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Proposed repeal of scalping law riles Missouri Democrats
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| Last Edited | RBH Aug 18, 2007 03:57am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Kansas City Star |
| News Date | Saturday, August 18, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Missouri Democrats are howling about an agenda item for next week’s special session of the General Assembly that proposes repeal of the state law against ticket scalping.
Gov. Matt Blunt’s brother, Andy Blunt, happens to be the lobbyist in Missouri for Ticketmaster, the giant conduit of tickets to sporting events and concerts. Ticketmaster supports repeal of the scalping law.
A statement by the Missouri Democratic Party called the move a “giveaway” and said repeal of the scalping law “will directly benefit (the governor’s) lobbyist brother, Andy Blunt, whose client Ticketmaster wants to resell tickets on the Internet.”
An executive at Ticketmaster called that “below-the-belt politics” and said that repeal of the scalping law is supported by the Kansas City Chiefs, the St. Louis Rams, the St. Louis Cardinals, the St. Louis Blues and even legitimate second-market ticket brokers like eBay. |
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