One local angle in the Enron story has been overlooked.
Former State Representative Roy Cagle from Joplin served as a lobbyist for Enron from from December 2000 through March 2002, according to Missouri Ethics Commission records.
During that time, he recorded spending only $302.20 for the company, with all of that coming in April 2001. The biggest chunk of that, $91.25, went to meals for the entire General Assembly; another $58.90 went to then State Representative David Klindt, R-Bethany, for "meals, food, and beverage." Klindt, who is now a state senator, has been mentioned numerous times in this blog as the number one recipient of lobbyist gifts among Missouri legislators.
Former State Senator and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Bill Kenney also received $58.90, according to the Ethics Commission documents, while Rep. Gary Burton, R-Joplin (now a lobbyist) received meals, food and beverage worth $28.17.
The rest of the gifts were in $7.20 increments for meals, food and beverage and went to various legislative aides, most of them from southwest Missouri, according to the Ethics Commission documents.
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