Kit Bond Puts Partisan Politics Above City's Safety

Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) threatened to withhold much needed federal money for the city of St. Peters because the Republican Mayor, Len Pagano, reportedly spoke too nicely of a local Democrat who happens to be running against a former Bond aide.

It all started when a Fann campaign worker put together a piece of campaign literature with a picture of Fann and Pagano on the back, with words of praise from Pagano about Tom. [...]

The substance of Bond's conversation with Pagano was: THREAT--according to a well connected birdie I know. St. Peters is waiting impatiently on FEMA funds needed to complete the Highway 370 project there. Bond said he could make those FEMA funds go away permanently. He also mentioned that there were still a few days left before the filing deadline in the mayoral race and that if Pagano didn't disavow endorsing Fann, the Republicans would find themselves a primary challenger.

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The senator from MO is a Republican. What does one expect from such?

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BobVADemHawk on January 24, 2008 at 03:11 PM

This Tuesday, Floridians are going to the polls to vote for their candidate for both parties. However, the Democratic one will not count since the DNC decided that the Floridian Democratic Party went against the silly rules as to have its primary before Super Tuesday. This is a disgrace. This means that Floridians will not be represented at the convention in August. How can we Democrats complain about people being disenfrancised when the DNC is doing the same thing. Howard Dean, aren't you being a hypocrite?
Harvey Karron

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Dannysdad on January 26, 2008 at 01:26 PM

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