Feds Continue to Abuse Health Care System, Bring Back Social Experimentation of the 30's

The purpose of insurance is to indemnify the insured (you) against an unexpected loss. You cannot set your home or business on fire in an effort to collect the cash. You cannot run your car into a quarry so the insurance will buy you a new one. You have to be dead before your family can collect life insurance. However, health insurance, rather than paying for unexpected loss, is a Christmas Tree of goodies that pays off on a regular basis.

Go to the doctors office for a checkup, insurance pays; have a drug addiction, insurance pays; planning a family and have a child, insurance pays! No unexpected loss necessary. Politicians found that they can buy votes by providing insurance payments to special constituents. In some cases you do not even need insurance. Show up at an emergency room without insurance, hospital pays.

What people do not realize is that this is what drives insurance costs through the roof. If people complain, politicians point a finger at "greedy" insurance companies. Then as reward for their abuse towards insurance companies, politicians take control of the whole industry and pile on further regulations. Now the insurance companies will be required to pay for contraceptives for women (what, not men?). Everyone's insurance premiums will climb again. Now, rather than going to the corner drugstore to buy what you need, you send your money to an insurance or government bureaucracy, they take what they need and then overpay for products they think are best for you.

More worrying than the abuse of our insurance system for liberal's personal gain (vote buying at the expense of the middle and upper class), is the reemergence of eugenics by the progressives. By reducing the chance of pregnancy by the lower class, the fewer lower class people there will be. Progressives tried this in the 30's and are now trying it again.

Spending Reduction Negotiations Between Republicans and Democrats

Can you name which of these two characters is the Republican and which is the Democrat?

Credit Rating services try to insert themselves in budget battle

According to the Los Angeles Times "Moody's and Standard & Poors warned this week that they might soon cut the government's top-rung debt rating because of the political battle over the debt ceiling and spending cuts. " The headline here is not that our credit rating may be cut, everyone is well aware of the issue. The headline is that the credit rating agencies are, through the press, trying insert themselves into the issue. Why?

If we do not increase the debt limit, neither Moody's or Standard and Poors know if we will default on payments. Someone may not get paid or unneeded and redundant agencies may have to shut down. The politicians may even come to some sort of agreement and raise the limit. By inserting themselves, these organizations are trying to increase their power over the government, businesses and individuals.

The economic well being of our country is in the productivity of its workers and businesses. If government tends to the business of business the economy will grow and it will not make any difference what Moody's or S&P have to say. The money will flow in.

Keynes vs. Hayek

The fight of the century.The political debate of today is an old one. It should be a good one but Keynes has been proved wrong repeatedly. It is a shame we continue to have this debate:

Should the debt ceiling be raised?

An interesting poll from the St. Louis Business Journal

GO! St. Louis Marathon

Marathoners run though Clayton & University City.

Hillsdale, MO Police use force to keep L.K. Wood campaign workers out of their town

Volunteers for L.K. "Chip" Wood placed campaign signs outside of the St. Louis County polling place in Hillsdale, MO, the night before the County's election for Assessor. When the workers returned the next day, they found the signs had been removed. The signs were replaced and removed again. When the campaign worker returned a third time, a man in the area said: "you can't put that sign there!" The worker asked why not and the man after some hesitation said "your candidate won't win in this area." Since the incident involved theft of the signs, the Wood's volunteer took a picture of the area including a man who may have taken the signs. Very shortly after this incident, police confronted the campaign worker and demanded he leave the area. One of the officers explained that if the volunteer returned, things would not turn out as well.

Chip Wood on St. Louis County Property Assessment

County officials rig property values

Our irresponsible St. Louis County officials have been inflating the value of our homes. Even when property values finally crashed, county officials kept increasing values in order to fund irresponsible spending. This money has gone to the county, municipalities, school districts, fire districts to fund padded payrolls, excessive pensions and other vote buying schemes. Even as the taxpayers are driven into bankruptcy taxes continue to crank up.

In an effort to stem the tide of easy money to the County, citizens passed a referendum changing the way the property assessor is appointed to office. Instead of being an employee of the county the assessor is now elected by the citizens, taking political pressure off of the Assessors Office.

The County needs an Assessor who can provide citizens with a accurate assessment of their homes. L.K. "Chip" Wood can provide the experience and needed to make this happen. For more information go to: http://www.chipwoodforassessor.com/index1.html


Source for chart data:
The Housing Value source (Average Price per square feet)
TrendVisionTM
Published Feb. 2011
Location : ST LOUIS COUNTY

The Assessed Values source (Assessed Property Values in Billions)
St. Louis County, Missouri
2011 ADOPTED BUDGET
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2011

The Carnahans get a windfall and we get the bill!

Robin Carnahan and Russ Carnahan help their brother pull in over $100,000,000 of our money!

C. L. Bryant's: Runaway Slave

Fasten your seat belts and watch:

the Ku Klux Klan, Terrorist Wing of the Democratic Party

From the Grand Old Partisan:

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has falsely accused the Tea Party of having ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Speaking at the NAACP convention, she said: "All those who wore sheets a long time ago lifted them off to wear Tea Party clothing." Now is the time to speak some Truth to Power.

