placed under this act shall be deemed to be initiated, received, and otherwise made on the property of an excursion gambling boat in this state. The intermediate routing of electronic data shall not determine the location or locations in which such wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made. (Section 313.1022)
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Anything else important going on?
And:
Denny Hoskins (r) [2016 file photo].
SB 98
Modifies provisions relating to gaming
Sponsor: Hoskins
LR Number:0740S.02I
Committee:
Last Action:12/1/2020 – Prefiled[….]
SB 98 – This act modifies several provisions relating to gaming.
MISSOURI VIDEO LOTTERY CONTROL ACT
This act establishes the Missouri Video Lottery Control Act.
This act allows the State Lottery Commission to implement a system of video lottery game terminals and to issue licenses to video lottery game manufacturers, distributors, operators, handlers, and retailers, as defined in the act. The Commission shall not allow a single vendor or licensee to be responsible for implementing the program, nor shall it allow a single vendor or licensee to control or operate more than twenty-five percent of video lottery game terminals in the state after December 31, 2026. (313.429.1 and .2)
Video lottery game terminals may be placed in fraternal organizations, veterans’ organizations, truck stops, as defined in the act, and retail establishments licensed to sell liquor, beer, or wine for on-premise consumption. (Section 313.427)
Video lottery game terminals shall be connected to a centralized computer system developed or procured by the Commission. No video lottery game terminal shall be placed in operation without first connecting to such centralized computer system.
The Commission may impose a non-refundable application fee, as described in the act. The initial license shall be for a period of one year. Thereafter, the license renewal period shall be four years with the applicable license renewal fee paid for each year such license is renewed, as described in the act. In addition to such license fees, video lottery game operators shall pay the Commission an annual license fee of $200 for each video lottery game terminal placed in service. No license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony or crime involving illegal gambling. Sales agents shall register with the Commission and may not solicit or enter into any agreement with a retailer or retail establishment prior to such registration with the Commission. (Section 313.429.3 and .4)
Video lottery game operators shall pay winning tickets using a video lottery game ticket redemption terminal, which shall be located within the video lottery game retailer’s establishment in direct proximity of where such video lottery games are offered. Video lottery game operators shall pay to the Commission thirty-two percent of any unclaimed cash prizes associated with winning tickets that have not been redeemed within 180 days of issue.
Video lottery game operators and video lottery game retailers shall enter into a written agreement for the placement of video lottery game terminals. The agreement shall specify an equal division of adjusted gross receipts between the operator and retailer after adjustments for taxes and administrative fees are made. Video lottery game operators and video lottery game retailers are prohibited from offering anything of value other than the percentage of adjusted gross receipts for the placement of video lottery terminals. Persons violating such prohibition forfeit the right to operate video lottery game terminals for a one-year period. (Section 313.429.7)
The cost of video lottery game terminal credits shall be $0.01, $0.05, $0.10, or $0.25, and the maximum wager played per video lottery game shall not exceed $5.00. No cash award for the maximum wager played on any individual lottery game shall exceed $1,000.
Operators shall not operate more than ten terminals at any one fraternal organization, veterans organization, or truck-stop, and not more than five terminals in any one establishment licensed to sell liquor by the drink for on-premise consumption. (Section 313.429.8)
A person under the age of twenty-one shall not play video lottery games, and such video lottery game terminals shall be under the supervision of a person that is at least twenty-one years of age. Video lottery game terminals shall be placed in a fully enclosed room that is continually monitored by video surveillance and where access to persons under the age of twenty-one is prohibited. Recorded video surveillance shall be made available as reasonably and specifically requested by the Commission. An operator that fails to review such video and report any known violation of law may be subject to an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000. Any operator or retailer found to have knowingly committed a violation of provisions governing the conduct of video lottery games may be subject to a fine of $5,000, the suspension of such operator’s retailer’s license for up to thirty days, or, in the case of repeated violations, the revocation of such operator’s or retailer’s license for up to one year. (Section 313.429.9)
Video lottery game operators shall pay to the Commission thirty-six percent of the video lottery game adjusted gross receipts. The net proceeds of the sale of video lottery game tickets shall be appropriated equally to public elementary and secondary education and public institutions of higher education, with an emphasis on funding elementary and secondary education student transportation costs and public institutions of higher education workforce development programs. The Commission shall compensate the administrative costs of the city or county in which a video lottery retailer maintains an establishment in an amount equal to four percent of the video lottery game adjusted gross receipts.
