Blunt Fears Talboy

According to Tony's KC, Gov. Matt Blunt was to do an entire portion of the Lou Dobb's show, only to back out to the last 4 minutes just so he would not have to face off against Rep. Mike Talboy (D - KC).

Gov. Blunt has never been good at conversations with the media - he always says what he thinks. Blunt was to talk about his strong stance on immigration and Rep. Talboy was going to expose him for the fake that he is.

Congrats to Mike for his strong stand on what is right and to Tony's KC for breaking this.

Border War Continues - Blunt and Republicans Screw Up Tax Code

In the latest of the ongoing nightmare of Blunt and Senate Republicans screwing with tax policy, it looks like the Kansas Legislature has recruited KS Attorney General Paul Morrison (D) into the fight and Missouri is going to get sued in federal court.

As a refresher, Senate Republicans sneaked into a bill an item that increased by $11 million dollars the taxes on out of state workers. Basically, KS residents who work in Missouri and file Missouri tax returns could not deduct other taxes they have paid, according to the KC Star. Don't get me wrong, as an MU season ticket holder, I like to kick the Jayhawks around as much as possible. Tit-for-tat tax wars, however, is a waste of time.

Here's the embarrassment. First, Matt Blunt says he doesn't care about other states and Kansas Republican Rep. Kenny Wilk says “That’s just an example of Governor Blunt’s youth and immaturity on full display,” Next, Sebilius writes to Blunt asking him to fix it. Then Blunt says he wants to fix it, but doesn't include it in the special session where he just gave away $67 million in tax breaks for developers. Rep. Mike Talboy (D-Mo) did all he could do to get this tax problem fixed in special session, but Blunt didn't care.

This is another sad example of why Matt Blunt and his lack of leadership and inability to get things done is hurting Missouri. Blunt ineffectiveness is causing Missouri to get sued. We need someone with some leadership ability, someone like Jay Nixon.