Speaking to reporters during a campaign swing through Springfield Thursday morning, Harris offered specific details on exactly how he responded to the open-records request filed by Gov. Blunt's office back in May.
Harris said that after a back and forth with the Governor's office about what documents they were seeking, Blunt Chief of Staff Trish Vincent asked for all correspondence on February 20, 2008. The request involved about 275 pages.
Harris said Vincent wrote him a personal check to pay for the copies and labor to produce the correspondence -- which he said he could not accept. "I can't accept a check to the Office of Jeff Harris . . . It's got to go through the clerk, there's a process," Harris explained.
When asked by Springfield News-Leader reporter Chad Livengood whether it surprised him whether a Governor's Chief of Staff didn't understand the rules of the General Assembly, Harris replied, "Not this administration."
Harris is running for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General.
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When asked by Springfield News-Leader reporter Chad Livengood whether it surprised him whether a Governor's Chief of Staff didn't understand the rules of the General Assembly, Harris replied, "Not this administration."
Thats all anyone needs to know at this point, and is probably why I will not be watching the up coming debate.
Just like the Talent-McCaskill debate, the questions will be loaded and a run down of talking points.
The only person who dared to even push McCaskill in any direction at the time was Tony Messenger and he is gone replaced with this guy.
Epic fail.
Did Vincent then go write a check to the Clerk?
This story would not be much more than an "Oops, you're right" if she did.
I love seeing Jeff Kicking the Guv's blank.
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