Didn't Get the Memo: Blunt's Emergency Management Agency Sending Price Gouging Victims to Nixon
Submitted by Cole on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 12:17am.
As documented in the post below, Matt Blunt, for selfish political reasons, is steering ice storm price gouging victims toward away from waiting legal help at the Attorney General's Office.
But the State Emergency Management Agency apparently didn't get the memo to throw storm victims under the bus before referring them to the one the devil Jay Nixon.
No, Blunt's point agency on ice storm management put out a press release referring price gouging victims to (gasp) the Missouri's Fraud Hotline in the Attorney General's Office.
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Nixon was Blunt's Go-To-Guy on Price Gouging in 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Contact: Jessica Robinson, (573) 751-0290
Governor Directs Attorney General to Investigate Potential Price Gouging
JEFFERSON CITY—Gov. Matt Blunt today directed Attorney General Jay Nixon to investigate gasoline suppliers and stations for potential evidence of price gouging in response to Hurricane Katrina.
"To protect consumers from illegal price fixing, I have directed Attorney General Jay Nixon to investigate yesterday’s dramatic gas price hikes," Blunt said. "We have seen price gouging in our state before, and I will not permit businesses to reap unjustified profits by using a natural disaster as an excuse to gouge customers."
Almost 50 stations illegally increased prices following the terrorist attacks of September 11. They were ultimately investigated and fined for price gouging. Blunt’s directive is an effort to protect Missouri consumers from businesses who abuse devastating events, like the hurricane, to collect illegal profits.