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Sales tax holiday in Missouri

From today through the 25th, Missouri will not charge sales tax on the purchase of energy efficient appliances. If you're thinking of getting something new this may be the time to do it.

Missouri really wants someone new

It's almost as if the voters in Missouri do not care who it is as long as it isn't the incumbent president.

Poll: Romney beats Obama 50-41

Santorum beats Obama 51-42

Even the elusive "somebody else" wins

Where do you go to caucus on Saturday?

That's probably the question many GOP voters have since this whole caucus thing is new to Missouri. The most common question I've heard is how long do you think we'll have to be there? Then comes Where do we go?

I have no idea how long any caucus will last since I've never been to one, but I'd expect at least an hour and likely more. Hey, it's St. Patrick's Day too, maybe those in charge of things will have some mercy.

As to the where, the caucuses will be held in individual counties across the state, the link lists where in each county they will take place and the time. But, St Louis County voters will be caucusing by township. Am I the only one who didn't know Missouri had townships? I thought Illinois was the last state to hang onto that political dinosaur. 

The list of St Louis County township caucus locations is also found at the link.

Billikens and Tigers and Bears...oh my

So we have to wonder what the experts are saying this morning about St. Louis University's chances of getting into the NCAA tournament after winning their semi final game last night. Surely they're in. Surely.

 

 

Then there's the 'sort of' surprise, Baylor beating Kansas last night to put them in the title game against Mizzou who beat Texas. All the experts and those wanting a dream matchup were sure it would be KU-MU, but alas and hurray, it's the Baylor Bears.

 

Around here BU and MU will be a bittersweet conference title game, we almost hate to see either one lose, but both will be going on the the NCAA's so that makes it easier. Baylor's coach, Scott Drew of the well known coaching family, is a great guy-nice as you'll find just like his brother Brice who has the reins at Valpo and his Dad, Homer, formerly of VU.

 

But our hearts and emotions are with the Tigers, just have to be. 

The Illini could do worse than giving Scott Drew a close look when they start looking for a new coach.

 

Missouri voters are not perplexed

They're infuriated.

After holding a GOP primary in February which did not count because national party leaders threatened sanctions agains Missouri should they hold an election earlier than march, we now face a caucus on St. Patrick's Day the results of which will not be known for weeks.

Tell me this is not the most maddening process ever.

Tigers Tigers Tigers...sigh

You scared the heck out of us during your game against Iowa State last night. But all's well that ends well. Whew.

Go Mizzou!

Clay v Carnahan

This is interesting. A front page P-D story about Rep Lacy Clay's "cozy relationship with the rent to own industries". What's stunning is the paper running a critical piece on a local democrat, what on earth does this mean?

I'd venture a guess that with the coming redistricting and the loss of Russ Carnahan's congressional district and the good possibility that he will run against Clay in the dem primary, the Post has already chosen sides. And it looks like they prefer Carnahan.

Normally the P-D is pretty good at ignoring problems with democrats, so by taking Clay to task over his accepting campaign money from the rent to own people, is very telling.

So Carnahan it is. Hopefully one day the paper's reporters will tell us why Carnahan is a good candidate because it has been impossible to tell from his past congressional history.

Voting is more than stellar in Missouri

Dale and I went over and voted in the Missouri primary at 1 o'clock and I was voter number 29 and he was 30.  So much for a respectable turnout for a meaningless election.

A bigger, louder drum for Mizzou

The University of Missouri is preparing to make some noise in the SEC next year, literally.  They contracted with a Georgia drum maker to build them a 9 foot tall, 800 pound drum to bang at football games. The Tigers currently have a 6 foot drum while Texas and Purdue have 8 footers.  The new Mizzou drum will arguably be the biggest after a ten foot one in China.

How loud will this be? I'd bet very loud, suitable for the football stadium but not the basketball arena.

Big Mo cost $50,000.

Missouri Primary Day

What if they held an election and it didn't count?  Should they even count the ballots? That is about the way it will be in Missouri today as voters go to the polls to choose a GOP candidate in a non-binding election.

Non-binding.  Such an innocuous way of saying results won't count except as a beauty contest but even that is a poor way of describing the Mo primary because even beauty contests have winners.  But we'll head over to the polling place today, wind our way through representatives of candidates shoving pamphlets at us and vote.  Then tonight political experts will explain what our "count for nothing" votes meant.

This is so infuriating, the fact that the RNC made a rule that everyone but the 4 states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada could have February all to themselves and if any other state went before March they'd be penalized.  

So take note fiscal conservatives, the RNC and the Missouri GOP has put us in a position of holding a non-binding, 7 million dollar waste of time and money.