With good friends, we escaped St. Louis for a week of extremely boring weather (81◦ to 84◦ every day, always sunny) in Key West. That meant trips through airports, and, living in St. Louis required flying Southwest Airline to get Read More …
Topic: A Conversation with Judge Ted House, the last elected Democrat in St. Charles County.
Judge House served as a MO State Representative from 1989-1994, MO State Senator from 1995-2002, Associate Circuit Judge 2003-2004, and Circuit Judge from 2005-2020. He retired from the bench at the end of 2020 as the last elected Democrat in St. Charles County as well as the longest serving elected official at 32 years.
I bought a typewriter last year, a used (but guaranteed) IBM Selectric: I knew my future included completing pounds of forms. As most know, I handled the affairs of a disabled friend. Now I serve as his Personal Representative, the Read More …
David C. Kimball, professor and interim chair of the Political Science department at the University of Missouri, St. Louis joined the West County Democrats today to discuss Current Election Issues in Missouri and the United States. His presentation and Glenn Read More …
The young checker at the grocery store looked surprised as my food moved down the belt. I doubt he expected an order to start with seven pounds of butter. You see, a couple of times a year my grocer places Read More …
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! On March 30, 2021 the Missouri House of Representatives discussed funding the voter-approved expansion of Medicaid. Among the Republican arguments against expanding Medicaid… ► Residents of 105 counties voted against the expansion. ► We Read More …