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Practical Reasons To Support Housing Diversity
Category: Economic Fairness
Higher But Way Too Low…
More Missourians received food stamps and Medicaid this June compared to prior months: tens of thousands – perhaps even 100,000 more for food stamps and Medicaid – should have joined the rolls. The June 2020 Monthly Management Report from the Read More …
Medicaid, Food Stamps & Electric Bills
About a decade ago I sat on the Metropolitan Sewer District Rate Commission. Not that I wanted the seat…many in the west county chamber felt that “we” needed representation, so, being head of the Government Affairs and Transportation Committee dropped Read More …
Standing On Principles, Except…
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 …
West County Democrats Meeting 7-13-2020
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 …
That Was The Year That Was
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.