Last year, in April, my mom and I got a bus full of 16 people to Jeff City for Disability Rights Legislative Day. We met with Senators Ryan McKenna and Eric Schmitt. We met Mark Ohrenberg who is the Youth Coordinator with Independent Living Centers. We also met with Rick Stream and Kack Haslag, his secretary. This year, we are going to meet with Senators McKenna and Schmitt again as well as our State Treasurer Clint Zweiffel, Attorney General Chris Koster and Representatives John Diehl, Paul Weiland and Jeff Roorda. We are going to talk about all the bills being passed for disabled people and all kinds of other topics.
For lunch, we are having Mia sandwiches from New Leaf Cafe and are going to eat them at a picnic by the Missouri River.It is going to be a great time!
Mia
PS
Some fast facts about the Capitol:
The first state capitol building in Jeff City was built between 1823 and 1826 and was destroyed by fire in 1837.
A new capitol building was completed in 1840 but was destroyed by a lighting bolt that caused another fire.
The present building was completed in 1917 and contains a famous mural by Thomas Hart Benton.
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