MO: House Speak John Diehl in inappropriate relationship w/ 19 year old intern

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Richardson elected Speaker of the Missouri House.

He's a Republican from Poplar Bluff, the largest town in the bootheel. Democrats in the State Legislature seem to like him much more than Diehl, at least for the moment.

Depending upon your definition of the Bootheel, Poplar Bluff isn't the largest town in Southeast Missouri: among cities in the 8th District, it falls behind Cape Girardeau and Rolla, respectively, according to the 2010 Census; 2013 estimates show that it has fallen to fourth place now behind Farmington. Just throwing that out there

I don't consider Cape or Rolla in the Bootheel, but I guess it could be quibbled over.

Yeah, as someone who lives near Cape, I don't personally feel like I'm in the Bootheel until after Scott City.