The remainder of video lottery game adjusted gross receipts, after the cost of the centralized computer system and administrative costs are paid and apportioned, shall be retained by video lottery game operators and shall be split evenly between video lottery game operators and video lottery game retailers as provided under an agreement. (Section 313.429.10)
All revenues collected by the Commission from license renewal fees and any reimbursements associated with the enforcement of the act shall be appropriated for administrative expenses associated with supervising and enforcing the provisions of the act. (Section 313.429.11)
The Commission shall contract with a state law enforcement entity to assist in conducting investigations into applicants for licenses and to investigate violations of the provisions of the act. (Section 313.429.12)
The use or possession of any video gaming terminal, gambling machine, or device capable of simulating lottery games, games of chance, or gambling games, and that is not licensed by the Lottery Commission or Gaming Commission shall be punishable under the provisions of Chapter 572 relating to illegal gambling. Any lottery vendor or licensee violating such provisions shall be guilty of a Class D felony and fined up to $10,000 per occurrence. The Commission shall suspend or revoke the license of any vendor or licensee that allows the use of any prohibited video gaming terminal. (Section 313.429.13)
Participation in the state lottery under this act shall not be construed to be a lottery or gift enterprise in violation of Article III, Section 39 of the Constitution of Missouri, and shall not constitute a valid reason for the denial or revocation of a permit to sell liquor. (Section 313.433)
This act allows a municipality or county to adopt an ordinance within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this act prohibiting video lottery game terminals within the municipality or county. (Section 313.435)
These provisions are substantially similar to SB 566 (2020), SB 43 (2019), and SB 452 (2017), and to provisions contained in SS#3/SCS/SB 44 (2019) and SS/SCS/SB 767 (2018), and are similar to HB 990 (2017).
SPORTS WAGERING
This act allows the Missouri Lottery Commission to offer games based on the outcomes of sporting events. (Section 313.230)
This act also authorizes sports wagering, and modifies the definition of “gambling game” to include sports wagering.
Sports wagering shall only be authorized to be conducted on an excursion gambling boat or over the internet to persons physically located in this state. Such licensed facilities shall apply to the Missouri Gaming Commission for authorization to conduct sports wagering, and shall pay an application fee of $25,000. If granted a certificate of authority, a certificate holder shall be authorized to conduct sports wagering in a licensed facility or through an interactive sports wagering platform, as defined in the act. (Section 313.1006)
Certificate holders shall designate an area within the licensed facility for conducting sports wagering. (Section 313.1008)
Certificate holders shall ensure that the certificate holder’s surveillance system covers all areas in which sports wagering is conducted, allow the Commission to be present through gaming agents during the hours sports wagering is conducted, ensure that individuals under the age of 21 are not making sports wagers, provide certain information to sports wagering patrons, and post a sign indicating the minimum and maximum amounts that may be wagered. (Section 313.1004)
Subject to the approval of the Commission, a certificate holder may contract with a third party to conduct sports wagering at the certificate holder’s licensed facility. (Section 313.1008)
An interactive sports wagering platform, as defined in the act, may apply to the Commission for authority to offer sports wagering on behalf of a certificate holder. Such interactive sports wagering platform shall submit an application fee of $25,000. Each year after licensure, an interactive sports wagering platform shall submit an annual license renewal fee of $50,000. (Section 313.1010)
The Commission shall promulgate rules for a sports wagering self-exclusion program, as described in the act. The Commission shall also promulgate rules to ensure that advertisements for sports wagering do not target minors or other persons who are ineligible to place wagers, problem gamblers, or other vulnerable persons. (Section 313.1012)
The Commission shall conduct background checks on individuals seeking licenses under the act. Such background checks shall include a search for criminal history and any charges or convictions involving corruption or manipulation of sporting events.
