Posted on 07/31/2010 8:05:23 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
SAINT ROBERT, Mo. (July 28, 2010) — It’s hard to avoid being attacked during a political campaign, but Pulaski County’s own legislator, State Rep. David Day, says he knows State Sen. Bill Stouffer well and believes recent attacks on him by former State Rep. Vicky Hartzler miss the mark. Stouffer and Hartzler are the two leading Republican candidates to replace U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, a longtime Democrat who chairs the House Armed Services Committee and represents one of the most conservative congressional districts held by a Democrat. Skelton has rarely had aggressive opposition, but this year both Hartzler and Stouffer have spent more than $255,000 apiece in an a hard-fought campaign to unseat Skelton, who has raised $1.9 million and spent $773,000 so far despite having only token opposition in the Democratic primary. A substantial amount of the money raised by Hartzler has been spent on advertising accusing Stouffer of raising taxes. That’s misleading, according to Day, who said the accusations against Stouffer stem from his role as chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, where he proposed that the legislators ask voters if they wanted to increase taxes to improve Missouri’s transportation system. “Bill did not support a tax increase. What Bill supported was putting a tax increase on the ballot to put additional monies into the transportation system in Missouri and to let Missourians decide if they want to put more of their tax monies into that sort of project,” Day said. “I don’t know how you feel about that; I think that is the ultimate in local control. I wish someone in Washington D.C. would ask me if I want my tax money going to stimulus money, if I want it to go to increased taxes for cap-and-trade.”
(Excerpt) Read more at pulaskicountydaily.com ...
I guess we’ll see on Tuesday...
Hartzler is pushing the envelope with this one...because she knows that she is trailing.
For all Missouri Freepers in the 4th district, I’m here to tell you that Stouffer is the real deal...do not be mislead.
Stouffer is our best chance of ousting Ike.
Did Sarah get involved in this race (endorse)?
not that I am aware of....
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