Driving up and down U.S. Highway 50 to Jefferson City I saw bright green corn stalks and soybean clumps. Yes, the smaller rivers close to the Capitol showed a lot of dry bank, but still the front page article in Read More …
Category: State and Local Issues
WCD Meeting Summary – August 13, 2018
The West County Democrats meeting this morning was structured to analyze the results of most recent primary election and to discuss the potential for the November 2018 election. Two special guests, Jo Mannies, political reporter with KWMU, and Democratic State Read More …
Asylum?
The family clutched sacks holding the few precious things they could carry. Surrounded by hostile eyes, they crossed the first border (mostly an imaginary line on the road), trudging on, trying not to attract attention. Then they nervously crossed the Read More …
Free Coffee & Cookies!
About once a month I drive to Jefferson City for a meeting of folks from about the state and senior Department of Social Service management. Before the state employees arrive the group discusses new – and existing – issues with Read More …
A Proposal For Handling Dark Money In Local Elections
A downpour of campaign literature flooded the mailboxes of voters for a city council member’s seat in Chesterfield, Missouri last March and April. We are told, these mailers — glossy, large, professionally produced — came without the knowledge or permission Read More …
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up…Trump & Poverty
One extra hot and steamy afternoon, the neighbor’s cat visited my back yard. Small but sinewy, she threw herself as high into the air as she could, batting her front paws at a butterfly. Two bounding steps later she went Read More …