Ron Richard Delivers On Ethics Reform Promise

No, not his 2010 promise to "support any recommendation that comes out of" his new bipartisan ethics committee. Don't be silly.  The House leadership is planning to "strip from the ethics bill all measures relating to campaign finance" this session.

It's to his April 2009 declaration that he remains true:

House Speaker Ron Richard, a Joplin Republican, said Thursday he wasn’t interested in additional ethics reform. A bill passed last year removing campaign contribution limits achieved all the goals he had set.

There's nothing to do in 2010 because everything was taken care of when campaign contribution limits were eliminated. The problem's done been solved.  And The Most Powerful Man in Missouri is a man of his word (sorta).