Back on January 8, 2008, Fired Up Missouri had a post asking if Blunt was going to reward a donor, Anne Wells, by appointing her as prosecuting attorney of Newton County. Wells donated over $29,000.00 to Blunt's campaign including a check for $25,000.00 in June of 2007. In addition, Wells father, Jerry Wells, and his company, Moark, donated money to Matt and Roy Blunts' campaigns. It turns out Anne Wells did not get the appointment but according to The Turner Report it wasn't because of lack of effort on Matt Blunt's part. Turner writes:
- After Prosecuting Attorney Scott Watson opted to resign and take a position with St. John's Regional Medical Center, the Newton County Republican Central Committee refused to back down to Gov. Matt Blunt's demand that it help him pay back one of his major contributors by nominating the man's daughter to replace Watson.
From fee offices to positions in government, Blunt continues to reward his political contributors. And we can be sure Blunt will claim it is just a coincidence that his contributors just happen to be the most qualified people for those jobs. This story is just as believable as his reason for resigning, however, if he is lying about the appointments isn't this quid pro quo bribery? Maybe Blunt has more to accomplish after all.
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