Community Issues
We managed to have beer. The Oakville Democratic Organization’s usual meeting place has a bar with Mike – our friendly bartender – selling 16 ounce aluminum bottles of beer at a very reasonable price. This past Tuesday the club met Read More …
Remember how Missouri Republicans prevented this state from issuing federal compliant Real I.D. driver licenses? Despite George W. Bush’s team creating Real I.D. as a way to make flying safer, our GOPers worried that sharing data with the feds Read More …
The West County Democrats hosted our first virtual meeting for our members today. Until the Covid-19 health risk is contained and mitigated, it is likely this will be the preferred means of monthly gatherings. As this was our first attempt, Read More …
August 4 is a big day. It is the day which will greatly affect over 250,000 residents of MO. It is the day we can – and must – vote to expand Medicaid. It is the day we can save lives.
By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.
Covid 19 has created challenges for polling places and health risks for the voters across the state, so the State has elected to expand mail-in voting (with a notary) to all eligible citizens in 2020. In St. Louis County, there are a few new rules and opportunities for those who will vote in August and November of this year.