Sorry Brad… MO Lt. Gov Candidate Says He’s a “Job Creator” But His Carwash Is a Coin Operated Garage

State Senator Brad Lager is running for Missouri Lt. Governor.

Brad Lager says in his ads that he’s “a small business owner who knows how to create jobs.”

But earlier this week Brad Lager was forced to admit that he left the wireless company, Northwest Missouri Cellular (NWMO Cellular), back in 2001 and is no longer on the company’s payroll and never actually owned the company.

Then there’s this…
Lager says he’s created jobs but his Squeaky Clean Carwash doesn’t have any employees.

The Sqeaky Clean carwash in Savannah, Missouri is coin operated.
You wash your own car.

No employees.
The only one working at the Squeaky Clean Carwash is you.
And you’re not getting paid.

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#1 July 13, 2012 at 10:01 am
Peggy R commented:

I don’t know squat about this guy and don’t care as an IL resident, but you know, some one’s got to maintain the facilities, empty the coin machines, stock supplies. He’s probably overstated his case, yes. He may not employ dozens of people, but maybe a few. Or does he do it all himself? Suppliers make $ off him and employ people to service his business.

Why are you picking on this guy? He’s a GOPer, right?
#2 July 13, 2012 at 10:06 am
AndyN commented:

“…his Squeaky Clean Carwash doesn’t have any employees.”

Seriously? That statement is so stultifyingly inaccurate that it looks like it belongs in an Obama campaign attack ad.

Why don’t you go find this guy…
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/06/figures-obama-blames-atms-for-his-record-unemployment-rate/
…who was justifiably mocking Obama for saying automation eliminates jobs and ask him to pound some sense into you.
#3 July 13, 2012 at 10:09 am
flownover commented:

I have to agree with Peggy R
,Brad Lager has always been a standup guy, looks like Kinder has been working pretty hard on getting people to diss him, seeing that all the newspapers in the state are democrat megaphones anyway, guess that Kinder has to use this route.
i wouldnt let Gateway pundit be party to such dirty politics, takes the objectivity out of a great website,
you know that the other side is taking great pleasure in this mud slinging.
#4 July 13, 2012 at 10:10 am
Finncrisp commented:

Resume padding is a team sport. Both sides apparently play. I get it.
#5 July 13, 2012 at 10:13 am
snap boy commented:

I had a relative involved in coin operated car washes – a lot of “coin” was never reported on his tax forms.
#6 July 13, 2012 at 10:27 am
Gunga commented:

Sauce for the goose, guys… The day our side willfully accepts double-speak, BS and outright lies because “he’s one of our own” is the day you need to embrace your Big Government future and STFU. We don’t need to become them to win. We need to run these guys out on a rail. Tar and feather would be a nice addition.
#7 July 13, 2012 at 10:32 am
Multitude commented:

Organize a Union Strike!

State Senator Brad Lager is clearly paying less than minimum wages to the customers he employs to wash their cars. He’s clearly using them for labor purposes (does the Dept. of Labor know? What are the safety ramifications of his outsourcing this to underpaid customer labor?) in a manner even WalMart and CostCo wouldn’t permit. We don’t stock the shelves nor unload the trucks there, yet at Lager’s Cheap-Ass-Wash, customer employees are forced to perform labor with scalding hot water, potentially toxic chemicals, high degrees of steam and emissions without safety breathing and eye protective equipment (the risk of which is actually quite high, as metal parts or even paint chips can come flying off of a car and be lodged into the customer-employee’s eyes).

Is Lager getting out of paying workman’s compensation for the exploited employees? We certainly know he’s a minimum wage violator and an outsourcer. Let’s throw the book at this crook. Someone report this to Obama so he can shut his business down and throw the perp in jail.
#8 July 13, 2012 at 10:33 am
SoulardconSERVATIVE commented:

I’ve seen the allegations that Lager is owned by the healthcare industry so he’s in their pocket in terms of Missouri’s up or down vote on Obamacare if/when it “goes to the states” for ultimate repeal.

Other than that, why does Peter Kinder enjoy such support?

I know he’s Rushbo’s boy being from Cape G…but come on. Kinder was led around by the nose by an “East side” lesbian stripper, in all probability using taxpayer money to finance his honey pit…and he still gets a pass?

I think the state of Missouri can do better than that.
#9 July 13, 2012 at 10:34 am
donh commented:

Hey we already got Emanuel ( Car Wash ) Cleaver….Who needs some fake white Daddy Rich…> http://youtu.be/XbTEusaf2nU
#10 July 13, 2012 at 10:36 am
Ragspierre commented:

#2

1000 PLUSES.

Seriously, people. Any small business spins off jobs like a dervish.
#11 July 13, 2012 at 10:43 am
Anon commented:

Who cares?
#12 July 13, 2012 at 10:57 am
bill commented:

Somebody has to be working there and somebody has to be selling stuff to them to keep the car wash maintained and with supplies.
#13 July 13, 2012 at 11:09 am
democraps suck commented:

Should be a demo-crap the way he lies
#15 July 13, 2012 at 11:57 am
valerie commented:

Who cleans the place up, empties the trash, sweeps the parking lot, maintains the machinery, restocks, collects the coins, deposits the proceeds, and keeps the books?
#16 July 13, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Ladue Pundit commented:

Who do you employ, Mr Hoft? Every time I log onto your site, I see a PayPal tip jar.

If you’ve got some slack time, start digging into Peter Kinder’s support for stem cell research and shoveling $40M annually to Claire McCaskill’s buddies at the Stowers Inst in Kansas City.
#17 July 13, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Ladue Pundit commented:

snap boy commented:
I had a relative involved in coin operated car washes – a lot of “coin” was never reported on his tax forms.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Are you implying that Brad Lager is a tax cheat? Did you know that the IRS can look at car wash utility bills and get very close to the number of washes performed?

Coin operators get audited frequently–as a CPA I deal with them now and then. They ARE businesses, they manage inventories, pay employees, and fund capital improvements.

Look, Kinder floundered about getting in this race due to his numerous scandals. Brad Lager got in the race when Kinder said he wasn’t going to—I may have to vote for Kinder but let’s get real. Some of you people sound like real door knobs.
#18 July 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
flyoverland commented:

Based on the number of responses, he must be employing somebody on his campaign.
#19 July 13, 2012 at 2:15 pm
3% commented:

so a guy that owns a self serv business now is a bad guy? It’s obvious that you and Dana are just in the bag for kinder.. and this is just proof of that!
#20 July 13, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Emerson commented:

Not that I have any pity for the guy but I’m with #1. Those places don’t maintain themselves. I live a block away from one and as a former small business owner and present facilities mgr. I can see there’s a bunch of things to maintain, clean, stock, and look after.