So the NCBE’s “Mystery Meat” Study Won’t Be Published Until… After the Special Session?

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By Patrick Ishmael | Read Time 1 min

We reported yesterday on the National Center for Beef Excellence’s Beef Study That Wasn’t, and last night KMOV reporter Andre Hepkins, who’s been covering the NCBE “meat feasibility” story since last week, sent along this latest development concerning the Beef Center’s elusive meat report:

The legislative special session — assuming it is called — will probably take place in September, which means independent researchers won’t get to see, let alone test, the fundamental assumptions in this “feasibility study” until long after a $360 million vote is taken on the issue.

Truly absurd. Taxpayers deserve better than this from their community and political leaders. Much, much better than this.

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Patrick Ishmael is the director of government accountability at the Show-Me Institute. He is a native of Kansas City and graduate of Saint Louis University, where he earned honors degrees in finance and political science and a law degree with a business concentration. His writing has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Weekly Standard, and dozens of publications across the state and country. Ishmael is a regular contributor to Forbes and HotAir.com. His policy work predominantly focuses on tax, health care, and constitutional law issues. He is a member of the Missouri Bar.

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