It would have been far more truthful for the congresswoman to have admitted the fact that all those who wore sheets a long time ago lifted them to wear Democratic Party clothing. Yes, the Ku Klux Klan was established by the Democratic Party. Yes, the Ku Klux Klan murdered thousands of Republicans -- African-American and white -- in the years following the Civil War. Yes, the Republican Party and a Republican President, Ulysses Grant, destroyed the KKK with their Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

How did the Ku Klux Klan re-emerge in the 20th century? For that, the Democratic Party is to blame.

It was a racist Democrat President, Woodrow Wilson, who premiered Birth of a Nation in the White House. That racist movie was based on a racist book written by one of Wilson's racist friends from college. In 1915, the movie spawned the modern-day Klan, with its burning crosses and white sheets.

Inspired by the movie, some Georgia Democrats revived the Klan. Soon, the Ku Klux Klan again became a powerful force within the Democratic Party. The KKK so dominated the 1924 Democratic Convention that Republicans, speaking truth to power, called it the Klanbake. In the 1930s, a Democrat President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, appointed a Klansman, Senator Hugo Black (D-AL), to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the 1950s, the Klansmen against whom the civil rights movement struggled were Democrats. The notorious police commissioner Bull Connor, who attacked African-Americans with dogs and clubs and fire hoses, was both a Klansman and the Democratic Party's National Committeeman for Alabama. Starting in the 1980s, the Democratic Party elevated a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), to third-in-line for the presidency.

Speaking more Truth to Power, the GOP has been a resolute enemy of the Ku Klux Klan, terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.

To quote from Back to Basics for the Republican Party, "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more the Democrats will worry about the future of theirs." See http://www.grandoldpartisan.com/ for more information.

This article is available at the Grand Old Partisan blog. You can help me to help the GOP, by sending this permalink to your contacts nationwide.

The purpose of the book Back to Basics for the Republican Party is to show Republicans how they would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of the GOP.

From Paulette Carr:


"An uninformed constituency is a politician's best friend"...
Over the last year, we have repeatedly heard that U City residents were not as well informed as they would like to be and wished that they knew about the issues before they voted. They asked if there wasn't someplace to go to get information about local government and institutions. With good information, we were told, they could make good decisions. With that in mind, we have established a new website - http://www.ucitycitizen.org/

We will attempt to provide an ongoing source of information and discussion about the things that affect us in University City, Missouri. Please check out the website and let us know what you think... and feel free to pass along this link.

http://www.ucitycitizen.org/ - the place for information and discussion about the issues that affect us in UCity

Sculpture in Lewis Park, University City

 

St. Louis Tax Day Tea Party 2010

2010 Tax Day St. Louis Tea Party in Clayton, MO. Speaker included Missouri, Lt. Governer, Peter Kinder, Jim Hoft and Dana Loesch.

GO St. Louis Marathon Passes Through University City

University City Proposition P Fails

While Proposition P In University City received more than 50% of the vote, 57% was required. The vote did not reach this. However, as mentioned in debate over this issue, there are other alternatives.

See the Post-Dispatch article on the future of Univesity City.

Politics in University City

Meed Bob Davoli and hear about his run for University City Councilman. Bob will dicuss the politics and the issues.


St. Louis County Library - Mid-County Branch
7821 Maryland Ave
Clayton, MO 63105

7:00 - 8:30pm

For more information go to: http://www.meetup.com/UniversityTownHall/calendar/13098222/

University City Missouri April 2010 Election Results

MAYOR UNIVERSITY CITY
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 20 OF 20 COUNTED)
SHELLEY WELSCH. . . . . . . . . 3,259 45.16
ROBERT G. (BOB) WAGNER . . . . . . 784 10.86
TERRY CROW . . . . . . . . . . 3,154 43.70
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 20 .28

COUNCIL MEMBER UNIVERSITY CITY WARD 1
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 8 OF 8 COUNTED)
STEFANY BROT . . . . . . . . . 868 31.35
STEPHEN E. KRAFT . . . . . . . . 1,162 41.96
CINDY THIERRY . . . . . . . . . 731 26.40
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .29

COUNCIL MEMBER UNIVERSITY CITY WARD 2
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 COUNTED)
JIM SHEMWELL . . . . . . . . . 657 34.84
L. MICHAEL GLICKERT . . . . . . . 1,217 64.53
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 12 .64

COUNCIL MEMBER UNIVERSITY CITY WARD 3
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 COUNTED)
BYRON R. PRICE. . . . . . . . . 1,423 77.21
BOB DAVOLI . . . . . . . . . . 291 15.79
NEVA TAYLOR. . . . . . . . . . 127 6.89
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .11

UNIVERSITY CITY-PROPOSITION P
**BONDS-CAPITAL IMPROV (57.15% NEEDED)**
(Vote for ) 1
(WITH 20 OF 20 COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,935 54.10
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,338 45.90

Vote No on Proposition P in University City, April 6th

The City of University City will have a $3 million bond issue on the April 6 ballot for fire equipment – Proposition P. The bond issue isn’t needed and there are questions if the fire equipment is even needed. Here are the Top 10 Reasons to reject the tax:

1) Proposition P would unnecessarily raise your property taxes. Though it won’t say so on the ballot, Proposition P would raise your property taxes to pay for two new fire pumpers, new furnishing for the new fire station at Westgate and Vernon, and for renovations of the old fire station. There is no need to raise taxes or go millions of dollars into debt for these purposes.

2) There is $350,000 already set aside for a new pumper truck. The City has $350,000 on hand to pay for a new fire pumper, which cost about $550,000. The apparent plan was to buy one pumper now and another at a later date – without any bond issue. But it seems the idea was to put the bond issue on the ballot before the state audit of the City was conducted.

