West County Democrats Monthly Meeting United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655 300 Weidman Road Ballwin, MO 63011 http://westcountydemocrats.org Monday, April 11, 2022 9:30 Doors open for socializing Refreshments will be available 10:00 Business meeting and announcements 10:30 Presentation Read More …
At 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 filing for candidacy for state senate and state representative seats on the August primary ballot closed…meaning Missouri Democrats officially face two more legislative sessions being in the minority. As the Missouri Independent Read More …
Since the end of January a spiteful cadre of Republican state senators, the Conservative Caucus, has delayed consideration of a new Congressional map for Missouri because it didn’t give them what they wanted – a high probability of seven Republican Read More …
West County Democrats hosted Tony Messenger, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author. He discussed the criminalization of the poor through a punitive system of fines and fees for prison time. For those who can’t afford court imposed bonds and Read More …
Getting old takes a lot of effort. Remember, it also puts a target on your back. Charities and pseudo-charities want your money. And, the pharmaceutical industry will just plain take all they can get.
Tony Messenger is the metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 2019, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his series of columns on debtors’ prisons in MO. In 2016, Messenger was awarded a Missouri Honor Medal, the highest award bestowed by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism.