... but we need a Missouri resident to file the request. We also need residents in 16 other states to step up. Residents in 3 states have already stepped up! (See chart below.)
We have come to appreciate that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a powerful weapon in the hands of informed citizens. Not only should we plan on using the FOIA against evil, contemptible Republican governors, but how about against cowardly, tone deaf, dishonorable Democratic governors like Jay Nixon of Missouri?
We need to take a closer look at Governor Nixon. When asked to explain what was happening in Ferguson, he responded with this Palinsque, garbled nonsense:
We are, um, you know, it uh, it uh, you know, our goal here is to, is to, you know, keep the peace and allow folks voices to, uh, uh, to be heard. Um, and in that balance, I am attempting, you know I am, using the resources we have to marshal to be predictable, uh, for both those pillars. I, I don't, I am more ... I, I have to say I don't spend a tremendous amount of time personalizing this vis-a-vis me."I, I have to say I don't spend a tremendous amount of time personalizing this vis-a-vis me."