MISSOURIANA

First-month lobbyist reports show some legislators received as much as $200 in free meals in a 30-day period. All that rich food in Jefferson City is giving Missourians a bad case of indigestion.

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We find it strange that no one in Missouri's 170-year history ever thought until this year to ask the question: Who audits the state auditor?

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Gov. Ashcroft's observation that Missouri school teachers work fewer days than their counterparts around the country failed to take into consideration all the overtime our teachers have been putting in to write complaining letter-to-the-editor about the governor not doing his homework.

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One of the promoters says a Missouri House committee vote rejecting funds for the St. Louis football stadium is a setback. That's like saying Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait was a setback in his quest for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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There may be a place in the General Assembly for Saddam Hussein. Every time his troops lose, he calls it victory.