In normal times at my house 90% of dinners feature “sale meat.” Yes, between the local grocery store and the meat market I pride myself on stocking-up on beef, chicken, pork, steak and even fish when things go on sale. Read More …
Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
The restaurant and hospitality industry evaporated this week. Other than grocers, retail is gone. Major manufacturers are closing the assembly lines. The result will be hundreds of thousands of formerly working and middle class families toppling into poverty. Missouri government can’t handle that.
If we can’t convince many to deal with reality, we need to get all those with open minds to the polls in November.
I started wondering, how many extra, needless Coronavirus deaths will we have here in Missouri because so many of our neighbors lack medical coverage.
The West County Democrats hosted Dr. Sam Page, the St. Louis County Executive today. Due to urgent commitments, his presentation was abbreviated but he did give a good update on the state of St. Louis County, and good progressive initiatives Read More …