A neighborhood restaurant (my wife demoted them to dive bar after a fruit fly drowned in her drink) increased the cost of their drinks, with my double Jameson’s going from $9.00 to $14.00. I asked the waitress if she had Read More …
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Category: Issues
Community Issues
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting announcement – September 12, 2022
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting Monday, September 12, 2022 United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 300 Weidman Road Ballwin, MO 63011 http://westcountydemocrats.org 9:30 Doors open for socializing Refreshments will be available 10:00 Business meeting and Read More …
Sinking The Lifeboats
Imagine you own a great big cruise ship. People love to sail about the Caribbean eating too much, drinking too much and roasting in the tropical sun. Alas, a newer, even bigger cruise ships crosses your bow. Some of your Read More …
More Weak Numbers
Just do the least possible to get by as a state government. Then, cut taxes.
The Unknowable $2.27
Many years ago I worked with a variety of food pantry folk and other friends to urge the Missouri Legislature to create the Food Pantry Tax Credit. Like many of the state’s other “benevolent tax credits,” the pantry deduction from Read More …
June 2022 MO Benefit Report Issued
Some Things Are So Broken They Can’t Be Fixed A few decades back, when we bought our house, my father in law offered me a lawn mower. Inherited from his uncle, Bob took the machine into his workshop and manufactured Read More …