Chappelle-Nadel Sponsors Earth Day Event

Maria Chappelle-Nadal sponsored a public forum on energy and environment issues at the U City Library. Discussion topics included how to increase energy efficiency at the state, city and residential levels. Representatives from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and AmerenUE were among those participating in the discussion.

About 25 people attended. Her panel discussed ways not waste energy and therefore reduce costs. However, there was no discussion of how to increase energy production in Missouri therefore reducing cost. Further, there was no discussion of how Ethonol production was driving up food costs. U City Council member, Lynn Ricci, did mention how she wanted the U City Police to write more traffic tickets to slow people down (perhaps to save fuel?).

It was a lot of fun for those that attended.

New Missouri Jobs Nearing 100,000 Mark

SPRINGFIELD– Gov. Matt Blunt today announced new employment numbers that show Missourians are adding new jobs in record numbers as 93,300 new Missouri jobs have been created since January 2005. The new mark represents enough new jobs to employ more than half of all the people living in Springfield where the governor made the announcement.
"I am proud of Missouri’s hard-working employees and job creators for their success in fueling our strong state economy," Blunt said. "As Governor, I will continue to promote and enact pro-job, pro-growth initiatives to assist their efforts in moving Missouri forward and creating quality, family supporting jobs."
Missouri’s renewed entrepreneurial spirit and improved business climate led to the creation of 10,800 news jobs in March. In the same month, construction employment increased by 3,500 jobs. Employment in professional and business services industries was up by 2,400 jobs, with most of the gain occurring in administrative and support services. Retail trade employment was up by 1,200, while wholesale trade added 800 jobs. The financial activities sector experienced a gain of 1,000 jobs in March, while leisure and hospitality employment went up by 800.
Blunt is moving Missouri forward by making Missouri a better place to live, work and raise a family. Since taking office in 2005 the governor has worked to improve the state's economic outlook by passing aggressive litigation reform, workers’ compensation reform and proactive recruiting tools like the Missouri Quality Jobs Act. There are thousands of new business opportunities in Missouri, and every day more are being created or moving here.