Gov. Eric Greitens had a relatively quiet week in Jefferson City, with the only major development being the fast action his administration took on responding to a subpoena from fellow statewide officeholder, State Auditor Nicole Galloway.
On Wednesday, Galloway requested the Department of Revenue to turn over documents relating to their management of tax refunds. She held a press conference Wednesday where she detailed why she issue the subpoena after waiting six weeks for the information she requested.
The DOR gave her the requested documents the next day, but Greitens also managed to get a word in edgewise. He told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Thursday the department had met with her once and even sent her a few letters to detail when she would receive that information.
“What she did yesterday was nothing but a political stunt,” Greitens said to the Post-Dispatch. “Auditor Galloway knew from our office that she was going to get every piece of information that she was legally entitled to this week. And she has, in fact, received that information. It’s over 170 pages of documents.”
Although not technically occurring in the governor’s office, a political nonprofit designed to support his administration made headlines when it published Sen. Rob Schaaf’s personal phone number on its website and Twitter, asking Missourians to call it and urge him to stop filibustering. Schaaf spent the better part of this week on the Senate floor impeding debate on several bills in his fight against the expansion of managed care in the state.
Greitens nonprofit attacks Schaaf, posts senator’s personal phone number online
Austin Chambers, a senior political advisor to Greitens, defended the A New Missouri, Inc.’s actions on Twitter.
.@robschaaf filibustered Blue Alert – critically important legislation for law enforcement officers. Unbelievable. https://t.co/qgFY3OTR2L
— Austin Chambers (@achambersgop) April 21, 2017
Schaaf tweeted this around 1 p.m., his first tweet since December.
If anyone needs me in an emergency, please text as my voicemail is overwhelmed.
— Rob Schaaf (@robschaaf) April 21, 2017
Schaaf repeatedly said during his long stands on the floor that “actions have consequences.” The Senate goes back into session Monday where politicos will likely see if A New Missouri’s action has its own special consequences.
In other news, Greitens passed the 100-day mark of his term this week. The Missouri Times wrote features on all of the newly elected statewide officials, including Greitens, which can be read here.
