Let’s call her Jackie. Probably the most ebullient person I’ve met, Jackie came to Circle Of Concern every month. Always smiling, always appreciative, always in dire financial need. Most days she walked three miles down and another three miles up Read More …
Category: Economic Fairness
A Few Words On Labor and The West County Democrats
Support for workers has long been a central tenet of the Democratic Party. Our party fights for fair wages and safe working conditions. The West County Democrats also have a long tradition of partnering with labor. Many of our members Read More …
Simple, Progressive & Fair: A Better Way For Missouri To Tax Vehicles
Time to walk over familiar ground… Last year, as you know, I ran for State Representative in District 95 (Marsha, Marsha, Marsha land). Among the proposals in my campaign brief: a simple, progressive and fair way for Missouri to increase Read More …
Affordable Housing Is Not A St. Louis County Tradition
Head east of I-255. With the Jefferson Barracks bridges looming, take the last Missouri exit at Koch Hospital Road. Then, quite quick, turn hard right onto Kinswood Lane. There, with a picturesque view of oil storage and the highway’s hillside, Read More …
The Minimum Wage Still Needs to Be Raised
The wages that a company will pay workers is dependent on the competitive market wage for a given skill set. That means that a company is a wage taker, which is simply another way of saying companies must pay competitive Read More …
Time For A Mirror
Missouri Treasurer Eric Schmidt stood at the St. Louis riverfront next to a poster with an outline of the neighboring state saying “Don’t be like [Illinois].” To be fair, he also needed a poster with the arrow pointing west saying, Read More …