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		<title>Consumers Council calls for legislators to reject HB 124 and SB 50.</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2011/02/23/consumers-council-calls-for-legislators-to-reject-hb-124-and-sb-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following op-ed, by our chair Joan Bray,  appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Why should State legislators reject House Bill 124 and Senate Bill 50?          The bills, which are identical, would repeal a fundamental consumer protection by allowing Ameren Missouri and other electric monopolies to recover from customers the cost of an “early site permit” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Council Elects New Officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Consumers Council Elects New Officers             October 17, 2010 – St. Louis, MO – The Consumers Council of Missouri  has elected new officers for 2011.                         President,  Senator Joan Bray, who is term limited and will retire from the Missouri Legislature in January: Vice Presidents, Joyce Armstrong, former Executive Director of the ACLU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Council Supports Credit Cardholders&#8217; Bill of Rights</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/05/13/consumers-council-supports-credit-cardholders-bill-of-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    The House of Representatives recently passed the Credit Cardholders&#8217; Bill of Rights.  This land mark legislation is now in the Senate.  Consumers Council of Missouri has signed on as a supporter of the Dodd/Shelby substitute to the bill which will curb some of the most arbitrary, abusive and unfair credit card lending practices that trap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Plant Bill Worrisome for Consumers</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2009/01/23/nuclear-plant-bill-worrisome-for-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri&#8217;s energy debate is about to go nuclear. A state lawmaker filed a bill in the Legislature on Thursday that sets the stage for a battle between utility interests who want to build a new nuclear plant and consumer groups that are leery of the costs. The action comes the day after AmerenUE chief executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memory of Consumers Council Founder Alberta Slavin</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2008/10/28/in-memory-of-consumers-council-founder-alberta-slavin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TracyMcC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Michael Sorkin10/28/2008 Alberta Slavin, who founded the consumer movement in Missouri 40 years ago with a group of housewives angry over grocery prices, died Monday (Oct. 27, 2008) at St. Louis University Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 78 and a longtime Clayton resident.Her Housewives Elect Lower Prices (HELP) group gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Council hosts annual meeting</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2007/11/30/consumers-council-hosts-annual-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChuckMiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;It&#8217;s not a fair fight,&#8217; former utilities regulator says Excerpt from the St. Louis Post-Distpach  By Michael D. Sorkin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH  To hear Steve Gaw tell it, consumers have little influence these days in the halls of government.  Legislators, even the good ones, don&#8217;t understand the arcane issues in regulating big electric, natural gas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join Consumers Council, says consumer advocate</title>
		<link>http://moconsumers.org/2007/11/16/join-consumers-council-says-consumer-advocate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChuckMiller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[excerpt from an article by . . . By Michael D. Sorkin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Where can consumers turn for help? There&#8217;s the Office of the Missouri Public Counsel, a small state agency which represents consumers and has been flexing its muscles lately. And there&#8217;s the Consumers Council of Missouri, a tiny group with big [...]]]></description>
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