3) There is a dedicated sales tax just for the Fire Department. There is a sales tax collected in U. City that goes just to the fire department. It raises about $550,000 a year. The Fire Dept. is also funded by U. City property taxes, among the highest in St. Louis County.

4) The City has $8.2 million in reserves! The City of University City has $8.2 million in cash reserves at the current time, nearly twice what is considered necessary. This provides more evidence that the bond issue isn’t necessary.

5) The City has $2 million in delinquent trash fees. University City government has allowed over $2 million in unpaid trash fees to accumulate. This would be enough to purchase several fire trucks and a lot more.

6) City officials have not made the case for new fire trucks. At a Town Hall Meeting on January 11, City Manager Julie Feier was asked several questions about the need for two new fire pumpers as both have less than 55,000 miles on them. She was unable to provide answers.

7) The Fire Chief and the Assistant Fire Chief live out of the city. Fire Chief Steve Olshwanger is supposed to live in University City but he lives in St. Peters. Assistant Chief Don Miners lives in Franklin County. Only one fire fighter lives in U City. This is an unacceptable situation and needs to be resolved before the Fire Department receives any additional funding from taxpayers.

8) The Fire Department Dispatching Contract. Though few U. City residents know it, calls to the fire department are now dispatched from North Central County Fire Alarm. This was all done last year with no public input or knowledge. So if anyone calls 911 for a fire emergency, the call is dispatched to the alarm company which then dispatches it back to the U. City Fire Department.

9) City information on finances is questionable. Last year, University City residents were told a sales tax increase was absolutely needed due to a $1 million deficit. In a brochure that violated state campaign laws, citizens were threatened with all kinds of cutbacks if the tax didn’t pass. Voters rejected the tax and then city officials determined there was really a $500,000 surplus.

10) 0
Best to await results of the State Audit. There have been so many unanswered questions about city finances that residents began a successful petition drive for a state audit last year. The audit will begin soon. It might be best to await results of the state audit, and get a clear idea of city finances, before raising property taxes and going millions of dollars in debt.

Fascism in Argentina, is this us?

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University City Mayor, Joe Adams, holds bizzare meeting with Channel 2 News

In one of KTVI, Channel 2 News' You Paid Paid for it Segments, Mayor Joe Adams gives a very strange intrerview regarding the upcoming audit. Apparently he is not takeing the audit very seriously.

Republican Central Committee Chairman Requests St. Louis County Government to Clarify FBI Probe

According to KMOX radio, the FBI is conducting a high level investigation of St. Louis County government. This is not good news for Missouri Democrats who are mired in corruption issues in the St. Louis area. Recently State Representative T.D. El-Amin and State Senator, Jeff Smith have gone to jail for criminal activities. Also, Steve Brown of the 73 Congressional District resigned his seat because of involvement with Smith. El-Alin, Smith and Brown are all Democrats.

In response to the KMOX radio report, Richard Magee, chairman of the St. Louis County Republican Central Committee, asks that County Officials publicly explain, in detail, the nature of an on-going investigation of the County by the FBI. Magee commented, “I am concerned about the credibility of county officials and their ability to conduct official business now and in the future.”

According to reports by KMOX news, there is an ongoing probe of the County and how it awards contracts. KMOX’s report stated that, “this goes all the way to the top.”

Ed Martin running for 3rd Congressional District in University City

Politicians, wake up!

This video hits home. Clair McCaskill, Russ Carnahan, Lacey Clay and others,this is for you.

The old Street Cars in University City

Click here for a slide show of the old Street Cars in St. Louis

University City Manager faces removeal

With the financial problems faced by University City, manager, Julie Feier, faces removal. Monday, the city council voted to replace her. For more information see STLToday article: http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2009/12/four-three-vote-saves-u-city-city-managers-job/

Carnahan covers up disenfranchisement of military voters that occurred on her watch

JEFFERSON CITY—Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today attempted to cover up her the disenfranchisement of military voters that occurred on her watch. Carnahan held a joint press conference to boast about new federal reforms meant make the voting process easier for men and women stationed overseas—but she whitewashed her own failures to ensure that members of the armed forces can vote.

Carnahan’s record has been slammed by watchdogs and experts:

A January 2009 Pew Center on the States study of military voting ranked Missouri as one of the 9 worst states for military voters. The study, entitled No Time to Vote: Challenges Facing America’s Overseas Military Voters, slammed Missouri for being one of the “nine ‘no time to vote’ states that afford military voters fewer than 45 days to receive and mail back their completed ballots.”

In a subsequent news article, one of the report’s authors blasted the states like Missouri that did not give veterans enough time to vote: “We’re failing in our responsibility to ensure access to military voters living overseas. While these voters are serving America, America is not serving them.”

But rather than address the problems described in the report, Carnahan, the highest ranking elections official in the state, claimed she was powerless to implement reforms. Instead, her spokesman complained: “We can’t change the laws.”