A sports governing body may notify the Commission that it desires to restrict, limit, or exclude sports wagers, as defined in the act, on its sporting events, including restrictions on sources of data and associated video upon which an operator may rely in offering and paying wagers. The Commission may deny such request if it determines that it is arbitrary and capricious. Except in certain emergency situations, such restrictions shall not apply to tier one sports wagers on non-exhibition games or events of professional sports organizations, as defined in the act.
Certificate holders may use any data source to determine the results of sports wagers, provided the data is not obtained directly or indirectly from live event attendees or through automated computer programs. However, within thirty days of a sports governing body notifying the Commission of its desire to supply official league data to certificate holders for determining the results of tier two wagers, as defined in the act, certificate holders shall only use official league data to determine the results of such wagers. Certificate holders shall not purchase or utilize any personal biometric data of an athlete, as defined in the act, without written permission from the athlete’s exclusive bargaining representative.
The Commission and certificate holders shall cooperate with investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies. (Section 313.1014)
A certificate holder shall maintain records of all bets and wagers placed through an interactive sports wagering platform, and all bets and wagers placed in person that exceed $10,000 in a 24-hour period, including personally identifiable information of the bettor, the amount and type of bet, the time the bet was placed, the location of the bet, the outcome of the bet, and records of abnormal betting activity for at least three years after the sporting event occurs. (Section 313.1016)
Any person who knowingly violates any procedure implemented under this act shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation, not to exceed $50,000 for violations arising out of the same transaction or occurrence. Such person shall also be subject to actions and penalties provided under current law, provided that any such financial penalties shall not exceed those provided for in the act.
Any person who places, or causes to be placed, a bet or wager on the basis of material nonpublic information relating to that bet or wager, or who knowingly engages in, facilitates, or conceals conduct that intends to improperly influence a betting outcome of a sporting event for purposes of financial gain in connection with betting or wagering on a sporting event shall be guilty of a Class E felony. The term “material nonpublic information” shall include personal biometric data. (Section 313.1018)
Within thirty days of the end of each calendar quarter, a certificate holder shall remit to the Commission a royalty fee of 0.25% of the amount wagered on sporting events conducted during the previous calendar quarter by sports governing bodies that have registered with the Commission, as described in the act. No later than April 30 of each year, a registered sports governing body may submit a request for disbursement of funds remitted by certificate holders in the previous calendar year. The Commission shall disburse the funds to the registered sports governing body in pro rata proportion of the total amount wagered on its sporting events. Any unclaimed royalty fees shall be distributed to certificate holders that timely remitted such fees. (Section 313.1019)
Within thirty days of the end of each calendar quarter, a certificate holder shall remit to the Commission a royalty fee of 0.25% of the amount wagered on sporting events involving at least one NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision football team or at least one NCAA Division I basketball team. No later than April 30 of each year, the Commission shall disburse such royalty fees evenly among the public universities in this state that sponsor an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision football team or NCAA Division I basketball team. The royalty fees received by public universities under this act shall be used solely for athletics compliance. (Section 313.1020)
A tax is imposed at a rate of 9.0% on the adjusted gross receipts received from sports wagering conducted by a certificate holder. Such tax shall be remitted by the last business day of each month. Revenues received from the tax shall be deposited in the Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund.
