Rob Schaaf Thinks Open Meetings Compliance is Too Hard for the Missouri Legislature

A remarkable admission by GOP Rep. Rob "I Hate Robin Carnahan" Schaaf in the pages of the St. Joe News-Press.  In a story about Schaaf's take on the state's Sunshine Law, he lets loose a gem in response to question #2:

2. Should notice of all meetings be posted, with an agenda, at least 72 hours in advance to give citizens a better opportunity to be present?

Schaaf: While this may be feasible for some political subdivisions, “at the State House of Representatives, it would not work.” It takes 12 to 15 days to move bills through the political process with current 24-hour rules, he said.

In other words, Rob Schaaf believes that meetings of the Missouri House ought not be subject to any onerous notice requirements.  Because posting scheduled meetings three days in advance is just too big a burden for those who run our state.

And because 72 hour notice requirements would give Charlie Shields too much time to plan ways to screw with Schaaf's committee hearings.