Political Controversies
Senator Lager has been accused of favoring a major contributor - Premium Standard Farms - over his own constituents.
According to the Missouri Ethics Commission, as a state senator, Senator Lager received two $100,000.00 donations from two contributors on September 28, 2010 and September 30, 2010. Additionally, Lager's bid for Lieutenant Governor has been largely funded by two prominent Republican donors, The Herzog Family (Herzog Contracting), The Humphreys Family (Tamko Building Products). Together and through their respective businesses, Herzog and Humphreys have donated about $700,000 to Lager's campaign. In 2005, Lager was removed as Chairman of the House Budget Committee. Then Speaker of the House Rod Jetton stripped Lager of his chairmanship for Lager's refusal to work with Republican leadership to craft a consensus budget. Jetton cited "differences in priorities" in his decision to remove Lager.
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