Shortly after the bombshell report, Robin “We Can’t Change the Laws” Carnahan backed a bill to allow military voting by email and fax. However, that effort was criticized by State Rep John Diehl*, the former Chairman of the St Louis County Elections Board, who was concerned that fax and email “might not be secure and could waive a soldier’s right to a secret ballot.” (AP, February 17, 2009)

“Robin Carnahan has worked side-by-side with groups like ACORN, which engaged in a years-long effort to commit voter fraud, but she cannot find a way to ensure that the men and women of our military are able to access the ballot,” said Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “It is extremely important that Missourians serving in the military have a say in the direction of our state and nation, but on Carnahan’s watch, Missouri was ranked one of the worst states in the nation for military voting, and the legislation she supported may have put our soldiers’ sacred right to a secret ballot at risk. Robin Carnahan has failed the men and women of our military. She cannot be allowed to sweep her record under the rug by taking credit for federal legislation meant to address a broken system that Carnahan did nothing to fix.”

*As an alternative, Rep. Diehl proposed allowing members of the military stationed overseas to vote online, which would ensure more security and secrecy than the Carnahan-backed bill.


Additional information: “No Time to Vote: Missouri fact sheet” Pew Center on the States, January 2009

New "Conservatives of America" web site

Now there is one meeting place for Conservatives across America aptly called Conservatives of America. Their website posts Blogs, allows you to post blogs and allows all local groups have a shared calendar. This will be a cross communications website so all of the various groups across and area can communicate. Visit their site and join!

STAND WITH US SO THAT WE MAY BE HEARD
There's outrage, indignation and distress throughout America with the direction our country is heading. There are millions of voices in the wilderness, all crying out for the same thing - a return to sanity and solid, uncompromising moral principles. Yet, lately, it seems that no one in Washington is listening. Yet, even with all our voices, we have been easy to ignore — until now.

Conservatives of America will unite the disaffected masses who embrace the conservative principles of Ronald Reagan: smaller government, lower taxes, family values and a strong national defense. We are not a political party. We are a strong, vibrant grassroots movement of honest, hard-working Americans who know right from wrong and seek to unite disparate voices into one strong united voice that will be heard — and reckoned with!

The Late Milton Friedman takes on Phil Donahue

County Executive Dooley Pressures Employees for Contributions

University City Audit

University Township Republicans are sponsoring a public forum to talk about the upcoming Missouri State Audit of the City of University City, and to hear from a candidate for Mayor of University City. Come to listen and learn. Then let’s work together to make sure our tax dollars are managed well. It’s YOUR money.


University City Library 2nd floor Auditorium
Saturday, December 12th
10 AM until Noon


Paulette Carr, with University City Citizens for Transparency and Accountability, will discuss issues happening in our community and why the audit is needed. She will talk about the areas to be covered in the audit and the expected costs and benefits of the state audit. And she will share her thoughts on the importance of citizens holding our local government accountable

Shelley Welsch, a former City Councilmember and 2006 Mayoral candidate, will share her views on the audit. She will talk about her current campaign for Mayor of University City, and the issues at the top of her agenda including getting the city finances back on track; being proactive with plans for economic development and redevelopment in the city; how to improve communications between the city and its residents; and how you can get involved in the civic life of our community.


Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information call 314-725-4169 or e-mail bobart@sbcglobal.net

KMOX.com - University City residents demand state audit of city hall

KMOX.com - University City residents demand state audit of city hall

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Obama in Free Fall

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

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MillionMedMarch in Clayton

MillionMedMarch

KMOX.com - Old Newsboys volunteers booted off Clayton street corners

KMOX.com - Old Newsboys volunteers booted off Clayton street corners

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KMOX.com - Still no charges in town hall protestor assault

KMOX.com - Still no charges in town hall protestor assault

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Bamopoly

The object of the game is to destroy American capitalism by having the government take over everything. Wanna play? No? Too bad, you're already playing. And in this game, nobody wins.

Dan O'Sullivan runs for State Representative

Due to an unexpected vacancy in Missouri's 73rd. Congressional District there will be a special election for this seat on November 3rd. The Republican candidate for this seat will be Dan O'Sullivan. Dan is a small businessman in St. Louis County. He is concerned with the County's property tax issues and states:

"I want to go to Jefferson City to tell them that we, the residents and business people of this area, are sick and tired of being ignored and we want someone that understands our concerns. I will speak clearly about our issues and bring an outside voice to the process. Issues that face our families, our seniors, and the defenseless are not going to be solved by persons who are unwilling to take on the issues and fight for them."

The 73rd District includes parts of Clayton, Richmond Heights, Maplewood, Brentwood and Webster Groves. The seat was vacated by Steve Brown due to campaign irregularities and an subsequent FBI investigation.

For more information on Dan, go to his website: http://voteosullivan.com/about.html

Obama Money

Obama's subjects love Obama because he gives them money.

Clayton Jag Show

Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis 35th Annual Concours d'Elegance held in Clayton at Brentwood Blvd. and Forsyth.

Let your voice be heard!

Many thanks to those that helped defeat the Proposition S tax increase!

This defeat will help limit wasteful spending in our community and make more money available for our local businesses (and more taxes from those businesses).

If you are interested in making a difference in our community consider joining University Township Republican Town Hall. We are very active in city, county, state and national activities.

Join us at: http://www.meetup.com/UniversityTownHall/

University City Election Results

Proposition S election results

SUMMARY REPORT SPECIAL ELECTION UNOFFICIAL FINAL
RUN DATE:08/04/09 ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
RUN TIME:09:01 PM TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009

VOTES PERCENT

PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 21) . . . . . 21 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS-TOTAL. . . . . . 34,270
BALLOTS CAST-TOTAL . . . . . . . 2,978
VOTER TURNOUT-TOTAL . . . . . . . 8.69

BERKELEY-PROPOSITION A
**SALES TAX-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT**
(VOTE FOR ) 1
(WITH 4 OF 4 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 57.40
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 42.60

UNIVERSITY CITY-PROPOSITION S
**SALES TAX**
(VOTE FOR ) 1
(WITH 17 OF 17 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037 37.24
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,748 62.76

I am from the government and I am here to help you.....

