Martin

Ed Martin’s legal problems just got a bit stickier.

The special assistant attorneys general alleging violations of the Sunshine Law against the Blunt administration are seeking to add Martin in his individual capacity to their lawsuit. Martin is the former chief of…

Boxes of e-mails from the administration of Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt

The administration of Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt on Tuesday alleged that three state media outlets, including the Post-Dispatch, “deliberately misled Missourians” in stories about the 60,000 e-mails and other documents obtained…

The office of Gov. Matt Blunt has sent an advisory to news editors in Missouri asking them to call if they have questions about the stories on e-mail-gate published by the Post-Dispatch, KC Star and Associated Press. See the Post-Dispatch stories…

Martin

One of the interesting details about the recent depositions in the ongoing dispute over access to the e-mails of Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration is this: Former chief of staff Ed Martin seems to have a bit of a memory problem.

As Jo…

Apparently there is a first-term Republican governor school that teaches something about e-mails and public disclosure. A day after Blunt settled at least part of his dispute over e-mails, MSNBC reports that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is still trying to charge…

Never one to back down from a fight, Gov. Matt Blunt today blamed the media for costing taxpayers thousands of dollars by requesting e-mails that the Blunt administration had already retrieved. Says Blunt in a statement:

“We tried to prevent the media…

Gov. Matt Blunt’s final months in Jefferson City have been dogged by an imbroglio surrounding his office’s e-mail retention policies.

The Post-Dispatch, among others, have sued Blunt, seeking to protect back-up tapes that could resurect deleted e-mails.

Blunt, however, is not the only…

Shortly after 8 p.m., Gov. Matt Blunt’s spokeswoman, Jessica Robinson, issued a statement regarding Judge Callahan’s decision Tuesday afternoon that, in effect, set up a bipartisan team to decide how to handle a lawsuit against the governor over his office’s handling…

Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan issued an order today naming two lawyers in Mexico, Mo. — former Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell, a Democrat, and Louis Leonatti, a prominent Republican — as “special assistant attorneys general” in the e-mail legal battle…

Gov. Matt Blunt’s lame duck status has not kept him from emptying his quiver on political adversaries.

Top on the list, of course, is Attorney General Jay Nixon, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor.

High up, though, is another Democrat, State Rep. Jeff…