In the course of investigating Metro, Charlie Dooley's name has come up a lot.
He is Metro's "checkbook". He is the man behind the big lie told to voter's in 2010, that Prop A's half a cent sales tax would go to Metro bus and Metrolink.
And if there is a vein of corruption in St. Louis, Dooley is the pulse. Below is just the tip of the iceberg. I am crossed eyed from reading all this. I will add more links as I find them.
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/03/charlie_dooley_mike_temporiti_john_temporiti.php
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/dooley-erupts-as-st-louis-county-council-rejects-police-board/article_b27a94f5-d106-530c-a125-be5f8f5fb4ce.html
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/01/15/mcculloch-stenger-call-for-accountability-in-health-department-scandal/
http://www.globetrotterstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/page-4A-10-22-13.pdf
http://www.24thstate.com/st-louis-1/
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2013/12/dooley-gets-angry-as-council-rejects.html
None of these articles really trace the Dooley "Ole Boy Network" or link the corrupt officials and businessmen. But it's a start.
OCCUPY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE!
Occupy Your Job! Occupy Your Housing! Occupy Your Schools! Occupy Your Food! Occupy Your Medical Care! Occupy Your Transportation! Occupy Your Neighborhood! Occupy Your City! Occupy Your Money! Occupy Your Government! We deserve a better world! It starts with us! OCCUPY YOUR LIFE!
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
OCCUPY YOUR GROCERY STORE
The Schnucks supermarket on Grand at Kossuth is closing.
For those that don't know St. Louis, that is one tough area. There are a lot of drugs and crime.
There are also a lot of people just trying to live their lives.
If I had the funding I would do this right now:
A community owned grocery store, like co-op, that everyone in the neighborhood could order what they needed.
Yes, it would be off-brands, probably, but poor people already buy off-brands. And being able to get things even cheaper than Wal-mart would be a big draw.
And to be able to buy things cheaper, or even at the same price as Wal-Mart or Family Dollar, but the people would also be able to work there to pay for part of the price of their purchases. And it would build equity in the community.
As it expanded day care could be added, or a co-op shuttle that did deliveries to shut-ins and the elderly, or just to get people home with their groceries without struggling on the city buses.
And a community garden could be established, both growing to sell, or just to allow people to have a space and the support to grow their own veg.
A coffee house that could also double as a community center.
Yes, there would be difficulties. But I believe it would grow and flourish, and it would create tremendous community pride.
I hope someone that can do this is reading this. I think this should happen in low income neighborhoods especially, but it would be good in all communities.
The shorter the distance money has to travel, the stronger it is and the more worth it has.
A community grocery co-op needs to be Occupied! in North Grand!
EDIT: It also occurred to me that a community kitchen, where co-op members could bring or buy their own food and use the stove and microwave and even pots and pans and dishes, and eat there. That would help a lot of people out.
For those that don't know St. Louis, that is one tough area. There are a lot of drugs and crime.
There are also a lot of people just trying to live their lives.
If I had the funding I would do this right now:
A community owned grocery store, like co-op, that everyone in the neighborhood could order what they needed.
Yes, it would be off-brands, probably, but poor people already buy off-brands. And being able to get things even cheaper than Wal-mart would be a big draw.
And to be able to buy things cheaper, or even at the same price as Wal-Mart or Family Dollar, but the people would also be able to work there to pay for part of the price of their purchases. And it would build equity in the community.
As it expanded day care could be added, or a co-op shuttle that did deliveries to shut-ins and the elderly, or just to get people home with their groceries without struggling on the city buses.
And a community garden could be established, both growing to sell, or just to allow people to have a space and the support to grow their own veg.
A coffee house that could also double as a community center.
Yes, there would be difficulties. But I believe it would grow and flourish, and it would create tremendous community pride.
I hope someone that can do this is reading this. I think this should happen in low income neighborhoods especially, but it would be good in all communities.
The shorter the distance money has to travel, the stronger it is and the more worth it has.
A community grocery co-op needs to be Occupied! in North Grand!
