If a bill to remove sales tax charges from bowling equipment and supplies reaches the House floor in 2007, it won't have Rep. Ron Richard's name on it.
Richard told the Joplin Globe he was through with the bill, which was dropped after it received early publicity:
Rep. Ron Richard, R-Joplin, the owner of a number of bowling alleys, withdrew the bill after one day, but was defensive about it being questioned as being self-serving.
"Yes, it’s my business, and I’m involved in it," Richard told the Globe on Friday.
The fact that the Globe interviewed Richard on Friday is revealing. The story ran in numerous papers throughout the state, including the Springfield News-Leader, Columbia Tribune, and Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, thanks to Associated Press.
Not mentioned in either the Globe or the AP account is the fact that Richard's bill, the only one he has prefiled thus far, was first revealed in the Dec. 18 Turner Report, or four days before the Globe bothered to interview the Joplin Republican. After the bill was publicized Monday, it was withdrawn the following day, as also noted first in The Turner Report.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your reporting of the things that the "big ducks - little puddle" local Chamber of Commerce types don't want us to hear and the Globe won't report. PS. We forward your link frequently, so hopefully you'll have four or five readers to keep us company! In the meanwhile, keep up the good work - you know you're onto something when you're raising their hackles.
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