FBI interviewing former Missouri fee office agents

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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/546D0D351B3DA23A8625715E007D1C5B?OpenDocument

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Federal investigators have begun interviewing former state contractors about the way vehicle license offices have been managed under Gov. Matt Blunt's administration, The Associated Press has learned.
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Fee offices have long been political patronage plums -- awarded by governors to loyal supporters -- that frequently change hands when the governor's office switches between Democratic or Republican control

But FBI agents have been asking questions about some relatively new arrangements in which the offices have been awarded to contractors, who then have been approached by a third party to manage them.

The former fee office contractor said the FBI asked about the policies and procedures for running fee offices and whether there was anything strange about the transition of the fee office when Blunt, a Republican, succeeded Democratic Gov. Bob Holden in January 2005. The FBI asked questions about the third-party management efforts, including whether Garrett Lott was involved in them.



I can't wait for 2008 when Jay Nixon is going to demolish Baby Doc Blunt.