A certificate holder shall also pay to the Commission an annual administrative fee of $50,000. In addition to such administrative fee, a certificate holder shall pay to the Commission a fee of $10,000 every five years for a reinvestigation of the certificate holder. Such fees shall be deposited in the Gaming Commission Fund. (Section 313.1021)
All sports wagers placed under this act shall be deemed to be initiated, received, and otherwise made on the property of an excursion gambling boat in this state. The intermediate routing of electronic data shall not determine the location or locations in which such wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made. (Section 313.1022)
The Commission shall establish a hotline or other method of communication that allows any person to confidentially report information about any conduct that the person believes is a violation of the provisions of this act. The Commission shall investigate all reasonable allegations and shall refer allegations that it deems credible to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Sports wagering operators, sports governing bodies, professional sports franchises, and higher education institutions shall not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because of any lawful act performed by the employee to provide information, cause information to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investigation regarding any conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of the provisions of this act. An employee may bring an action at law or equity for relief from a violation of this provision, as described in the act. Such action shall be commenced not later than one hundred eighty days from the later of the date on which the violation occurs or the date on which the employee became aware of the violation. (Section 313.1024)
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What are the odds?
16 Monday Nov 2020
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
This morning, from the Missouri Senate Majority Leader:
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
Due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases among members and staff, the Missouri Senate will postpone action related to the special session until after the Thanksgiving holiday. 1/2 #MOLeg
10:36 AM · Nov 16, 2020
Caleb Rowden @calebrowden
This decision was not made lightly and, although disruptive, is in the best interest of protecting members, staff, and the public. 2/2 #MOLeg
10:36 AM · Nov 16, 2020
What? Something, something, [mumble] maybe you all should have worn masks and kept some physical distance?
Some of the responses:
You really can’t make up the level of ignorance coming from some of these rural red state legislators. “#COVID19 is just a far left hoax but because we all have it we can’t work.”
Surely you can just follow @GovParsonMO guidance for schools? I mean, if everyone was wearing a mask, no need to quarantine even if you were exposed to a positive case, right? Who cares what the CDC says.
@calebrowden check with your Governor as to how to proceed. I believe he thinks this action would be unnecessary if y’all wore masks (now).
Maybe you and your idiot Republican friends will start taking this seriously!
The irony goes even deeper. The subject of the special session?:
GOVERNOR PARSON EXPANDS CALL TO SPECIAL SESSION, PROPOSES NEW LEGISLATION REGARDING COVID-19 LIABILITY
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
JEFFERSON CITY Today, Governor Mike Parson expanded his call to special session to include a new bill regarding COVID-19 liability.The proposed legislation provides liability protection relating to a declared state of emergency for health care providers, manufacturers, businesses, schools, churches, and nonprofit organizations, among others.
“Since the start of COVID-19, our health care providers have gone above and beyond to respond to COVID-19 and provide exceptional care in an unprecedented and rapidly changing environment,” Governor Parson said. “Many other organizations across the state have also been instrumental in our response efforts, including manufacturers, businesses, churches, and schools, just to name a few.” [….]
Yeah, this one’s pinning the irony meter all the way over.
Governor Mike Parson (r) [2018 file photo].
Previously:
Why would a church need liability protection legislation during a pandemic? (November 12, 2020)
Missouri explained (November 15, 2020)
06 Wednesday May 2020
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, social media
Tags
19th Senate District, Caleb Rowden, CLEAN Missouri, General Assembly, gerrymandering, initiative, redistricting reform, right wingnut, social media
In the 2018 General Election Missouri voters overwhelmingly supported redistricting, ethics, and campaign finance reform in the CLEAN Missouri ballot initiative:
State of Missouri – General Election, November 06, 2018
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on November 30, 2018Constitutional Amendment No. 1 [CLEAN Missouri]
3256 of 3256 Precincts ReportedYES 1,469,093 62.021%
NO 899,613 37.979%
Total Votes: 2,368,706
Meanwhile, today:
Sean Soendker Nicholson @ssnich
“I’m not undoing the will of voters.” – @calebrowden on @kbia just now re his push for SJR38 gerrymandering planreminder that @CleanMissouri passed SD19 with 71% of vote in last election
the senator was elected with 51% of vote in 2016
#moleg #fairmaps
12:20 PM · May 6, 2020
Uh, yep:
State of Missouri – General Election, November 08, 2016
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 12, 2016State Senator – District 19
93 of 93 Precincts ReportedStephen Webber Democratic 43,179 48.782%
Caleb Rowden Republican 45,335 51.218%Total Votes: 88,514
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
He either believes that the voters are stupid, or he can get away with it, or both.
