JEFFERSON CITY â Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water.
The legislation that hit Parson s desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees.
Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute.
Treece has been a registered as a lobbyist since 1996 and also co-owns a consulting firm with his wife, Mary Phillips, based in Jefferson City.
Treece did not respond to several requests for comment from the Missourian, but later sent an email stating that he believes he is not in violation of state law.
JEFFERSON CITY â Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a piece of legislation that would have kept Columbia Mayor Brian Treece out of potential hot water.
The legislation that hit Parson s desk would have created an exemption to an existing state statute and clarified that lobbyists running for municipal and school district offices could maintain candidate committees.
Because Parson vetoed that exemption, lobbyists running for office must dissolve any candidate committee, according to the statute.
Treece has been a registered as a lobbyist since 1996 and also co-owns a consulting firm with his wife, Mary Phillips, based in Jefferson City.
Treece did not respond to several requests for comment from the Missourian, but later sent an email stating that he believes he is not in violation of state law.
Viets is still waiting on an answer to his inquiry.
The delay could be related to House Bill 685, Viets said. This bill, which included changes to requirements to run for public office, ultimately was vetoed last Friday by Gov. Mike Parson.
An amendment added to the bill in a revision known as a Senate committee substitute through the Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee, chaired by state Sen. Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, would have allowed an exception to a law governing candidate committees and lobbyists.
No attempt was made to remove the provision on the Senate floor, and the House passed it without seeking to discuss Senate changes. The Senate vote on the whole bill was 30-1 and the final House vote was 146-1.
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In May 1970, students at Kent State University and Jackson State University were shot and killed while protesting the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, members of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks and Veterans for Peace gathered at Peace Park to remember the lives lost in the shootings and the rededication of the park.
Paul D. Blackman, co-founder of Mizzou Student Mobilization, changed the name and led the dedication of the park 50 years ago. McAlester Park officially became Peace Park in April 1970.
“We needed something to say this campus was against the war and for something: peace,” Blackman said.
Mark Haim, the director of Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, and Dan Viets, former vice president of Mizzou StuMo, organized this event to commemorate those killed at Kent State and Vietnam.