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Nixa
Readers Letters
ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAKE KREIDER WORTHY
Here are a few examples of what Rep. Jim Kreider has accomplished for the 142nd District:
- He's helped get grants worth $300,000 for expansion of law enforcement in Nixa and Ozark, expansion of sewer
systems in Nixa and Ozark, and funds for the Ozark square historic preservation.
- He helped lower taxes as co-sponsor of tax cuts on groceries and private pension and sponsored an amendment
to a bill tripling the dependency deduction from $400 to $1,200.
- In education, he was a critic of desegregation legislation and forced several changes to the final bill that
brought $40 million out-state schools. He worked hard as a member of the House Education Committee to pass SB380
which allowed a 30 to 40 percent increase in state dollars to school districts of Clever, Billings, Highlandville,
Nixa, Ozark and Republic. And he worked to secure numerous grants for local schools.
- He was a transportation committee member, helping to bring improvement projects to the district such as Christian
County EE-U.S. 65 interchange in Ozark, Missouri 14 in Nixa and the Missouri 174-U.S. 60 interchange in Republic.
- He sponsored or supported legislation that became law such as harsh prison terms for methamphetamine dealers
and repeat offenders, a consumer bill of rights for those who have managed health care, required insurance companies
to pay for at lease a 48-hour stay for maternity care and required felons to serve 85 percent of their sentences.
- I am proud to call Kreider my friend and representative. I am also very pleased his co-legislators find his
work worthy enough to have voted him Speaker Pro Tem.
Norma J. Moore
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