Matt Blunt Stifles Free Expression, At Least When Funded by State

State to transfer film office to MU:

- In a move to save the state money, the Missouri Film Office is being transferred from a state agency to the University of Missouri-Columbia.

The film office has been overseen by the Department of Economic Development, and the switch will drop the state’s costs from $200,000 for the current fiscal year to $150,000, which it is paying the university to manage the office, the department said today.

Apparently, Matt Blunt has forced state administrators to trim a program that exists only to spend money to get film makers to film in the state. Perish the thought.