St. Louis Town Hall makes Greta's show

Thanks to Lee Presser for the video.

University City Proposition S Special Meeting

University City Residents for Transparency & Accountability invite you to a conversation regarding Proposition S, the only item on the ballot in the Special Election to be held on Tuesday, August 4th.

We know the position of the city administration. Now lets hear from YOU, the citizens! There have been many statements and concerns expressed by citizens in various venues. Now is the time to bring those concerns into the light and in one common place.

Who: U. City Residents for Transparency & Accountability
What: An honest discussion about Proposition S
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7pm - 9pm
Where: University City Library, 2nd Floor Auditorium

Please pass this on University City Residents who are concerned about Prop S.

For those interested in becoming more involved in University, County and State politics join is at University Township Republican Town Hall

Financial irregularities in University City may lead to audit

According to the Post-Dispatch:

Opponents of a quarter-cent local sales tax for municipal operations plan this weekend to start circulating petitions for a state audit of the city. Voters will consider the tax Aug. 4.

Paulette Carr is leading a group collecting required names required to start the audit. State auditors are requrieing 2,233 names.

For more information see: Foes of Univesity City sales-tax hike will seek state audir

Also See:
http://ucitytownhall.blogspot.com/2009/07/last.html
http://ucitytownhall.blogspot.com/2009/07/university-city-information.html
http://ucitytownhall.blogspot.com/2009/07/sales-tax-increase-to-be-on-august.html

Massive amounts of government money drive up medical costs

Lee Presser has a very good point here about the high cost of health care.

Government loans and private educational loans tend to send massive amounts of money into our education system. This allows colleges and universities to increase tuition exponentially. Why shouldn't educators increase their fees if lifetime earnings are substantially increased? In the same way easy mortgage loans backed by the government unrealistically drove up the value of homes. Our health care system is heavily funded by the government. Nursing home stays are 90% funded by Medicare and Medicaid. There are even firms that will help you qualify. A large portion of hospital stays are funded by Medicare and Medicaid.

Lee has a very Good point:

Russ Carnanhan on Health Care

At his Town Hall meeting on Monday, Representative seems to be having a tough time selling ObamaCare:

Goldman Sachs Web

University City Proposition S Brochure Called Illegal

Last Friday (July 17th) University City Residents started receiving brochures titled "Frequently Asked Questions on Proposition S." Proposition S is a ballot measure to increase University City sales taxes 1/4 percent and will be on the August 4th ballot. There are a number of questions regarding this proposed tax increase including: why as a budget passed just a month ago with the knowledge that there would not be enough money to cover it?

Tom Sullivan, a citizen of University City, sent the City Manager a memo stating that he found the brochure to be be illegal for the following reasons:

1] You are unlawfully spending public funds to support the passage of Proposition S.

2] The brochure does not identify who paid for it, as required by law for any "printed matter relative to any candidate for public office or any ballot measure." There are no exceptions.

3] The City has apparently violated provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Law, Chapter 130, RSMo, having to do with reporting of expenditures made to promote the passage of the proposal.

He went on to advise the City Manager:

I would urge you to get an opinion from your city attorney on the legality of the brochure. Should he claim it is legal, then the next step will be going to St. Louis County Circuit Court to get a restraining order. I also believe criminal issues can be raised surrounding these unlawful expenditures.

For his complete memo see: Tom Sullivan Memo

University City Information

A new website that acts as a clearinghouse for information on the City of University City has appeared on the net. Find them at:
http://ucityparticipate.org/home

Sales tax increase to be on August ballot in University City

Paulette Carr writes:

There have been some real problems with the budget in University City. The City Manager, Julie Feier proposed, and and 4 members of the City Council (Wards 1 and 3) voted to pass a budget that is $1.3M in deficit. In order to offset this deficit they are taking and additional $60,000 from the Economic Redevelopment Retail Sales Tax Fund and moving that to the General Fund, AND they are counting on a sales tax increase of 0.25%, raising our sales tax rate to the highest in the metro St. Louis Area - they are counting on the taxes before even bringing the idea to a public vote! There has been not notification of Prop. S, though they are planning to send out a flier. August is typically a time when people are out of town on vacation, and so they are hoping that only those who know and support Prop. S will show up to the polls to vote.

For more information go to http://ucityparticipate.org/

The New Obama Health Care Plan

The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History

Whether you are Liberal or Conservative, Democrat or Republican, if you are a political junkie, you will like a book I just finished: “The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History" by Donald T. Critchlow. This is a history of political maneuvering of individuals interested in countering Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and confronting Communism.

Critchlow documents show how these ideas drew various interest groups, many of whom were not Republicans, together. It follows the nomination of Barry Goldwater for President of the United States, support of Richard Nixon, the first big Conservative triumph of Ronald Reagan and on to the election George W. Bush.

This history covers the losses as well as triumphs of American Conservatives. It covers issues that brought them to power, that cost them elections and issues that divided the Republican Party itself. I think that anyone interested in politics will not be able to put this book down.

