Nance: Route 10 Bridge Closure, Proposition C, In The District

At left: Pictured with Representative Nance are Gregg and Blake Williams, New Orleans Saints Coaches who visited Excelsior Springs.

Department of Transportation Information Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement:

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close the Route 10 Bridge over Route 69 in Excelsior Springs, Clay County on Tuesday, August 3^rd to rehabilitate the structure under the Safe and Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The bridge is scheduled to reopen by October 1, weather permitting. A signed detour is in place for motorists driving through the area.

MoDOT crews have been busy closing bridges and rehabilitating or replacing the structures as part of the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. Next on the list of closures is the Route N Bridge over Fishing River south of Excelsior Springs in Clay County. This bridge will close on Monday, August 2^nd for no more than 55 days, weather permitting.

Want to know what bridge improvements will happen in Ray County? MoDOT will discuss this Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the Richmond Council Chambers.

Proposition C

HB 1764 passed out of the house 137-12. It is a statutory referendum, Proposition C, the Missouri Health Care Freedom Act, which will be on the ballot on Tuesday, August 3rd. Remember that Prop C was passed by both bodies by a bipartisan, super majority vote of the House and Senate.

A "Yes" vote on Proposition C preserves our present right to keep our own health insurance plan or choose any other private plan or no plan without being penalized for that choice. It also allows Missourians to select the federal government designed and approved insurance plan.

A "No" vote on Proposition C would limit Missourians to only a government designed and approved plan.

The ballot language reads:
Shall the Missouri Statutes be amended to:

• "Deny the government authority to penalize citizens for refusing to purchase private health insurance or infringe upon the right to offer or accept direct payment for lawful healthcare services.
• Modify laws regarding the liquidation of certain domestic insurance companies?"

The entire language of the two page bill may be found at the following link: http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills101/biltxt/truly/HB1764T.HTM.

It simply states that government may not, "penalize citizens for refusing to purchase private health insurance or infringe upon the right to offer or accept direct payment for lawful healthcare services." It does not require that the state opt out of any federal program or bar Missourians from participating in any plan of their choice including the federally designed plan.

If Proposition C passes on August 3rd, it will become a Missouri statute.

Missourians will be the first Americans in the nation to have a vote on this issue. It is a very important election. Many people around the country will be watching for the Show-Me State election results.

In the District

The Ray County Fair was a success. Unfortunately, the Derby was postponed a week because of heavy rains.

On Saturday, July 24th I attended a fundraiser in Stet for the Stet Volunteer Firefighters. Over 100 people attended to show their support for this important cause.

On Sunday the 25th I attended a program sponsored by “Missourians for Animal Care Coalition”. Farm Bureau was also a sponsor of the event which shared our rights as animal owners and the threats to those rights.