As in St. Louis, local government points the homeless towards programs which may help but, come night fall, most folks are on their own. If they are already homeless, few resources are expended on them. Attention is focused on preserving housing opportunities for those with homes.
Category: Driving Change
WCD Meeting and Legislative Report 4-8-19
Professor Allan MacNeill of Webster University presented the truth about the GDP, the Job Numbers and the U.S. Stock Market. While these statistics are often use by politicians and pundits to exhibit the health of the economy, they don’t really present an accurate picture of the underlying state of our country.
Stop Settling!
As long as Missourians elect Republicans who place cutting taxes before educating kids and other critical needs, things will get worse. The time has come to stop settling for mediocre politicians unwilling to lead the state forward. Current elected officials must be told again and again that we want them to remember that state motto before every vote.
The Lost
Last week I talked with Democratic lawmakers and a couple of budget wonks about Missouri’s situation. All of us agree that things are bad and will get worse.
We Can’t Get There?
… over the next couple of months expect Missouri to get
spotlighted by the national media for its extreme legislation as well as a
budget crisis.
We can’t expect to regain respectability until that day when the GOP establishment loses their hold on state government.
West County Democrats Meeting Report March 2019
From 1970 to the present, the number of people incarcerated in the United States has grown 500%, and this is the result of bad policy at all levels. The percent of the U.S. population in prison today, is six times greater than the next closest country. The percentage in Missouri is even higher than the national average. In fact, Missouri is now #1 in female incarceration in the country…We cannot continue on this trajectory.