Community Issues
Due to the series of Individual Income Tax and Corporate tax cuts already approved by the Missouri legislature’s Republican super majorities in recent years, Missouri must expect to receive even less General Revenue in Fiscal Year 2020 and beyond!
As reported in the current St. Louis Business Journal , a soon to be released Better Together study proposes a cheat worthy of James Kirk: change that pesky Missouri Constitution so that a new style of entity – essentially the city taking over the county – would be created.
This spring the legislature will allocate more money in the next state budget than can reasonably be expected to materialize. Promised services to Missouri citizens, again, won’t be delivered.
Remember, to start any reunification with the county, two-thirds of city voters must vote to dissolve the county status of the city. That’s in the Missouri Constitution. My guess is that most city voters don’t want to give-up that level of local control.
…where around 42% of adults over age 25 in St. Louis County have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Macon County and Shelby County the degreed portion lays around 15%.
A quick example of what that means…My wife and I stopped at the Hardees where U.S. 36 meets U.S. 61 on the edge of Macon. On this past Saturday morning the line staff all appeared to be 35 to 55 years old, the manager looked to be my age and, well, I easily earned the title “Sonny” among those waiting to order.
Hunger exists. It’s an irrefutable fact. Miller lays out the numbers: In Missouri, 826,000 people—14% of the state’s population—live below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL); in St. Louis County 90,000 people—nine percent of the area’s population—live below the FPL.