West County Democrats Monthly Meeting
United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 655
300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011
Monday, May 13, 2019
9am Refreshments and socializing
9:30 Business meeting and announcements
10:30 Presentation
Topic: Better Together and Recent Changes in St. Louis County
Speaker update: 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary
Tony Messenger is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch metro columnist, a position he’s held since Sept. 2015. Previously, he had been the editorial page editor since July 2012. 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 also worked in Arizona, Nebraska, South Dakota and Missouri at weeklies, dailies and magazines.
In 2016, he was awarded a Missouri Honor Medal, the highest award bestowed by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. He also 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 also received many state and regional awards for his writing. His columns currently appear four times a week in the Post-Dispatch.
– 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