During our May meeting we had a lively discussion with Ted House, a long serving Democratic legislator and elected Judge in St. Charles County. His perspective on the state of partisan politics in our nation and in Missouri was very Read More …
The West County Democrats were proud to introduce Michael Butler, the new Chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party. The video from our meeting is captured below. Comments and Questions are posted below that. Comments and questions posted in the Read More …
Several friends requested posts on more uplifting, positive topics: this won’t be one. Between the nonchalance of the Trump administration and minefields laid by the pandemic, the 2020 Census failed. The reliance on most Americans going on-line to complete their Read More …
Topic: 2021 Vision for Missouri by Michael Butler, St. Louis Recorder of Deeds and the new Missouri Democratic Party’s incoming chair. He is excited to lead over one million Missouri Democrats for the coming year. He says the road ahead to rebuild the state party is long and arduous but the team knows that work well.
When Jimmy Carter won the presidency I attended St. Louis University and wrote for the student paper. Having a high school classmate at Georgetown University, I applied for press credentials for Carter’s inauguration. Despite not getting a reply, a friend Read More …
We must keep up the pressure to undo the mess called by Amendment 3 which repeals the biggest part of CLEAN and created a new notion: only those eligible to vote ought to be counted in determining political districts.