Everyone can breath a sigh of relief this week.  The Missouri General Assembly is on spring break.  Missourians get a reprieve from being late night fodder for attempting to repeal child labor laws.  We are spared senseless debates prevent Sharia law from invading our courts and working families can rest easy knowing their jobs are safe for at least another week.

As you know, the legislature is dominated by Republicans, some who are truly interested in making Missouri a better place, and many that are more interested in making headlines and advancing their crazy right-wing agenda that does nothing to fix the problems in Missouri.  I’ve put together a wish list of legislative items that I hope the can be stopped dead in their tracks by the few remaining Democrats in the Senate and the rational Republicans in the House. Continue Reading

Fellow Democrats,

Now is the time to reverse a mistake that dates back to the Civil War, a mistake that cedes management of our public safety to out-state legislators and the Governor in Jefferson City. Now is the time to regain control of our St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Last fall, over 69 percent of City voters cast their vote in favor of Local Control by voting for Proposition L . Unlike other issues in the past when St. Louisians have been divided, on Local Control citizens from Baden, to the Hill, from Soulard to the Ville voted in favor of Local Control. A majority of the voters in every ward in the city voted “YES” for Proposition L. Continue Reading