27 Monday Jan 2020
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate, Uncategorized
Judy Baker (D), candidate for 19th Senate District, speaking in Sedalia, Missouri on January 25, 2020.
Lindsey Simmons, a Democratic Party candidate in the 4th Congressional District, held a campaign meet and greet event, including area and statewide candidates, in Sedalia yesterday evening.
Judy Baker‘s (D) remarks (audio file edited):
Judy Baker (D): [….] …So I want to talk tonight about three chronic conditions that Missouri has.
The first one is, we have chronic health system failure. But what that is, is, we’ve talked about Medicaid expansion, it’s largely that. U. Medicaid expansion has two things, two big things going on with it. First of all, this, uh, administration in Missouri has kicked off over a hundred thousand children off of health care. That’s children, people. And then last week they bragged about that because they did that there is more money in the budget. And my opponent [Caleb Rowden (r)] has even said, well, because we have, we were able to do that then, you know, we might be able to give more money to education. Pitting children against their own education. How egregious is that?
Uh, and then secondarily in health care we have the money people have talked about. And I’m gonna give you a number. When we say that we’ve sent our taxpayer dollars to Washington, D.C. and we have not, we have not seen it come back because it’s been going to Illinois, and Kansas, Iowa, uh, because they all took, uh, Medicaid expansion. Even Kansas has worked a deal to do that.
It’s a big number. And it’s with a B. It’s one point eight billion dollars a year that we don’t bring back to Missouri. Every, every, every single report and study that’s been done on Medicaid expansion has shown that state revenues go up, average wage goes up. Who would like a raise? Yeah, all of us would like a raise. Uh, they way to do that is to actually do Medicaid expansion. Chronic health system failure at the hands of the current Republican leadership.
The second is chronic unfairness. Chronic unfairness, both in the country and in our state. Rising inequality, we have the highest inequality in the last fifty years. That means people are working harder and getting less. And people at the top are doing quite well, thank you very much. Less than fifty percent of Americans can even have enough at the end of the month to put anything away in saving accounts. So when they say, oh, well, you know, our 401K is doing okay, most people don’t have a 401K, thank you very much. So, chronic unfairness…
Judy Baker (D): …My opponent has worked against the, uh, Proposition Four minimum wage. So, we have, we have got to do something about that chronic problem.
And then lastly, number three, chronic political disempowerment. You all know what I mean by that, I’m having a lot of shaking heads. It means gerrymandering, it means too much money in politics, it means that one person, one vote has been diluted, particularly in Missouri.
My opponent just reported his numbers for fundraising in the fourth quarter. And it was practically all PAC money. I have real people in my report giving ten and fifty and hundred and fifty and two hundred dollars at a time. And I’m very, very proud of that. We’re not gonna win on having the most money, but we’re gonna win on having the best money. [applause]
Chronic political disempowerment. We are now governing by ballot. Do you all know what I mean by that? Missourians, whatever they want and the legislature won’t give us, which is a lot of things, we have to go to the ballot for. Like minimum wage, raising the minimum wage. Like, right to work, defeating right to work. And having fair labor practices in this state. And Clean Missouri. To get money out of politics, we had to take it to the ballot. And now to have adequate health care for our children and our citizen and our working families, we have to take it to the ballot. Why do we have to do that? Because our representatives don’t represent us anymore. They represent large interests and whoever gives them the most money…
Judy Baker (D): …So, the most important thing that you all want to hear from me tonight is how are we gonna win. Senate 19. What’s my name again? [voices:] “Judy Baker.” Judy Baker. And what’s my district? [voices:] “Senate 19.” Senate 19. It’s Columbia, Booneville, and all those areas around there.
