Tag: Jefferson City
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Blueprint For Missouri
The Rockin’ Conservative kept hearing about a “Blueprint for Missouri” but had little luck finding any details on the plan. We now have the bullet points! Thanks Donna Lichtenegger. Blueprint for Missouri Protecting Missouri Taxpayers Balanced budget with no new taxes County and school debt disclosure bill Taxpayer Protection Act Criminal justice reform Creation [Sic]…
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Also On FBI’s Most Wanted List: Blueprint For Missouri
As scarce as details on the Missouri Caucus, we have a new entry into the cloudy world of Missouri Politics. This tidbit and tease also came in the most recent Capitol Reports from Cape County’s Representatives: It is “The Blueprint For Missouri”. I suspect that’s something akin to the “Contract With America of 1996”. There…
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MO Legislature Has Innovative Idea To Spur Job Creation
Yes! In two of the Capitol Reports received via e-mail from Cape County’s state Representatives, it is confirmed! Missouri has an innovative idea to spur job creation! Are you ready?!?! They’re gonna make a list. Stop clapping. Hold the applause. Hang on to your panties. From the Capitol Reports of Wayne Wallingford and Ellen Brandom:…
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Happy New… …40,000 Laws
As New Year’s Eve passed, news stories started running to remind us that 40,000 new Local, State, and Federal laws had gone into effect — likely 39,999 attacks on our freedoms. I assumed some of those laws were from Missouri, so in an e-mail, I suggested to Cape Girardeau County’s Missouri State Legislators that they…
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Who Would Oppose ‘No More Tax Forms’?
One of the bonuses for getting out of the world of the Income Tax is that, with consumption taxes, you don’t fill out any forms at the end of the year. My 2010 Tax filing for the State Of Missouri included the forms: MO-1040 MO-A Add’l Dependents From 1040 (Federal) Schedule A (Federal) My Federal…
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Jason Crowell: Senate Passes a Taxpayer First Jobs Package
By Missouri State Senator Jason Crowell (jcrowell@senate.mo.gov) Attention Shifts to See What the House Does Over the past few weeks, I have shared with you how Missouri had the opportunity to make September’s Extraordinary Session a “Taxpayer and Missouri Jobs First” Special Session. And because you demanded the right legislation be passed, the Senate listened…
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Kinder Must Go?
On 8/26/11, The Missouri Record (MR) blog published a post entitled “Kinder Must Go”. The assertion is intially based on the claim by a Penthouse Pet, stripper, and pantless bar waitress that Peter Kinder behaved inappropriately. Like millions of American males, Kinder frequented a strip club, and now, he finds himself involved in a he-said/she-said…
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Jason Crowell: A Special Session Has Been Called
By Missouri State Senator Jason Crowell (jcrowell@senate.mo.gov) (Read Part 1 Here) (Read Part 2 Here) (Read Part 3 Here) A special session has been called for the special interests starting Tuesday, September 6th, 2011. The General Assembly usually meets January through May, but for extraordinary reasons, the Governor or General Assembly can call itself into…
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Jason Crowell: Special Session??? – Part 3
By Missouri State Senator Jason Crowell (jcrowell@senate.mo.gov) (Read Part 1 Here) (Read Part 2 Here) Low Income Housing Tax Credits Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of discussion from Jefferson City politicians suggesting the General Assembly will be called back into a special legislative session focused on “economic development.” In fact,…
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Senator Crowell: Special Session??? – Part 2
By Missouri State Senator Jason Crowell (jcrowell@senate.mo.gov) (Read Part 1 Here) Historic Preservation Tax Credits Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of discussion from Jefferson City politicians suggesting the General Assembly will be called back into a special legislative session focused on “economic development.” In fact, Senate and House leadership have…