Parson withdraws nominee to replace Steelman on the University of Missouri curators
Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
David Steelman of Rolla will remain a member of the University of Missouri Board of Curators until at least the end of this year’s legislative session.
On Thursday, Gov. Mike Parson withdrew the nomination of Keith Holloway of Cape Girardeau to the 8th Congressional District seat on the nine-member board. Holloway, who was nominated March 18, received a hearing from the Senate Gubernatorial Appointments Committee on April 21 but no vote has been held.
By withdrawing the nomination, Parson preserved his ability to appoint Holloway to the board in the future. If the legislative session had ended without a favorable confirmation vote, Holloway would have been barred for life from a seat on the board that governs the four-campus university system.
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Gov. Mike Parson, seen in this October 2020 photo, is ordering a shake-up on the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
Steelman had previously raised objections about an adviser to Gov. Mike Parson using his connections to the university to seek business for other lobbying clients.
In a letter dated April 14, Parson wrote to Steelman that an orderly process for replacing curators in expired terms “is critical at this juncture in order to provide predictability and clarity to the University of Missouri System…”
Steelman, a Republican from Rolla, was appointed to the board in 2014 by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. His term expired on Jan. 1, 2019, but Parson, a Republican, refrained from naming a replacement until last month, when he nominated Keith Holloway of Cape Girardeau.
Governor demands resignation of David Steelman from University of Missouri curators
Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
In a letter dated April 14, Parson wrote to Steelman that an orderly process for replacing curators in expired terms “is critical at this juncture in order to provide predictability and clarity to the University of Missouri System…”
Steelman, a Republican from Rolla, was appointed to the board in 2014 by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. His term expired on Jan. 1, 2019, but Parson, a Republican, refrained from naming a replacement until last month, when he nominated Keith Holloway of Cape Girardeau.
Holloway’s nomination and Parson’s letter came after Steelman raised objections about a close adviser to the governor who lobbies for the UM system using his connections to the university to seek business for other clients.
Parson cut deal with Democrats to pave Graves’ path to University of Missouri curators
By Rudi Keller
Republican Gov. Mike Parson cut a deal this week with Senate Democrats to break a filibuster over the nomination of former Republican Party Chairman Todd Graves to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
Democrats were promised a chance to screen potential nominees so at least one of two St. Louis-area seats will be given to a graduate of the university’s Kansas City campus, said Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City.
But the governor refused a deal with Graves’ Republican opponents that would have extended the time curator David Steelman of Rolla remained on the board, sources told The Independent on Thursday.