First off, Missouri should be commended for not making cuts to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, (SCHIP) despite a decline in state revenue. While fourteen states across the country have tightened eligibility requirements or decreased covered services, thus far,…
When I first started reading Mr. May’s op-ed piece (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 13, “Billboards benefit Missouri economy, safety”) defending billboards in Missouri, I thought it was a reasoned and measured article. However, on reflection, it all falls apart for…
Having recently returned to Missouri after 25 years in the Army, during which time I lived in seven different states, driving Missouri roads is maddening for its extreme billboard-blight.
Yet, despite this observation, the Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association attempts to defend…
We may be the “Show Me” state but Illinois sure showed us how when it comes to passing no smoking legislation!!! It is a pleasure to dine on the east side. I thought we lived in a majority rules country. …
“The 912.5 Percent Solution” (Nursing Homes Have No Business Making Payday Loans) POST-DISPATCH 8/21/09 got my Tommy Hilfinger shorts in a real knot. Imagine employees at nursing homes (or anywhere) earning $10.13/hour being given the opportunity to be exploited for…
I am leaving the Metro East for another part of the country. Some brief political exit comments follow.
I have lived in this area, close to St Louis but part of Illinois (thank god) for 11 years, due to my work in…
Last year the global stock market was down 40% but according to the MOSERS website the Missouri State Pension plan “only lost 29.3%”. As a result the 14-member staff of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System was rewarded with almost…
Once more we see more fallout from the the ill-advised rush to produce a so-called stimulus bill.
When Congressman Russ Carnahan gave his “state of the District address” at the Affton firehouse, it was clear that he was absolutely clueless. He…
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