How do we win? We barely lost this seat in 2016. We should have won this one. Tis is our seat and we’re gonna take it back. I have already [applause], yes. How are we gonna win? I already won this seat once. I told you I ran for State Treasurer in that year 2016, when I ran, if you take out just Senate 19 I actually won the district in 2016. And then Claire McCaskill won it in 2018. So, 2020, Judy Baker’s taking it back. [applause]
Clean Missouri, Clean Missouri, where we take money out of politics and we get rid of gerrymandering. Clean Missouri passed in my district, Senate District 19, with seventy-one percent of the vote. I’m telling you, right now, Caleb Rowden (r) has a problem. And that problem’s name is: [voices:] “Judy Baker.” That is right. Judy Baker is coming to get him. The train is coming through and we’re gonna take him down.
And we’re gonna show them what real representation looks like.
I can’t thank you all enough for being here tonight and supporting Democrats.
We have a webite, uh, we could use some funds. Uh, but mostly, I want you to support the host of the party tonight and thank her very much for allowing us to come and be here. [applause]
Last thing. When we win this in November, believe it or not, for Columbia and Booneville in Missouri this will be the first female state senator in those counties. [applause]
Previously:
Lindsey Simmons (D) – in the 4th Congressional District – Sedalia, Missouri – January 25, 2020 (January 26, 2020)
Elad Gross (D) – Sedalia, Missouri – January 26, 2020 (January 26, 2020)
10 Thursday Oct 2019
Posted in Missouri Senate
Judy Baker (D) [2017 file photo].
Judy Baker (D) announced today that she’s running for the 19th Senate District seat currently held by Caleb Rowden (r):
Good Afternoon! I have some big news! After much consideration and reaching out to friends, voters, and leaders in my community, I have decided to run for our State Senate seat here in mid-Missouri.
Our community needs representation that reflects its values. Our politicians in Jefferson City, MO keep voting against us. Sometimes they flat out try to overturn the will of people who have voted on ballot initiatives or sometimes they just go too far and pass an abortion ban that has no exceptions for rape and incest. Sometimes, they ignore sensible firearm legislation that would save lives. They don’t value local control and they aren’t interested in the stewardship of our planet. And then there’s the matter of kicking kids off Healthcare coverage!
I am going to stand up. I hope you will stand with me!
[….]
Excellent.
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
10 Friday Nov 2017
Posted in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Senate
Tags
Caleb Rowden, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri Senate, republicans
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the republican state senate campaign committee:
C071094 11/10/2017 MISSOURI SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Friends of Caleb Rowden 3504 Mexico Gravel Rd Columbia MO 65202 11/8/2017 $15,000.00
[emphasis added]
Recharging. They’ll always have all the money they’ll ever need.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: restocking the cupboard (November 7, 2017)
17 Tuesday Jan 2017
Posted in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor
Tags
budget, Caleb Rowden, cuts, Eric Greitens., governor, higher education, Kansasfication, Misouri, SB 509
Caleb Rowden (r) [2016 file photo].
Governor Eric Greitens (r) has ordered significant budget cuts, with higher education taking a significant hit. Over the years the republican controlled General Assembly has cut back the possibilities of revenue, creating a death spiral of diminishing revenue and continuous cuts in public investment.
Via Twitter from Tony Messenger at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tony Messenger @tonymess
‘Nobody was more disappointed about what happened yesterday than I was,’ says Sen. @calebrowden on @EricGreitens higher ed cuts. #moleg
2:37 PM – 17 Jan 2017
On May 6, 2014 the republican controlled General Assembly overrode then Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 509, an ill conceived bill which further exacerbates these same budgetary shackles and insures the Kansasfication of Missouri.
Then Representative (now Senator) Caleb Rowden’s (r) disappointment over the hits the University of Missouri (in his district) would take wasn’t evident (r) on May 6, 2014 when he voted [pdf] (Journal of the House, 1578) to override Governor Nixon’s veto.
Spare us the tears.
Previously:
SB 509: the moment when all hope for the future of Missouri died (May 6, 2014)