EDIT: It also occurred to me that a community kitchen, where co-op members could bring or buy their own food and use the stove and microwave and even pots and pans and dishes, and eat there. That would help a lot of people out.
Monday, April 14, 2014
OCCUPY RIGHT TO WORK!
Right to work makes it sound like you can get a job without paying union dues.
What that means is that employers will have the ability to hire non-union workers.
Employers in this state (Missouri) can already fire you for any reason, including going to the bathroom.
They can record you-- despite federal wiretapping laws that would prohibit this kind of spying in any other context- they can check your background, refuse to pay your unemployment, and with the ACA, knock your hours back so that you have to pay health premiums.
WORKERS HAVE NO RIGHTS IN RIGHT TO WORK STATES.
And workers in this country don't have that many rights to begin with.
There is ENOUGH WORK. But there are NOT ENOUGH JOBS.
Everyone should be able to get a job. Work should be divided as equitably as wealth.
There is NO executive, no matter how many hours they put in, that works as hard as a factory worker, or farmer, or ditch digger. And the employers are the ones that are truly dispensable!
If the CEO doesn't show up, the company keeps running. But if the workers don't show up, production stops.
All those people that support "Right To Work" and say they made it on their own, without any help, please ask them to demonstrate this BY DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES.
Those people that say "you poor and unemployed, you need to try harder." Let's see those people demonstrate that. Since it should be so easy to "try a little harder" and go from $200 a week earnings to $1000 a week, please show us how you can go from $1000 a week to $5000.
It's easy, right? Prove it.
Employers and business owners and CEO's DO NOT DESERVE THE WEALTH FROM OUR LABOR.
EVERY JOB DESERVES A UNION! EVERY PERSON DESERVES A LIVEABLE WAGE, MANDATORY BREAK TIME, HEALTH CARE, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE!
OCCUPY YOUR JOB!
OCCUPY RIGHT TO WORK!
(Look at how they word this--it 's not "impartial reporting", it's a marketing scheme to sell Right To Work to the public: http://www.kmov.com/news/politics/Missouri-House-endorses-right-to-work-bill-254659421.html)
What that means is that employers will have the ability to hire non-union workers.
Employers in this state (Missouri) can already fire you for any reason, including going to the bathroom.
They can record you-- despite federal wiretapping laws that would prohibit this kind of spying in any other context- they can check your background, refuse to pay your unemployment, and with the ACA, knock your hours back so that you have to pay health premiums.
WORKERS HAVE NO RIGHTS IN RIGHT TO WORK STATES.
And workers in this country don't have that many rights to begin with.
There is ENOUGH WORK. But there are NOT ENOUGH JOBS.
Everyone should be able to get a job. Work should be divided as equitably as wealth.
There is NO executive, no matter how many hours they put in, that works as hard as a factory worker, or farmer, or ditch digger. And the employers are the ones that are truly dispensable!
If the CEO doesn't show up, the company keeps running. But if the workers don't show up, production stops.
All those people that support "Right To Work" and say they made it on their own, without any help, please ask them to demonstrate this BY DOING THE WORK THEMSELVES.
Those people that say "you poor and unemployed, you need to try harder." Let's see those people demonstrate that. Since it should be so easy to "try a little harder" and go from $200 a week earnings to $1000 a week, please show us how you can go from $1000 a week to $5000.
It's easy, right? Prove it.
Employers and business owners and CEO's DO NOT DESERVE THE WEALTH FROM OUR LABOR.
EVERY JOB DESERVES A UNION! EVERY PERSON DESERVES A LIVEABLE WAGE, MANDATORY BREAK TIME, HEALTH CARE, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE!
OCCUPY YOUR JOB!
OCCUPY RIGHT TO WORK!
(Look at how they word this--it 's not "impartial reporting", it's a marketing scheme to sell Right To Work to the public: http://www.kmov.com/news/politics/Missouri-House-endorses-right-to-work-bill-254659421.html)
WORLDWIDE WAVE OF ACTION: EVERY DAY IS THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
The movie is about what one person, raising their voice and speaking out, can do.
