“Do you want to end up losing your life savings so that the old person you don’t know can live?…By focusing on the economy, a lot of people are going to get sick. And, if we focus on public health, Read More …
Planning For Year 2
Category: State and Local Issues
Campaigning In 2020
We managed to have beer. The Oakville Democratic Organization’s usual meeting place has a bar with Mike – our friendly bartender – selling 16 ounce aluminum bottles of beer at a very reasonable price. This past Tuesday the club met Read More …
Standing On Principles, Except…
Remember how Missouri Republicans prevented this state from issuing federal compliant Real I.D. driver licenses? Despite George W. Bush’s team creating Real I.D. as a way to make flying safer, our GOPers worried that sharing data with the feds Read More …
West County Democrats Meeting 7-13-2020
The West County Democrats hosted our first virtual meeting for our members today. Until the Covid-19 health risk is contained and mitigated, it is likely this will be the preferred means of monthly gatherings. As this was our first attempt, Read More …
VOTE YES on Medicaid Expansion on August 4th
August 4 is a big day. It is the day which will greatly affect over 250,000 residents of MO. It is the day we can – and must – vote to expand Medicaid. It is the day we can save lives.
That Was The Year That Was
By the end of the Fiscal Year, instead of growing by hundreds of millions of dollars the state’s General Revenue came up a net $633,836,284.17 short – 6.62% below the total raised in Fiscal Year 2019. That’s effectively better than a billion dollar gap.