NEOSHO, Mo. —
Like many Missourians, I’m tired of the partisanship we see in government today. While local communities like ours are working together and making the tough decisions to keep our communities moving forward, too many politicians just point fingers and kick the can down the road.
Missouri needs strong, proven leadership. That’s why even though I’m a Republican, I’m proud to endorse Gov. Jay Nixon. Even though we’re from different political parties, and we certainly don’t agree on everything, when it comes to what’s important — working across the aisle to help businesses create jobs and make Missouri a better place to live and raise a family — I believe Jay Nixon is the right kind of leader for Missouri.
Nixon has created an environment where family-run businesses like mine can grow and create jobs and where small towns like Neosho can compete in the global economy.
In our community, Nixon has helped Crowder College train more students for careers in high-tech fields, and we worked together to upgrade Neosho’s drinking water system — an investment that will help strengthen our economy for years to come. During this summer’s catastrophic drought, farmers right here in Newton County were able to dig new wells thanks to Gov. Nixon’s innovative emergency cost-share program.
And around Joplin, you don’t have to tell folks that Gov. Nixon is no ordinary politician. They’ve seen firsthand his leadership and what it’s meant for their community. In the aftermath of that devastating tornado, Gov. Nixon and the people of Joplin showed the world what Missouri’s made of. Not Republicans or Democrats, conservatives or liberals — but ordinary people working together to overcome extraordinary challenges, and come back stronger than ever.
Just last month, Missouri led the Midwest in job growth. Joplin continues to rebuild. My hometown of Neosho is moving forward with many new initiatives to improve the quality of life for our citizens. We’ve all got more work to do, but Nixon has demonstrated the kind of strong, bipartisan leadership Missouri needs to continue moving forward. That’s why he has my endorsement, and why I hope you’ll give him your vote in November.
Richard Davidson
President, Marco Group Inc.
Mayor, city of Neosho
Opinion
Your View: Jay Nixon for governor
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Other Views: Still inspiring
Cutbacks in the military budget and the still-recovering economy mean this Memorial Day weekend will go down as a relatively subdued affair — relative, that is, to our usual end-of-school, official-start-of-summer blowout.
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Our View: Setting standard
The sight of hundreds of young student volunteers walking across Moore’s Fourth Street interstate overpass had to be uplifting to the city’s tornado victims.
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Our View: Safer schools
Being able to see for ourselves what would have happened to our children had they been standing in the main hall of their schools during the May 22, 2011, tornado had a profound effect on our understanding of safe schools.
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Marilyn Beasley, guest columnist: Claiming responsibility for abuse of power
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Our View: ‘Why?’ has no answer
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Our View: Absent from House
We can’t figure out why two Missouri legislators think they should be elected to the U.S. House when it appears they can’t seem to show up to take care of business in the Missouri House.
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Your View: Terrible injustice
I see this Jasper County nuisance law as a terrible injustice on the rights of the residents of Jasper County.
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Your View: Should we be outraged?
Were there effusive apologies following the lockdown of Boston as most of the continent indulged vicariously in the ongoing manhunt?
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Your View: Terrorism is terrorism
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Phill Brooks, columnist: Missouri Senate did what Founding Fathers had in mind
George Washington once described the Senate as being like a saucer in which you pour coffee or tea.
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