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Proposed tax increase for transportation considered in House committee

February 5, 2014 By Mike Lear

Those for and against asking voters for a temporary increase in the state sales tax to support transportation have made their cases to a House Committee.

Representative Dave Hinson (photo courtesy; Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)

Representative Dave Hinson (photo courtesy; Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications)

Even those who oppose a one-percent increase in the state sales tax to support transportation told a House Committee they understand that the Transportation Department needs more money.

Read the proposal, HJR 68

Richard Sheets with the Missouri Municipal League says his members are concerned that a higher sales tax would make it harder to pass or renew local taxes.

“Many of the funds that cities use … the capital improvement sales tax … are sunset. They’re based on particular projects so they come back before the voters,” explains Sheets. “As the sales tax increases, my members concerns are that those issues would not prevail at the ballot.”

Jeanette Mott-Oxford with the Missouri Association for Social Welfare says she offered better solutions when she was a state legislator.

“For the 20-percent of Missourians that have household incomes of less than $17,000 a year, their total tax share is 9.6 percent of their incomes now,” Mott-Oxford says. “Part of that is sales tax, part is property tax, part is income tax, part is excise taxes … the full range of what we do. They have no discretionary income. They have a lot of month left at the end of their paycheck … they would really feel this increase.”

Supporters argue that the same low-income Missourians will be impacted no matter how the state looks to generate more transportation dollars.

Transportation Department Director Dave Nichols testified in support of the proposal. He tells lawmakers its proceeds would not be limited to funding roads.

“Missourians all across the state, whether you’re in a rural area or an urban area, have told us that we need to have dedicated state funding for other modes of transportation,” says Nichols. “This solution that Representative (Dave) Hinson has brought to you today has that built-in … that there are dollars that can be used for any transportation purpose in our state.”

Senator Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) told Missourinet earlier this week supporters of the tax have found costs too high to pursue a petition campaign. See that story here.

Filed Under: Legislature, News, Transportation Tagged With: Dave Hinson, Dave Nichols, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Mike Kehoe, Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri Municipal League

Supreme Court decisions allow Nasheed, Taylor to run in August

June 19, 2012 By Mike Lear

Two decisions handed down today by the Missouri Supreme Court clear the way for two St. Louis-area democrat state lawmakers to run in the August Primary.

Representatives Jamilah Nasheed and Sylvester Taylor II

The Court upheld the trial court ruling that Representative Sylvester Taylor II can run in the 75th House District against Representative Rochelle Walton Gray. Gray petitioned the trial court saying that Taylor was ineligible because he didn’t live in that district for one year prior to the general election. The Supreme Court’s ruling says he only has to have lived in the county or any of the districts from which the 75th was drawn during reapportionment, and Taylor meets those criteria.

See the summary and the decision on the Walton Gray petition.

The Court overturned a trial court decision barring Representative Jamilah Nasheed from running in the 5th Senate District against Senator Robin Wright-Jones and Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford. Wright-Jones had petitioned that Nasheed was not eligible because she didn’t live in the district. The Court says an exception in the Constitution that lets a candidate live in any district from which the new district was drawn in the year prior to reapportionment.

See the summary and the decision on the Wright-Jones petition.

The Court usually accepts post-motion opinions for 15 days after handing down a decision, but under the expedited nature of this case that deadline is tomorrow. Its decision is not final until it issues a mandate.

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Elections, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Jamilah Nasheed, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Missouri Supreme Court, Rochelle Walton Gray

Supreme Court to consider legislative residency cases (AUDIO)

June 15, 2012 By Mike Lear

The Supreme Court will consider two cases in which Democrat state lawmakers have been told they can’t run in the districts they want to, in the August primary.

Representatives Jamilah Nasheed and Sylvester Taylor (photos courtesy, Missouri House Communications)

The Missouri Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled Black Jack Representative Sylvester Taylor can’t run in a St. Louis County District against Representative Rochelle Walton Gray because he doesn’t live there. Wednesday, it ruled that St. Louis Representative Jamilah Nasheed can’t run in a St. Louis state Senate district against Senator Robin Wright-Jones and Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford, for the same reason.

The Supreme Court this afternoon agreed to hear both cases and to expedite them.

The Court took them up “on briefs,” meaning the cases presented to the appellate court are what the Supreme Court will consider. Spokeswoman Beth Riggert says it’s an unusual move.

“On occasion, the Court will have certain types of cases that it needs to expedite, and election cases like this where there is a deadline looming, the Court will do what it can to process the case and move it forward as quickly as it is able, while still giving the parties in the case a full opportunity to be heard, which is what’s happening here. The parties have already had the opportunity to fully brief the case and argue the case, and this allows the court to move that case forward as quickly as it is able to a decision.”

The Court’s decision could be handed down at any time, and could affect more than two dozen other candidates in the state.

AUDIO:  Mike Lear reports, :55

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Elections, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Jamilah Nasheed, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Missouri Supreme Court, Rochelle Walton Gray



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