Newly elected Missouri Governor Eric R. Greitens felt creative. One of his first acts – after hiring a Chief Operating Officer to do most of his governor work – was to create his very own “dark money” group, A New Read More …
Missouri Game Changer?
Reality Check
On a brisk Saturday morning in May 2009 my brother-in-law and I jogged about a third of a mile from where we parked the rented minivan, up the hill to the basketball arena. Up and down the stairs we went until we found family. I looked at the graduation program trying to find my daughter’s name. Then I died.
Further Down The Mountain
Is there a graceful way to fall off a mountain? The census bureau, as they do every September, last week released 2017 data on income and poverty. The main report – Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017[https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-263.html] was followed a Read More …
Embarrassing Bosses
Decades ago I served as second in command at a local non-profit. One morning my boss’ mom called. I went over to our administrative assistant to explain that the boss wouldn’t be in: “another crazy day?” she asked. No, I Read More …
Proud to Vote Democratic
These are regular folks, like you and I, who are standing up to corporate, big money-backed forces to change the status quo and restore Missouri to a state where the welfare of the people is the supreme law. If you are interested in flushing dark money corruption out of Jefferson City and helping drive reforms that benefit all Missourians, you should support these candidates and vote Democratic in the fall.
Learning from the past
A Libertarian friend of mine recently shared his frustration with Democrats because of their use of “identity politics.” (Meaning, I guess, ‘Wouldn’t we all be better off if Black Lives Matter and other niche activists would just get along and Read More …