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(314) 500-HURTI am heading over to Jefferson City today to talk with our legislators about numerous tort reform
efforts. Three weeks left to go in this year’s session. I get that Missouri should be business friendly and we need to
promote capitalism, but we also need to have fair rules to protect the safety of Missourians.
The hypocrisy is palpable. Companies and wealthy donors gave millions to candidates last December before
some donation limits were to take effect to get special treatment.
Missouri Senate President Ron Richard cashed
a $100,000 check from the CEO of TAMKO Building Products six days after introducing legislation that would
effectively derail a pending class-action lawsuit against TAMKO.
The sponsor of the bill to change discrimination laws is currently being sued for race discrimination. Senator Gary
Romine is
being accused of self-dealing to help himself out in his case.
Senate bills 43 and 45 remove protection for older people, women, and minorities from job discrimination while the State
pays millions to settle discrimination claims against the Department
of Corrections prompting a state
audit.
Missouri Legislators repeatedly get caught in sex scandals with subordinates and make the national news: Mo
house speaker John Diehl, Sen
Paul LeVota, Don
Gosen and here
for more information.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson has spoken
out against these bills; Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly’s recent departures from Fox news in the wake of sexual
harassment accusations certainly support the need for continuing legal protection.
Why let the foxes guard the henhouse? The same guys who can’t keep their hands off their own interns want to lessen
their punishment when they get caught.
Did you know that Senate Bill 43 makes it impossible to hold the person who actually committed the unlawful act liable
for their actions? It lets the bad guy off. It also lets business justifications in for discrimination and heightens the
burden of proving discrimination.
Whistleblowers reveal criminal corporate action that damage the public and should be protected. But Bill 43 specifically
excludes managers, supervisors, and anyone who is paid to report on the business’ activities from whistleblowing
protection. These are the very people who catch most illegal activity. Shouldn’t we encourage the reporting of dangerous
misconduct?
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