Pictures of Missouri legislators celebrating at the end of an annual session are always dramatic but never succeed in capturing the joy of their constituents.

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If all the General Assembly's introduced bills that never saw the light of day were laid end to end, the Department of Transportation could complete the 15-year Road Plan.

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Although now hailed as "a session full of accomplishment," most of us will be hard-pressed by next month to identify anything this year's Legislature did.

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One of the least desirable lasting accomplishments of this year's General Assembly is the additional funds we taxpayers will shell out for members' pensions.

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Washington is spending billions of dollars to bomb the Serbs but can't rake up enough money to buy the CIA current maps of downtown Belgrade.

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Tourism is a puzzling enterprise. Missouri spends millions urging outsiders to visit St. Louis, a city whose residents can't leave fast enough.

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A good politician is anyone who knows the next job he'll seek at the exact moment he starts the one he just won.