By Dan Martin
Filed Friday, May 11, 2007 at 9:01 AM
Governor Matt Blunt's brother, Andy Blunt, has been busy in Jefferson City this week. Blunt is a lobbyist for ticketing giant Ticketmaster, and apparently quite a successful one. Labels: State_House, State_Senate
Blunt has been seeking a bill that would make ticket scalping legal statewide. With the current legislative session drawing to a close, his desired scalping bill was attached as a rider to an economic development measure, along with 28 other such bills whose sponsors had the same idea.
Efforts to clean up the legislation and remove a few of the staggering 29 amendments attached to it were abandoned when House and Senate negotiators were unable to come to an agreement on various tax credits that were part of the main bill. As a result, all 29 remained attached to the legislation as it passed and was sent to Gov. Blunt's desk.
6 Comments:
If Blunt is successful in getting the scalping bill passed,how will St. Louis police officers and their friends and families get World Series and Superbowl tickets for free?
5/11/2007 11:05 AM
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5/11/2007 12:46 PM
Instead of using ambiguous language like "economic development measure," please post a link to the version which was Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed. This sounds like one of the many Blairmont Bills however I am unable to determine which one.
SB282 is on the informal calender while HB991 is dead. HB327 says "5/10 Emergency Clause Defeated on Truly Agreed to Bill."
5/11/2007 12:49 PM
I have never understood scalping laws. What right does the government have to tell me the price for which I can sell my property?
Let the free market rule!
5/11/2007 3:06 PM
capitalism is not what it used to be. Free enterprise--good. Government interference--bad. Throw that out.
Nowadays, it is free enterprise--be careful. Government stacking of the deck for your enterprise---big profits.
Somehow, some way---the scalping law must help the cardinals.
5/11/2007 3:51 PM
Aren't the Cardinals already "scalping" tickets on line? I forget the name of it.
5/12/2007 9:56 AM
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