Friday, October 23, 2009

Heads start rolling in dirty watergate

Posted by Justin Kendall on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:35 AM

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  • Jay Nixon

A few weeks ago, Kansas City Star political reporter Steve Kraske wondered when heads would start rolling after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's administration failed to tell the public in May about dangerously high levels of E. coli at the Lake of the Ozarks. The throat slashing began about a week ago when Nixon fired long-time aide Joe Bindbeutel, who is a former deputy director of the DNR.

On Thursday (or Monday, depending on who you believe), another head was lopped off. This time, according to a report in The Kansas City Star today, it was Jim Yancey, who led the Missouri state parks environmental section. The reason: For not closing the beaches after finding out about the high levels of E. coli.

As Nixon's internal investigation continues, we gotta wonder, who will be the next to face the governor's guillotine?

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