Wes Shoemyer, Munzlinger’s senatorial opponent for the November 2nd election, has drawn the first blood in the campaign. An attack advertisement against Brian Munzlinger began airing October 9th on KTUF 93.7. This advertisement, paid for by friends of Shoemyer, states that Munzlinger voted to raise salaries for legislators in 2006 and that this is a contradiction to the stance he is taking now. The problem is, Munzlinger maintains that he does not want more salary increases for the legislature, not that he never wanted any salary increases!
Munzlinger responded with an ad focusing on how he will strive to make positive changes in the state citing many of the same issues listed on his campaign website. He ended the spot with the quote, “because it’s time we put taxpayers first again.” His advertisement was paid for by friends of Munzlinger. Airing an ad putting himself in a positive light instead of running an attack ad could prove to be another mark in Munzlinger’s favor as election day draws closer.
In other news, Rep. Munzlinger has been campaigning diligently. He has hosted several “Old Fashioned Family Picnics” across the district, the first occurred on September 23rd in Shelbina. Later picnics were held in Monroe City, Hannibal, and there will be one tonight in Edina at 5:00 p.m.
Finally, to anyone who is interested on Munzlinger’s stance on Proposition B, I have done a bit more research on the topic, more specifically on the Missouri Farm Bureau and I found this editorial that might better explain why someone might be against this measure. From what I have read so far, anyone against Proposition B has been demonized, some Prop B supporters even go as far as to call their opponents “anti-puppy”. This editorial shows that there are two sides to every issue.
There is a really good blog post about Proposition B on a blog entitled "Adair Alerts." It can be found at http://adairalerts.blogspot.com/2010/10/rumor-puppy-mill.html.
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