We don't have to blow up Big Ben and government buildings to change things, but we do need to be "V strong."
Be strong in courage and conviction that millions and millions of people around this world are sick of wealth inequality.
Be strong in the knowledge that there are far more of us than there of "them"-- those that control us through threat of violence, through keeping us divided and fighting each other over the scraps they throw us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUkgNvvF7Vk&list=PLE98EB7BA50FB3468
The "New Age" is not coming, it is already here.
There is enough food, enough housing, enough of everything, for everyone. It just isn't being distributed properly.
That can change.
The Worldwide Wave of Action is just getting started. From now through July 4th, TAKE ACTION!
Make every day a "Fifth of November"!
http://youtu.be/chqi8m4CEEY
WHAT OCCUPIERS CAN LEARN FROM FIGHT CLUB (HINT: NOT VIOLENCE)
The first rule of Fight Club...
http://youtu.be/i2lmFCqbJcI
"Don't talk about Fight Club." That's the second rule, too.
If you work at some company like Monsanto, or the government, or any part of the 1%'s infrastructure, the best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut at work.
But keep your eyes open.
You don't have to be Edward Snowden or Julian Assaunge. In fact, in many ways whistle-blowing action is better on the downlow.
Be the unseen leak.
Find your "25". 25 people (or as many as you can) that you know and trust, that you can count on to keep their source and connection with you secret.
Meet in the park with your cell phone off and in the car while you walk and talk. Find out as much as you can about the company that you work for and what they are doing and tell your fellow Occupiers.
Let those of us out in the open do our work.
We don't need violence. We have more strength than they do.
Can you imagine if there was a city-wide, or nation-wide strike, even for one day? No one goes to work, no one buys anything, no one watches television or goes on the internet?
Can you imagine how badly the rich and powerful would fare without their maids and bus boys and factory workers? If we the people stopped the wheels of production for one day?
If we all met in the park and exchanged their secrets?
If even 3.5% of the population went on strike this country would shut down.
The NSA, the cops, the data-metrics counters, social media-- all of them are watching us, but they can't watch all of us, all the time.
And we can watch them.
Easily. Without any inconvenience on our part.
You know where the weakest links are in the part of the machinery you occupy. Start sharing that information.
This world should not be a "for profit" endeavor of a few people. EVERYONE has the right to decent work for decent pay, housing and shelter, food, medical care, clean water and air.
This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time: http://youtu.be/0zGeS8OFjEs
http://youtu.be/i2lmFCqbJcI
"Don't talk about Fight Club." That's the second rule, too.
If you work at some company like Monsanto, or the government, or any part of the 1%'s infrastructure, the best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut at work.
But keep your eyes open.
You don't have to be Edward Snowden or Julian Assaunge. In fact, in many ways whistle-blowing action is better on the downlow.
Be the unseen leak.
Find your "25". 25 people (or as many as you can) that you know and trust, that you can count on to keep their source and connection with you secret.
Meet in the park with your cell phone off and in the car while you walk and talk. Find out as much as you can about the company that you work for and what they are doing and tell your fellow Occupiers.
Let those of us out in the open do our work.
We don't need violence. We have more strength than they do.
Can you imagine if there was a city-wide, or nation-wide strike, even for one day? No one goes to work, no one buys anything, no one watches television or goes on the internet?
Can you imagine how badly the rich and powerful would fare without their maids and bus boys and factory workers? If we the people stopped the wheels of production for one day?
If we all met in the park and exchanged their secrets?
If even 3.5% of the population went on strike this country would shut down.
The NSA, the cops, the data-metrics counters, social media-- all of them are watching us, but they can't watch all of us, all the time.
And we can watch them.
Easily. Without any inconvenience on our part.
You know where the weakest links are in the part of the machinery you occupy. Start sharing that information.
This world should not be a "for profit" endeavor of a few people. EVERYONE has the right to decent work for decent pay, housing and shelter, food, medical care, clean water and air.
This is your life, and its ending one minute at a time: http://youtu.be/0zGeS8OFjEs
WHY OCCUPY?
