Where’s Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon? Don’t ask the Lt. Governor Peter Kinder. Apparently Nixon’s office doesn’t think it’s important to tell the second in command that he’s leaving the state for Florida:
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s staff said he had received no notification of the governor’s whereabouts, until “the rumor mill” began erupting Thursday. The Beacon’s call was “the first official confirmation,” said Kinder spokesman Gary McElyea.
Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governor and his staff had seen no need for any notification to Kinder, or any public announcement that he was out of state, because “the governor is still performing the duties of his office.”
Kinder, a Republican, has been complaining since last spring that Nixon, a Democrat, has been ignoring him and rarely communicates.
Maybe I’m being a bit too harsh on Jay, but it seems to me that you might consider stopping by Kinder’s office and let him know you’re going to be gone. Maybe a note on his door.
It’s just too bad there isn’t a simple, instantaneous form of communication that allows to you transfer information without actually having to interface with someone you really don’t want to talk to.
Hat Tip: Missouri Political News Service
