It is unsurprising that Audrey Spalding, a policy analyst for the right-leaning Show-Me Institute, criticized a legislative proposal to require more signatures on initiative petitions in her opinion article published Feb. 24. After all, Show-Me board member and financial backer Rex Sinquefield doesn't want to have to spend a penny more than necessary to foist his arch-conservative schemes on Missourians through the initiative process.
LETTER: Only powerful interest groups benefit from petition initiatives
Monday, February 28, 2011 | 11:44 a.m. CST;
updated 2:14 p.m. CST, Monday, February 28, 2011
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