With the election mere days away, candidates are seeking an advantage in any way possible. Wes Shoemyer has recently taken to labeling Munzlinger as a “flip-flopper” for his position on Plan H. This proposal seeks to raise all but 20 of the 140 levees along the Mississippi River. Three Missouri counties contain levees which are not part of the plan, and would not be raised under the current proposal.
Munzlinger did originally sponsor the House bill for Plan H, despite the lack of coverage for three of Missouri’s counties. The bill stated that Plan H “the greatest level of protection to the greatest number of residents in the Upper Mississippi River Valley by ensuring enhanced flood protection for most currently-protected urban and agricultural areas.”
Munzlinger has recently stated his is against Plan H as it currently exists, but was doing what he could to bring attention to the need to raise the levees, sponsoring the bill as a matter of agenda setting. Nonetheless, Shoemyer has taken this information and spun it in an attempt to make Munzlinger appear as a flip-flopper on the issues. Munzlinger will continue to work to bring a solution to all the Missouri homes along the Mississippi River.
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