In normal times at my house 90% of dinners feature “sale meat.” Yes, between the local grocery store and the meat market I pride myself on stocking-up on beef, chicken, pork, steak and even fish when things go on sale. Read More …
Hello Again! At a time when food pantries and emergency food distributions are struggling to feed families, yesterday the USDA published information on emergency, pandemic food stamp eligibility. This was expected. (Though the actual details seem to be running a Read More …
Well, today even simple transactions like buying a pair of pants have gotten complicated. What used to be local and easy now is obtuse and distant.
Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
Working under the impression that Tax Day remained April 15, I spent a bit if time in early March accumulating paperwork and completing the ‘tax planner’ supplied by our CPA. Cursed with a good bit of obsessiveness, I even went Read More …
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011 http://www.westcountydemocrats.org COVID-19 UPDATE The officers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union have suspended group meetings in their auditorium for the Read More …