My silver Silverado just turned 12 model years old. More than time, the miles pushed her past middle age. Couple that with our retirement move back to a one-car household, and, well my Silverado went on the sales block. I Read More …
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What Could Go Right?
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 …
Stop Hoping 2020 Won’t Get Worse…
Land O Lakes Extra Creamy Butter usually costs $5.99 a pound at friendly stores. Finding it on sale for the same price — $3.50 per pound – as plebian butter, I picked up three pounds: “You shouldn’t take that many,” Read More …
Outsourced Missouri
Want to make $40.00 an hour talking on the phone for the State of Missouri? Well, that’s possible…if you work for Maximus, a Virginia based firm specializing in “Helping government serve the people.” This pesky pandemic keeps beating the crap Read More …
Missouri Keeps Getting Poorer
2019 Median Income Data Released The extended warranty on my wife’s car aged out after Memorial Day, so, when the Check Engine light lit up I expected pain. The active rocker arm oil control valve (which we didn’t know we Read More …
The National Political Landscape – 2020
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.