His Accidency, Mike Parson, the unelected Governor of Missouri decreed that a special session of the Missouri General Assembly start two days after the General Election. Parson…wants lawmakers to deal with funding for schools, job training, homeless relief, domestic violence Read More …
September 2020 Missouri Benefit Report Issued Mediocre effort yields mediocre results. The Missouri Department of Social Services just issued the September 2020 Monthly Management Report for the Family Support Division and the MO HealthNet Division. They earn one point for Read More …
WCD Co-Chairs Karen Cloyd and Suzanne Couch attended a pop-up rally for Democratic candidates Nicole Galloway, Jill Schupp, and Deb Lavender at the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Hall in Manchester on Saturday, October 3rd. Even the threat of Read More …
In August our guest speaker, Dr. Dave Robertson, Political Science Department at UMSL, suffered a medical emergency which caused us to cancel the August 10 meeting. He is recovering well and provided West County Democrats with a video of the presentation he would have made to the group during our meeting.
The report finds that the number of struggling citizens helped by Temporary Assistance dropped by 2% from June while the number receiving food stamps increased by just over half a percent, and, Medicaid [MO HealthNet] added about 2% to its rolls.
An old man died last night in Manchester. That bottom line omits the richness of his life and the challenges of his last days. Born and raised on Long Island, my friend George claimed he never cared for “the city” Read More …