Amendment 4 puts rural Missouri at center of fight over ballot power [View all]

Supporters of Amendment 4 say it would give rural Missouri a stronger voice.

Antwann Rhodes says it would take one away.

Rhodes lives in Waynesville, a Pulaski County town of about 5,600 just outside Fort Leonard Wood, where he settled after retiring from the U.S. Army. He is a Realtor in south-central Missouri and treasurer of the Missouri Association of Realtors, the organization bankrolling the campaign against the Aug. 4 ballot measure.

To Rhodes, Amendment 4 is not rural Missouri’s answer to urban political power. It is a proposal that would make it harder for Missourians in small towns and big cities alike to use the initiative process when politicians in Jefferson City refuse to act.





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