I always did say that this whole E-Mail investigation was a bunch of crapola. Where is the smoking gun?. Did they find even one E-Mail that indicated that pay to play was going on as in Illinois? Did that find even one E-Mail that indicated corruption?. Is the Governor or any of his aides going to indicted for criminal acts?. This whole uproar was politics as usual being pushed by the P.D. and the Democrats and they owe the people of Missouri an apology for costing the state a lot of money that could have been better spent elsewhere. Shame on them.

So is that table full of reporters you photographed for the blog post last month still sitting around looking at emails?

Why do you seek a “comment” from someone who isn’t a part of this lawsuit, but who clearly has an axe to grind (in his own lawsuit)???? What Eckersley said is totally predictable - but it certainly isn’t “news.” The better battle will be Eckersley’s defamation claim - that dog may hunt.

Thank you Scott for standing up and tellin the truth.

Yeah, politics as usual except for several sections in the Missouri Statutes called the Sunshine Law. If it’s not worthy of enforcement, get rid of it. That’s what cost the state money. The Governor knew what the law was, and if he didn’t, that’s why Eckersley was on the payroll. Blunt chose not to follow the law, despite his own lawyer’s advice, so he got what he asked for: a lawsuit. Blunt’s the one that owes Missouri the apology but instead we get more self-justifying drivel from Jessica Robinson. Thank God Jefferson City is about to get a cleansing. It’s overdue.

This particular conflict is for the Republicans to deal with. Scott Eckersley was NOT a Democrat in Republican clothing. He was not some independent mole set out on destroying the Blunt Administration from the inside. I would agree with most of the Republican cheerleaders, in the sense that, as scandals go this one does not have a lot of gas. It should not have run as far as it ran. What this teachable moment says to me is that even when someone offers to serve, don’t try to mess up their career when they no longer want to serve. A lot of that blind loyalty code from years past is no longer relevant. A long time ago, it was obvious that Eckersley was not going to be a yes man or sing in the Blunt choir and they wanted to punish him for that. It backfired. The Republicans need to pick up their pieces and move on. I would humbly offer that Democrats stop drooliing over this non-starter issue and move on as well.

I hope Blunt gets jail time for what he tried to do to this guy. Thanks for sticking to your guns Eckersley, you exposed that piece of garbage for the entire state of Missouri. And Kenrick, every word out of Blunt’s mouth since this thing began has been a smoking gun. If you had followed this story at all you’d know how culpable he is. It’s right in front of our faces.

The e-mails make it pretty apparent that Eckersley was not a model employee. Fat chance he wins and he shouldn’t.