Wayne Henke - Clueless in Troy

The would be Senator from Troy, Wayne Henke, is on record proving once again that he isn't up to the challenge of serving in the position he is seeking. Henke's record of service in the legislature clearly indicates his inability to think on his own. He hasn't been a part of any significant change and in fact was against most of the changes that are making a difference in the lives of Missourians as you read this.

Anyone who has met Henke probably comes away thinking he is a nice guy and that is probably true. However, being nice and being capable of representing 150,000 people are two different things. Henke fails to grasp that his party is sadly out of touch with reality even when the reality is readily available to him and them. It's true nationally and is certainly true in the state.

Case in point, the Governor's recent state of the state address. The Governor and legislative leaders reported that the state of the state was strong and provided proof to their statements. Monthly reports are prepared and reported to the press and the legislature. The democrat record in the past 5 years has been to deny reality and Henke has drank at least one full glass of kool-aid.

Henke serves on the Appropriations - Agriculture and Natural Resources. If he pays attention to what is going on in the appropriations committee he should have a grasp of what the budget numbers mean. If he doesn't agree, he should be able to present his own data and valid sources for that data to dispute the Governor's. Instead all he does is to parrot the "do nothing leadership" of the House democrats and even then he can't repeat their numbers.

Anyone interested in the revenue picture can simply go to www.oa.mo.gov/co/releases/ and look for the monthly reports such as the December 2005 report State Releases December 2005 General Revenue Report. Same thing with job growth numbers. Just go to www.ded.missouri.gov/cgi-bin/press2.pl and find the monthly report you want.

The following is an example of the most recent utterance from Senator Wannabe. It is devoid of any reasoning or facts. Caution, reading the following may cause emotional pain seeing someone make statements that they have no clue as to what they are saying and offering no alternatives. Unfortunately for Senator Wannabe, he does it in the papers and they report it.

St. Peters Journal 01/15/2006
"Rep. Wayne Henke, D-11th District, of Troy, said Blunt might be overly optimistic.

"I wonder where he is going to get the money," said Henke, who is a candidate for the 2nd Senatorial District seat in a special election April 4. The district includes western St. Charles County."

I know we are showing some revenue growth but I don't think our growth is anywhere near to what he must think it is," Henke said." (emphasis added in both places - check out the references above and remember Henke has access to more detailed information than these reports.)