This spring the legislature will allocate more money in the next state budget than can reasonably be expected to materialize. Promised services to Missouri citizens, again, won’t be delivered.
Category: Driving Change
Parking Spaces
Changing minds, like changing the size of parking spaces, won’t happen quickly. Those of us wanting a better, more humane Missouri have to think – and act – over the long haul, over years and maybe a decade or two. The trick is to work at change every day.
Stealth Warfare
Each year, in the middle of January, the federal government issues updated Poverty Level Guidelines. Based on census and other data from the prior year, the guidelines follow a traditional (yet flawed)formula traceable back to the early 1960’s. For example, Read More …
Remembering Bush The First
Eulogies mostly highlight the warm and fuzzy parts of life, not the transgressions nor bad choices.
Still, public memories of former President George Herbert Walker
Bush (a.k.a. 41) appear determined to ignore major character weaknesses…
Event: Healthcare after the Mid-Terms: Medicare for All – The Road Forward
Gateway Democrats, Missouri Healthcare for All,and Missourians for Single PayerPresent this FREE event: Healthcare after the Mid-Terms:Medicare for All – The Road Forward Thursday December 6th5:30 PM Doors OpenProgram from 6:30 to 8:30 PMVisit with advocacy groups from 5:30 to Read More …
Changing the Dynamic
The wheel is turning in Missouri and, while the divide still seems great, progress was made in the 2018 midterms. We tend to be late adopters of trends that start at the coast and move inland, but change is coming if we stay strong.