The West County Democrats conducted their first in person meeting today in over a year. We held it at the pavilion in Faust Park and it was great to see all those familiar faces again. Those who attended were treated Read More …
Category: State and Local Issues
Squishy Missouri
I would rather be with the people of this town than with the finest people in the world. Mayor Deeb Roxanne, 1987 My wife and I handled my mother-in-law’s grocery shopping this week. Her store began as an A Read More …
Moonlight and Fireflies
The full moon cast shadows while hundreds upon hundreds of fireflies lit up the tangle of brush next to the creek. My late evening walk Wednesday night took me down Cliff Cave Road, towards the park. I walked that area Read More …
“Can’t anybody here play this game?” – Casey Stengel, 1962
An expansion team given the Big Apple to offset the loss of the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers to California, the New York Metropolitans (AKA Mets) began play in 1962. The Mets not only lost 120 games out of Read More …
West County Democrats Meeting Report – June 14, 2021
The West County Democrats hosted Dr. Kenneth Warren of St. Louis University who discussed the reasons Missouri has become such a red state in recent years and future opportunity for the Democratic party in this region. A video of the Read More …
What’s Special?
Each year the Missouri General Assembly meets from early January till the middle of May. The legislature also comes back every September to review and possibly overturn any items vetoed by the governor. The governor, alas, maintains the power to Read More …