Senators offered 17 amendments to the bill, and despite Sen. Jon Dolan's continuous efforts to avoid creating a legislative freight train, the measure picked up too many issues and was sent back to committee.
JEFFERSON CITY - Senator Jon Dolan, R-St. Charles County, says 600 people detained by th U.S. government at the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, deserve a legal review of their cases. Dolan, a Major in the National Guard, spent more than three months at the base. The detainees have been held incomunicado without access to courts or lawyers, some for as long as two years. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday, and is expected to decide by June if the detainees are allowed..
More than thirty leaders from across St. Charles county met with transportation chairman Jon Dolan. Business leaders say MO-DOT needs to do a better job of adressing the states problems.
Transportation chairman and St. Charles county senator Jon Dolan heard business leaders concern over transportation issues. Greg Prestemon is President of St. Charles County's Economic Developement Center. He says I-70 is a prime example of how the state needs to improve roads.
JEFFERSON CITY - Transportation chair Jon Dolan hears St. Charles business leaders' concerns over Missouri Roads. More than 30 leaders met with the Republican senator. Dolan hopes for reform of the state's entire transportation system.
Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Jon Dolan, R-Lake St. Louis, said lawmakers need to continue making other changes in the state's highway system before they ask voters for more money.
Democratic Sen. Wayne Goode from St. Louis County says cell phone companies should consider the 9-1-1 emergency service a cost of business. Rep. Sen. Jon Dolan from St. Charles says that is not the solution.
Legislation that would authorize toll booths came before the senate transportaion committee tuesday. The chairman of the committee, Republican Jon Dolan from St. Charles County, says voters may reject toll roads.
Sen. Jon Dolan wants to stop spending highway dollars on other state agencies. The St. Charles County Republican asks that the funds from gas taxes, vehicle sales taxes, and registration fees be used for highway expenses.
Democratic Sen. Wayne Goode from St. Louis County says cell phone companies should consider 9-1-1 phone service a cost of business. But Sen. Jon Dolan, R-St. Charles, says that is not the solution.
"The key is for the government to have a photo of everyone," said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Jon Dolan, R-St. Louis County, who sponsored the bill.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Jon Dolan, R-St. Charles County, will return from active duty service with the Missouri Army National Guard in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to resume his Missouri Senate duties.
But Hungerbeeler's toll road idea was given little chance for passage by the Senate Chair of the Transportation Committee. Sen. Jon Dolan, R-St. Charles County, said tolling was an innovative idea that would allow for certain improvements that would not otherwise be feasible. But, Dolan said, "reforms" had to be made before moving forward.
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