Yesterday, no excuse absentee voting began for April 2nd's municipal elections. Those elections will be pivotal for Kirkwood as citizens will be asked to choose which four Council Members and the Mayor, fully five of the Council's seven-member body, will chart a new course forward for the community. Next week, I will seek to tackle… Continue reading Decision 2024: Council Endorsements
On April 2nd, Kirkwood residents will have the opportunity to elect four council members and a new Mayor. Over the next month, I'll have plenty of coverage of the candidates for those positions, but this week I wanted to take a step back and look at the distinct electoral process by which that new five-person… Continue reading Kirkwood’s Strange Electoral System
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
