"What's that stench?"
Crossposted at Show Me ProgressAll right, you city folk, buckle up, because I'm about to take you on a ride out into the country to find out about a battle that's brewing. A group of Missourians is...
View ArticleIn Missouri: The Pro-Vouchers Are Coming
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressThe motto of school voucher advocates in Missouri must be, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, because big money donors to state legislators who favor...
View ArticleWhere Missouri Legislators Stand on CAFOs
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressOn few issues is the line dividing Democrats from Republicans 100 percent pure and obvious, and the CAFO issue is not one of them. Democrats don't always behave as I...
View ArticleMissouri GOP: Chutzpah Pays
If there's one thing Republicans know, it's that chutzpah pays. I swear to god, they're missing the embarrassment gene. The most recent example is their attack on the Missouri Ethics Commission for...
View ArticleA Summary for Dummies of Missouri Health Care for the Poor
Crossposted from Show Me Progress You say you can't keep track of all the health care plans for the poor popping up in Missouri lately? You say that a news article about the pros and cons of them...
View ArticleMissouri Corps of Engineers (aka Big Ag)
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressAny knowledgeable birder in St. Louis will tell you that there are no waterfowl on the Missouri River: no ducks, no herons, no gulls. That's because the Missouri...
View ArticleThe Missouri Connection to California's Petition Drive
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressUntil the last few days, the only celebrity status Charles "Chet" Hurth from Union, MO had enjoyed was for being sued ten years ago when he was a law student at St....
View ArticleMissouri Corps of Engineers: Criticism Revisited
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:Reviews of my earlier posting lambasting the Missouri Corps of Engineers got mixed reviews. Among the negatives was this reaction from a reader at Daily Kos:A full...
View ArticleDoing the Hustle--in Missouri
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressThe statewide Dem candidates have said they're prepared to return over-the-limit campaign contributions, but Republicans? Their grab-all-you-can legislation created...
View ArticleMemo to Missouri Crotch Legislators: Make Yourselves Useful
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:Senator Matt Bartle (R-Lee's Summit) hates, hates, hates the sex industry. In 2004 he got legislation enacted to prevent strip clubs and businesses that sell adult...
View ArticleMissouri: Fighting for Resources in an Election Year
Crossposted from Show Me ProgressLast Monday, Jake Zimmerman, the Democratic rep from Olivette in St. Louis County, spoke at the West County Dems meeting. But he had nothing of substance to say. He...
View ArticleIn Missouri: Jake Zimmerman: Tasked with Becoming a Cynic
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:When Jake Zimmerman spoke at the last West County Dems meeting, he painted himself as a one time St. Louis County Council candidate and then "party-unifying state rep...
View ArticleMissouri: Figuring Out How to Take Back the House
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:When Jake Zimmerman spoke at the last West County Dems meeting, he made a point of the fact that last year, for the first time since 1976, Democrats picked up some...
View ArticleSen. Kit Bond (R-MO) Puts the Hit on Republican Mayor
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:The GOP is worried about the Fann race in house district 16, St. Charles County. Or at least Kit Bond is, since Fann's Republican opponent, Mark Parkinson, is Bond's...
View ArticleMo Gov: Three GOP Candidates In
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:It's Hulshof (pictured at left with Bush), Kinder, and Steelman on the GOP side of the governor's race, and my guess is that Hulshof will be the one to beat.It's true...
View ArticleMO-02: A Powerful Endorsement for Mike Garman
Cross-posted from Show Me Progress:There are endorsements and then there are ENDORSEMENTS. If a state rep endorses Mike Garman (running for the Democratic nomination in Todd Akin's district), that's...
View ArticleMO: Chappelle-Nada comes out for Obama
Cross-posted from Show Me Progress:Yeah, I know, superdelegate Maria Chappelle-Nadal, by waiting till today to announce for Obama, has assured that she will just be lost in the stampede of everybody...
View ArticleMO: Obama at the AME Conference (with video)
Cross posted from Show Me Progress:Laugh if you will, but someday, when my films are as famous as John Huston's, you'll eat crow. When or if.I attended the AME Conference in St. Louis Saturday...
View ArticleMO: Obama and McCain: Style and Substance
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:On the occasion of Obama's Wednesday swing through Missouri (Rolla, Springfield, and a bbq in Union where he'll flip burgers for the first 200 people to claim the free...
View ArticleMissouri: Lookin' for folks that are standing still
Crossposted from Show Me Progress:We won't know the final numbers on new voters registered in Missouri this year for awhile yet. But it's a flood, as people at the St. Louis County Board of Elections...
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