Show us the Bill Rally

Citizens are very concerned that massive legislation is being passed without those voting on it not even reading the bill. With health care reform looming on the horizon, citizens gathered in Clayton this morning to voice their discontent.

One of the sponsors was Show us the Bill.

Here are some pictures from the event:


Click here to see larger pictures
TO register your concern, go to Patients First.

Obama visits old slave trading post

During his visit to Africa, President Obama visited an old slave trading post and said this:



While not mentioning the United State of America, he did fail to mention that:
- Our Founding Fathers banned importation of slaves in The United States
- Slave trading actually ended in 1808
- Over many years United States citizens spilled their own blood to stop the institution of slavery
- Europeans were not actually the one involved in the establising of the slave trade on the African continent:



I would be nice to have a little honesty for a change.

Politicians Count Illegals in the Census to Make Money

McArthur's Bakery fears Cap & Trade legislation will harm business

Congressman, Russ Carnahan, Representative for the Third Congressional District, recently voted for Cap and Trade legislation. In a very poor economy, businesses are deeply concerned about the added expenses they will have to pay due to this policy.

Recently, St. Louis businessman, Dave McArthur of McArthur's Bakery put his feelings in lights:




Dave's sign and point of view have spread nationally. Here is an interiew on Fox News:

The New Face of the Democratic Party

Search for Jobs

Putting the dogs on the trail of jobs:

Obama Economy Stagnates

The Obama economy has stalled out. With Cap and Trade legislation and Helath Care legislation on the horizon there is no chance for growth.

Memo to: Russ Carnahan

It's June 29th and I have the windows open and there is cool breeze blowing through the house. I checked with Dave Murray to see what the future weather would be. Dave said it would be about the same.

Russ thank you for the Cap and Tax legislation on something you know nothing about!

Spread the wealth

Conyers drops ACORN investigation

Earlier this year, Judiciary Committee Chairman, John Conyers, promised an investigation into ACORN's connection to voting irregularities. This week, according to Newsmax.com, he reneged on that commitment. Conyers stated that the probe was blocked by "Powers That Be" (himself).

The Future of Health Care

The Club for Growth gives a simple analysis of the direction of our health care system!

Is President Obama a Post Turtle?

You are driving down the road and you see a Turtle on a post:
You know he didn't get up there by himself,
He doesn't belong up there,
He doesn't know what to do while he's up there,
and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with

Russ Carnahan Invites 1,000s to Join Him on a Conference Call

Yesterday the call went out to thousands of people to be sure to pick up the phone this evening for a conference call with Representative Russ Carnahan. Sure enough, at 6:45 the call came. It wasn't Russ on the phone, just his recorded voice saying to stay on the line to "get in on the call." You could ask questions but you had to push "0" to ask a question.

Listening for a few minutes, the theme of the calls was, "Don't allow imports, manufacture everything here, and the economy will be fine." Sounds simple enough. Limit our freedom to buy goods from where we wish and all will be OK.

I wanted to push "0" and ask, what if the stuff made here is more expensive? Will people still buy it? Or will the economy just stagnate further? I also wanted to ask about the excessive spending, what will he, Russ Carnahan, do about runaway inflation? What about energy? Will he allow more oil to be produced? Is he going to increase our cost of living through Cap and Trade? Is he going to allow this burden to crush our economy again?

I was going to push "0" and ask my questions but it was apparent the call was a setup. They were only going to allow questions to show his point of view so I turned on O'Reilly.

Cap and Trade Energy Tax

The Markey-Waxman “Cap-and-trade” Energy Tax bill, in the current form being considered by the House Energy and Commerce committee, would have the following catastrophic effects by 2035:

1.Reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $9.6 trillion annually;

2.Destroy 1,105,000 American jobs per year on average, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by over 2,479,000 jobs;

3.Raise electricity rates 90 percent after adjusting for inflation;

4.Raise inflation-adjusted gasoline prices by 74 percent;

5.Raise residential natural gas prices by 55 percent;

6.Raise an average family's annual energy bill by $1,500 annually; and

7.Increase inflation-adjusted federal debt by 26 percent, or $29,150 additional federal debt per person, again after adjusting for inflation.

Source: Heritage Foundation

Roy Blunt visits St. Louis

Senatorial candidate, Roy Blunt, addressed massive deficit spending on Saturday. He also discussed issues he will address during his campaign:



Follow University Township Republican Town Hall Meetup page for more events.

Warning: Illinois State Police issuing $375 tickets for 1 mile over speed limit!

According to an IDOT press release:

Under enhanced penalties passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich last year, first-time work zone speeders, including those caught on camera, will be hit with a fine of $375, with $125 of that sum going to pay off-duty State Troopers to provide added enforcement in construction or maintenance zones. Two-time offenders are subject to a $1,000 fine, including a $250 surcharge to hire Troopers, and the loss of their license for 90 days.

However, who is more dangerous? People not going through construction zones at the posted speed limit or State Police rocket jockeys?


A St. Clair County Grand Jury has indicted a state police officer for killing two teenage motorists in a rather spectacular crash. In typical fashion, the police tried to cover it up.



Are the police interested in safety or just fleecing motorist?

St. Louis' Lee Presser on the Constitution

Obama Kills Fly

Attorney General Madigan meets with Don Obama

According to an article in STLtoday.com, Illinois Attorney General met with President Obama regarding Roland Burris' Senate seat. Also in the meeting were Valerie Jarett, Obama's senior advisor and his Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.

