Last Saturday, I was elected as the new Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party. I'm excited, but I'm also anxious. I'm anxious because in many ways, the well-being of our state rests of the shoulders of our party.
When the GOP gained back the super-majority status in the Missouri General Assembly, we all knew it would be bad...but it's been far worse than we could have ever imagined. The GOP majority is so reckless that Governor Jay Nixon was forced to veto 29 bills.
Those bills ranged from the ridiculous - Agenda 21 - to the reckless - HB253.
HB253 is the so-called "tax cut" bill that would give the average Missourian a tax cut big enough to buy a Big Mac and the favored few would get $1200 bucks a year. And it would devastate our public schools, eliminate critical services for the mentally ill, and raise taxes on prescription drugs.
Lucky for Missouri, Governor Nixon stood up to them and rejected their fatally flawed ideological legislation. But, that can't be our long-term solution. The only way to bring common sense back to the legislative process is for Democrats to start electing more members to the General Assembly -- from all across our state.
The message ends with a call for money to finance candidates for 2014.)
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