West County Democrats Monthly Meeting
300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011
United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 655
Monday, May 13, 2019
9am Refreshments and socializing
9:30 Business meeting and announcements
10:30 Presentation
The May 13 West County Democrats meeting will feature Tony Messenger who will provide an overview of the Better Together City-County merger proposal. He has written a number of columns on the issues and presented the pros and cons as more information has become available to the public.
Tony Messenger is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s metro columnist, a position he’s held since Sept. 2015. Previously, he had been the editorial page editor from July 2012 to Sept. 2015. He joined the P-D in 2008 as a capital correspondent and political columnist in Jefferson City.
He began his career at a small weekly newspaper in Colorado, where he was born and raised. He has worked in Colorado, Arizona, Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri at weeklies, dailies and magazines.
In 2016, Messenger was awarded a Missouri Honor Medal, the highest award bestowed by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. That same year he won a National Headliner for editorial writing. In 2015, Messenger was a Pulitzer finalist for his series of editorials on Ferguson, and won the Sigma Delta Chi award for best editorials of the year, given by the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2014, he won the Burl Osborne award for editorial leadership presented by the American Society of News Editors, and the Walker Stone editorial writing award presented by the Scripps-Howard Foundation. He has won many other state and regional honors for his writing.
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– Circle of Concern, a local food pantry supported by West County Democrats, is collecting canned goods including peanut butter, fish and meat as well as paper products. Any such items brought to our monthly meetings will be delivered to the pantry. Cash and checks are welcome.-
– Please join us for lunch following the meeting at the Pasta House on Manchester just west of Weidman. 14007 Manchester Rd. Ballwin, MO. 63011
FREE FOOD FREE DRINKS FREE INFORMATION
Protect Union workers: DO NOT bring Walmart items to West County Democrat meetings
Contact person: Erlaine Eltomi erlaine.eltomi@att.net