This sound like something from The Godfather where Madigan goes to "The Don" to get his blessing to take the seat. Perhaps Obama will make Burris an offer he can't refuse.

See: Madigan met Obama about potential Senate Run.

Senator Durbin sells stock after economic briefing

According to Fox news:

Senator Dick Durbin's financial disclosure statements show that one day after he and fellow congressional leaders were urged by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to craft bank-bailout legislation, he sold almost$ 43,000 worth of mutual fund shares. He then bought a similar amount in Berkshire Hathaway stock. Altogether Durbin sold investments worth $116,000 in September.

For more information see Durbin's Story on Fox News.

Pelosi Mobile

Nancy Pelosi and the congress have been kind enough to present us with the car of the future:




Be sure to write your local congressman and thank them!

Stimulus Package Could be Bad for your Health!

As you may or may not know, the recently passed "Stimulus Bill" has provisions that will ration health care benefits. According to the editorial in Bloomberg News:
"Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan," Betsy McCaughey states:

Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.

Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health.

Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Is this the change that was voted for? If this concerns you contact your Senator or Representative right away. To find your Congressman go to: http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm

For more information see:
The Public Health Care Plan: What Seems to Be the Problem?

Voter fraud discoverd in the City of St. Louis, points to higher government officials

ACORN's main defense on the voter fraud issue has been that, none of their illegally registered voters actually voted. Now the City of St. Louis Board of Election Commissioner has found over 30 counts of election fraud;



The commissioners are talking about referring the case to the US Attorney in St. Louis. These guys have known about this for years and refuse to do anything about it. Our Secretary of state has been "investigating" ACORN and voter fraud and found nothing.

Here is what the Missouri GOP has to say:

Today’s announcement by the St. Louis City Board of Elections makes it clear that voter fraud continues to thrive in Missouri, despite Robin Carnahan’s attempts to cover up the problem. Earlier this year, she issued an incomplete and less-than-professional report claiming that the state’s elections are ‘free of fraud.’ We now know that this is simply not true. Carnahan, the chief elections officer in the State of Missouri, has diminished the impact of voters who abide by the law, instead, attempting to whitewash her record of overlooking the existence of voter fraud in Missouri.

We commend the St. Louis Board of Election’s diligence in the face of Carnahan’s indifference, and we hope that the U.S. Attorney fully investigates these allegations.

St. Louis County GOP on Twitter

The St. Louis County Republican Central Committee is now on Twitter. You can find them at STLGOP.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, this may be a good opportunity to give it a try. (www.twitter.com)

Barack Obama Reduces Deficit

Barack Obama proposes a 100 million dollars in savings in the national budget. With a two to three trillion dollar proposed deficit, Obama shows true leadership.

County taxing districts are raising taxes without a vote

While our property values are dropping due to our national financial problems (see article below) our county taxing autorities are countering by increasing their tax rates. School districts, municipalities, fire districts are raising taxes.

There are two components to your property tax. One is the assessed value of your home and the other is the tax rate per $100 valuation of your home. Last year the tax rate was $6.9808 per $100 valuation of your property. To calculate your tax, take your assessed value, divide by 100 and multiply by the tax rate. If your assessed value was $45,370, you would calculate $45,370/100= 453.7 X 6.9809 = $3,167.20 tax. Those tax rates are now increasing.

See Post-Dispatch artice for more information

Obama to visit St. Louis on Wednesday

To mark his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama will be holding a townhall forum in Arnold. The event is open to the public but you will need tickets.

Bill Hennessey and his Tea Party group a planning a warm welcome. To join him, go to his St. Louis Tea Party web site. For more details go to Gateway Pundit.

Voters overwhelmingly approve historic tax decrease

A real-life taxpayer revolution took place on April 7 in South St. Louis County. Voters in the Mehlville Fire Protection District went to the polls and overwhelmingly approved a tax decrease—likely the first of its kind in Missouri history.

The effort began three years ago, when the board attempted to place a tax decrease proposal on the ballot; however, a judge ruled that voters did not have the legal authority to lower taxes. So the Missouri General Assembly responded, passing a law ensuring that voters had the option to reduce their taxes. The fire district acted again, and when the votes were counted, the tax decrease passed with nearly 80% of the vote.

The Missouri Republican Party commends the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors for their responsible use of taxpayer money and for their resolve in fighting the groups that sought to prevent the vote from ever occurring.

Read more in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

University City School District Election Results

Complete Election results for School District of University City. Includes Director and Proposition U.

GO! St. Louis marathoners pass through University City

Thousands of GO! St. Louis marathoners pass through University City on Sunday morning. The marathon is part of GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend. The 26.2 mile course passed through the Arch Grounds, Forest Park, Washington University City Campus, Anheuser Busch Brewery, Downtown Clayton and the University City Loop.

A group of enthusiastic spectators cheer-on and assist runners:



For larger marathon pictures go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/edwardengler/GOStLouisMarathon#

St. Louis County Property Tax Assessments Available On-line

For those that are not aware of it, St. Louis County property appraisals have been done and are available on-line. You can find your assessment at: http://revenue.stlouisco.com/ias/. It includes appraised and assessed value with comparison to last year. This way you can see if your valuation is going up or down and by how much. Also there are links to Comparable Sales and other sales in the area. You should look carefully at this data.

