Schaefer rallying support for cancer hospital
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | 2:32 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:05 a.m. CDT, Friday, June 19, 2009
BY
The Associated Press
Sen. Kurt Schaefer's name was previously misspelled in the headline of this story.
JEFFERSON CITY — A Columbia-area state senator is running
robocalls urging his mid-Missouri constituents to lobby Gov. Jay Nixon
in support of a university cancer hospital.
The automated phone
calls from Republican Sen. Kurt Schaefer say he fears
Nixon is close to vetoing funding for the new hospital at the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Schaefer said in an interview
Wednesday that his information comes from "several people in positions
to know" whom he trusts. But he declined to identify his sources.
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Nixon spokesman Scott Holste declined to say whether the Democratic governor is considering a veto.
A budget bill passed by the Legislature would fund the cancer hospital with $31 million in federal economic stimulus money.
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