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February 26, 2008 –
8th District State
Representative, Tom Shively filed for re-election today in hopes of continuing
his agenda of making a difference for Linn, most of
Macon
, a portion of Sullivan, and
Shelby
County
.
Shively
filed with the Missouri Secretary
of State's Office in
Jefferson City
for the August 5th
primary election.
"It has been an honor to
represent the people of my community for the past year and I want to continue my
work for them in
Jefferson City
," said
Shively
.
"There have been drastic
cuts to health care and education, while the truly vulnerable of
Missouri
are being neglected for
big-business interests. The welfare of the people has been ignored while giving
millions of tax payer’s funds to the corporate issues”.
During the first session of
2007,
Shively
was selected by his peers to serve
as the House Democratic Assistant Whip. During
the 2008 session
Shively
was elected as chairman of the Rural Caucus and is
responsible for working with other rural members formulating policy, developing
strategy and generating support for rural legislative priorities in the House of
Representatives.
Shively
serves on the committees of
appropriations for Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and the
Department of Conservation, Elementary and Secondary Education, Special
committee on Energy and Environment, and an Interim committee on Voice Over
Internet Protocol.
Representative Shively is a
1964 graduate of
North
Shelby
High School
and earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Agriculture in 1968 from the
University
of
Missouri- Columbia
.
He served in the United States Air Force attaining the rank of Technical
Sergeant.
"Each Person Can Make A
Difference"-Vote for Tom Shively
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