Temple Tantrum

Earlier today, Speaker Rod Jetton sent an email to GOP candidates for the House urging them not to accept contributions from the PAC, People For Private Enterprise, a front-group for the adult entertainment industry in Missouri.

Certain organizations that you may not intend to accept money from might try to contribute to your campaign. Often these groups have ambiguous names that do not clearly indicate the interests of the organization.

This might seem unremarkable, unless you happen to remember that Speaker Jetton's General Counsel is a consultant to a PAC that was used to launder money from People For Private Enterprise and to get that money into the hands of GOP candidates.

From a March 4, 2006 KC Star story on the topic:

Here is the latest Temple Tantrum on the KC Star's report this weekend that Speaker Rod Jetton and his General Counsel, Don Lagrosso, have been providing special favors for the strip club industry in Missouri.
 

In lieu of a traditional Temple Tantrum, and in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, I thought I would leave you with this.

I'd encourage you to take five minutes and listen to:

Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

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Wishing everyone a joyous Christmas season.

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Check out the latest Temple Tantrum on The Blunt Money Merry Go Round.

FYI. You can now subscribe to the Temple Tantrum on iTunes. Look for us under Podcasts>>>politics>>>>Fired Up Missouri Temple Tantrum.

Check out the latest Temple Tantrum, which lays out the case the Blunt, Inc. is just a wholly owned subsidiary of DeLay, Inc.

Click here for the latest Temple Tantrum on Blunt's induction into the Congressional Hall of Shame.

Here's the latest Temple Tantrum dedicated to today's press release from Governor Matt Blunt attacking Fired Up! Missouri.com.

Here's the latest Temple Tantrum: Blunt's Boonville Bridge Boondoggle.

This Temple Tantrum gives you the background on Governor Blunt's decision to give the Boonville Bridge away to the Union Pacific Railroad, the largest private landowner in the United States.

With a tip of the hat to John Combest and Mayor Slay for their pioneering work in podcasting here is Missouri, I would like to kick off Fired Up! Missouri's first effort.

Here's the first ever, Fired Up! Missouri Temple Tantrum.

We hope to make "The Temple Tantrum" a regular feature here at Fired Up!, with periodic improvements to the technical aspects.

Let us know what you think.