My mom’s new home encourages visits by family members, including those with four legs. Our Jack Russell terrier looks at the grand staircase – about 30 steps to the second floor and mom’s apartment – and happily trots over to Read More …
Dogs And Elevators
People Don’t Like Free?
February 2022 Missouri Benefit Report Issued Quick question: if you lacked health insurance would you turn down free coverage? Well, according to the Missouri Department of Social Services most adults newly eligible for Medicaid haven’t applied – officially. Barely one Read More …
Redistricting By Dummies
Since the end of January a spiteful cadre of Republican state senators, the Conservative Caucus, has delayed consideration of a new Congressional map for Missouri because it didn’t give them what they wanted – a high probability of seven Republican Read More …
West County Democrats meeting report – March 14, 2022
West County Democrats hosted Tony Messenger, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author. He discussed the criminalization of the poor through a punitive system of fines and fees for prison time. For those who can’t afford court imposed bonds and Read More …
Fleecing Golden Agers
Getting old takes a lot of effort. Remember, it also puts a target on your back. Charities and pseudo-charities want your money. And, the pharmaceutical industry will just plain take all they can get.
West County Democrats Meeting Announcement – March 14, 2022
Tony Messenger is the metro columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 2019, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his series of columns on debtors’ prisons in MO. In 2016, Messenger was awarded a Missouri Honor Medal, the highest award bestowed by the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism.