Eggs and Issues brings politicians’ reports
Representative Scott Fitzpatrick, Steve McIntosh, of Senator Roy Blunt’s office, and Senator David Sater spoke at the Eggs and Issues breakfast sponsored by CenturyLink at the Barry County Museum on Tuesday.
August 20, 2014
Charlea Mills
The Veterans’ Affairs Clinic at the Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Vernon, veto sessions and the budget were topics of interest at the CenturyLink Eggs and Issues breakfast on Tuesday morning. Cassville Chamber of Commerce members and community leaders were in attendance to ask question and hear updates from our local legislators.
State Representative Scott Fitzpatrick, State Senator David Sater and Senator Roy Blunt’s representative Steve McIntosh were in attendance to address the community and provide vital information.
Sater and Fitzpatrick both mentioned the veto session coming in the second week of September and also accomplishments during the political year. When addressing the budget, Cassville Superintendent Richard Asbill brought up school funding issues and also asked about Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would subject teachers to performance evaluations to determine their job retention in the local districts. Regarding the funding of school, Asbill also stated, “Level funding is not full funding. We still have $350,000 that we have to ask local patrons to pick up the tab for the difference for our district.”
McIntosh went into details about Blunt’s work on the VA clinic closure announcement and Viney Creek. According to McIntosh, the recent decision to close the VA Clinic and the MRC was due to the University of Missouri not receiving a lease renewal. Blunt’s office and others are working to at least delay the VA clinic’s closure. Springfield and Joplin are each getting VA clinics to serve the veteran population in the area. McIntosh stated, “The lease has laid on someone’s desk for 16-18 months. I’m confident that reason will prevail and we can get that moving. It’s a mix of state and federal issues. On the state side, there’s MU, on the federal side, there’s the VA.”
Barry County Presiding Commissioner Cherry Warren addressed McIntosh regarding an announcement from the Missouri State Parks to not renew their lease to manage Viney Creek on Table Rock next year. Warren said that the decision was made based on the waste treatment system that needs to be replaced and will cost more than the State Parks will pay. McIntosh stated, “That park is one of five sand filtration systems left. The Corps would have to replace it themselves if they ran it.”
Charlea Mills
The Veterans’ Affairs Clinic at the Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Vernon, veto sessions and the budget were topics of interest at the CenturyLink Eggs and Issues breakfast on Tuesday morning. Cassville Chamber of Commerce members and community leaders were in attendance to ask question and hear updates from our local legislators.
State Representative Scott Fitzpatrick, State Senator David Sater and Senator Roy Blunt’s representative Steve McIntosh were in attendance to address the community and provide vital information.
Sater and Fitzpatrick both mentioned the veto session coming in the second week of September and also accomplishments during the political year. When addressing the budget, Cassville Superintendent Richard Asbill brought up school funding issues and also asked about Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would subject teachers to performance evaluations to determine their job retention in the local districts. Regarding the funding of school, Asbill also stated, “Level funding is not full funding. We still have $350,000 that we have to ask local patrons to pick up the tab for the difference for our district.”
McIntosh went into details about Blunt’s work on the VA clinic closure announcement and Viney Creek. According to McIntosh, the recent decision to close the VA Clinic and the MRC was due to the University of Missouri not receiving a lease renewal. Blunt’s office and others are working to at least delay the VA clinic’s closure. Springfield and Joplin are each getting VA clinics to serve the veteran population in the area. McIntosh stated, “The lease has laid on someone’s desk for 16-18 months. I’m confident that reason will prevail and we can get that moving. It’s a mix of state and federal issues. On the state side, there’s MU, on the federal side, there’s the VA.”
Barry County Presiding Commissioner Cherry Warren addressed McIntosh regarding an announcement from the Missouri State Parks to not renew their lease to manage Viney Creek on Table Rock next year. Warren said that the decision was made based on the waste treatment system that needs to be replaced and will cost more than the State Parks will pay. McIntosh stated, “That park is one of five sand filtration systems left. The Corps would have to replace it themselves if they ran it.”