There are two components to your property tax. One is the assessed value of your home and the other is the tax rate per $100 valuation of your home. Last year the tax rate was $6.9808 per $100 valuation of your property. To calculate your tax, take your assessed value, divide by 100 and multiply by the tax rate. If your assessed value was $45,370, you would calculate $45,370/100= 453.7 X 6.9809 = $3,167.20 tax. Unfortunately, the county has not calculated the tax rate yet and while you do not have a lot of control over the tax rate, there are ways for you to control your assessed value.

St. Louis holds Tea Party

Tax protesters host "Tea Party" in Kiener Plaza in St. Louis, MO. Over 6000 people show up to express their point of view. Here are some pictures from the St. Louis Tea Party:



See larger version of pictures

Homeland Security issues warning on Right Wing Terrorists (Conservatives)

Homeland Security issues warning about conservatives going to Tea Parties.

While everyday Americans worry about the radical change in their country, the administration attempts to intimidate: http://wnd.com/images/dhs-rightwing-extremism.pdf

Missouri Republican Party requests information shared between Carnahan and ACORN

Missouri Republican Party submitted an Open Records Request seeking documents pertaining to ACORN or its affiliated organizations and all contacts between Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s office and members of ACORN.

“Our request will shed light on why ACORN’s ongoing and well-documented voter registration fraud merited no response in her 205 page analysis of the 2008 elections,” said Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “We believe it is important to determine if Secretary of State Carnahan’s cozy relationship with ACORN has clouded her judgment.”

See MRP article

Young adults split on capitalism vs socialism according to Rasmussen poll

Recent polling done by Rasmussen Reports found the adults under 30 favored capitalism over socialism 37% to 33%. Adults favored capitalism (53%) over socialism (20%). 27% were not sure.

Free trade and freedom of association (capitalism) built this country and gave us the standard of living we enjoy today. This lack of understanding of how freedom works reflects a complete failure of our education system.

Tea Party Update

The Tea Party People are still on schedule for April 15th in Kiener Plaza. If you are concerned about the excessive spending I strongly urge that you go to this event a be part of the movement. This is what the liberals do to get attention, now it our turn.

Also, St. Louis seems to be Ground Zero for national coverage so we need to make a good impression. There is a lot of information on the Tea Party website, so I suggest you go there.

See Tea Party organizer, Bill Hennessy on Glenn beck's show:

St. Louis County Election Results

Election results for University City School District:

DIRECTOR UNIVERSITY CITY SCHOOL
Vote for 2
(WITH 21 OF 21 COUNTED)
LINDA R. PEOPLES . . . . . . . . 1,918 23.38%
MEG McCLELLAND. . . . . . . . . 1,458 17.78%
ELLEN BERN . . . . . . . . . . 1,768 21.56%
SHLOMO SOROKA . . . . . . . . . 1,344 16.39%
MARK R. BARNES. . . . . . . . . 1,317 16.06%
JACKIE SCOTT . . . . . . . . . 357 4.35%
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 40 .49%

UNIVERSITY CITY SCHOOL - PROPOSITION U
**BONDS-CAPITAL IMPROV (57.15% NEEDED)**
Vote for 1
(WITH 21 OF 21 COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,177 64.27
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,766 35.73

For more election results go to St. Louis County Election Results.

University City voters asked to spend more money on schools

From Fox 2 News

Claire McCaskill and Robin Carnahan over their heads in ACORNs

From the Missouri Republican Party:

Jefferson City - This morning, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan released an analysis of the 2008 elections that ignores the threat posed by voter registration fraud in Missouri. This comes despite an organized effort by groups such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) to submit thousands of fraudulent voter registrations to county election boards across this state. Carnahan’s report, which does not mention ACORN, also comes a week after a former organizer for ACORN pleaded guilty to federal charges for submitting fraudulent voter registrations in the St. Louis area—the latest in a long line of serious voter fraud allegations for the left-wing group

For more information see MRP article

FACT SHEET: Robin Carnahan turns blind eye to ACORN voter registration fraud

2006

• St Louis City election officials discover almost 1,500 fraudulent voter registration cards turned in by ACORN workers (AP, October 11, 2006)
• St Louis County election officials find hundreds of fraudulent address changes, most of which were submitted by ACORN (Post-Dispatch, October 25, 2006)
• Secretary of State Robin Carnahan orders St. Louis Elections Board to approve more than 5,000 of fraudulent voter registration cards submitted by ACORN. (http://www.mogop.org/media/sos-stlletter.pdf)
• FBI launches investigation into ACORN voter registration fraud (KC Star, October 24, 2006)
• ACORN workers caught on tape admitting they were urged to solicit votes for Claire McCaskill’s campaign for U.S. Senate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ6SrZODbHg)
• Four ACORN workers indicted for submitting as many as 1,000 fraudulent voter registration cards in the Kansas City area Each later pleads guilty (KC Star, November 2, 2006)

2007

• Kansas City ACORN worker indicted for election fraud and identity theft (AP, January 6, 2007)

2008

• Eight employees of ACORN plead guilty to election fraud in federal court. Their activities included submitting registration cards with forged signatures and false names. (Post-Dispatch, April, 2, 2008)
• Jackson County reports 100s of fraudulent registrations from ACORN (AP, October 9, 2008)
• FBI launches national investigation into ACORN voter registration fraud, seeks evidence from Kansas City elections board (KC Star, October 17, 2008)

2009

• ACORN worker pleads guilty to federal charges for submitting fraudulent voter registrations. (AP, March 24, 2009)