ou can tell Bob Sears has been here before. Serving on the council from 2010 to 2018 before being term-limited out, unlike everyone else I've written on so far, Sears has a real life voting record to run on. That record, at least from an urbanist perspective, is decidedly mixed. In 2018 Sears joined four… Continue reading Bob Sears.
Category: Politics
Joseph Fuchs.
If there's a candidate out of this year's field of six that you've never heard of, it's probably Joseph Vogelgesang Fuchs. He has no discernible campaign website, maintains no dedicated facebook page to his election and I have yet to see a yard sign. So what do we know about Joe? Well there's the Post-Dispatch… Continue reading Joseph Fuchs.
Liz Gibbons.
So I've waited until less than a week before to roll out my analysis and profiles of and interviews with six candidates in an a election that is likely to be decided by mail-in ballots. Is it ideal? No. But ballots aren't due until the day-of, and here I am, and here you are! There's… Continue reading Liz Gibbons.
The State of the County
Story Update (02/11/2020) On January 26th, 2020, the story below was finalized and published. Today, sixteen days after that original story, things have continued to evolve. The predicted minimum wage hike to $15 for county employees was put into motion and the biggest question marks regarding the future of the St. Louis County Police Department,… Continue reading The State of the County
Election 2020: For all the Marbles
I recently read a couple articles that have been weighing heavily on me. The first was one outlining what actions climate scientists are undertaking to reduce their own personal impact on climate change in light of what they know. Some of the scientists featured in the article have stopped flying or have switched to a… Continue reading Election 2020: For all the Marbles