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a non-violent people's movement for change, centered around Wall Street and the culture of greed that is running our country, and the world, into the ground.
OWS is credited with coining the terms "1%" and "99%". The 1% of the world's wealthiest, that live on the backs of the rest of us, the 99%.
I started the Occupy Public Transportation in St. Louis action because I saw that NOTHING was going to change without someone standing up and demanding it.
There are a lot of things I want to change, but Public Transit is an immediate need for many people. And few public entities are as entwined with the 1% and the politicians they manipulate as public transit.
The whole world needs change. There are more of us than there of them -- and we don't have to resort to violence to get the changes we need.
WE JUST HAVE TO START OCCUPYING OUR OWN LIVES!
For some of us that may mean camping out in Zuccotti Park and protesting Wall Street greed. But for a lot more of us, what it means is investigating the structure of society that we take for granted.
Changes can be made, but WE will have to do the changing!
Join the WORLDWIDE WAVE OF ACTION, THE MOVEMENT OF MOVEMENTS, NOW! APRIL 4TH THROUGH JULY 4TH, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!
Please keep checking back!
How to change the world: http://optinstl.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-anyone-can-change-world-outlined-in.html
From the Worldwide Wave of Action website:
Here’s a basic list of tactics…
You know what you can do to play a part. Do whatever you feel
inspired to do. Amplify what you are already doing. Think about what you
are willing to do to be the change we urgently need to see in the
world, and then do it.
OWS is credited with coining the terms "1%" and "99%". The 1% of the world's wealthiest, that live on the backs of the rest of us, the 99%.
I started the Occupy Public Transportation in St. Louis action because I saw that NOTHING was going to change without someone standing up and demanding it.
There are a lot of things I want to change, but Public Transit is an immediate need for many people. And few public entities are as entwined with the 1% and the politicians they manipulate as public transit.
The whole world needs change. There are more of us than there of them -- and we don't have to resort to violence to get the changes we need.
WE JUST HAVE TO START OCCUPYING OUR OWN LIVES!
For some of us that may mean camping out in Zuccotti Park and protesting Wall Street greed. But for a lot more of us, what it means is investigating the structure of society that we take for granted.
Changes can be made, but WE will have to do the changing!
Join the WORLDWIDE WAVE OF ACTION, THE MOVEMENT OF MOVEMENTS, NOW! APRIL 4TH THROUGH JULY 4TH, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!
Please keep checking back!
How to change the world: http://optinstl.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-anyone-can-change-world-outlined-in.html
From the Worldwide Wave of Action website:
Here’s a basic list of tactics…
> Mass gatherings, demonstrations;
> Marches, parades;
> Flash mobs, swarms;
> Shutdown harmful corporate and governmental operations;
> Worker Strikes;
> Hunger strikes;
> Sit-ins;
> Strategic defaults, debt strikes;
> Foreclosure prevention;
> Boycotting corrupt corporations;
> Move your money out of the big banks and the stock market;
> Use alternative currencies and economic systems;
> Cancel your cable television and support independent media;
> Use independent online tools that don’t sell your info / protect privacy;
> Online civil disobedience, Anonymous operations;
> Leak information on corruption;
> Use alternative energy;
> Build urban and hydroponic farms, or get your food from them;
> Support local businesses;
> Join local community organizations;
> Take part in food banks and help develop community support systems;
> Start or join intentional and autonomous communities;
> Experiment with new governing systems, Liquid Democracy;
> Host teach-ins;
> Organize socially conscious events;
> Make conscious media;
> Guerrilla postering, messages on money;
> Help inspiring groups and organizations spread their message;
> Random acts of kindness and compassion;
> Mass meditations, prayer sessions and spiritual actions.
> Marches, parades;
> Flash mobs, swarms;
> Shutdown harmful corporate and governmental operations;
> Worker Strikes;
> Hunger strikes;
> Sit-ins;
> Strategic defaults, debt strikes;
> Foreclosure prevention;
> Boycotting corrupt corporations;
> Move your money out of the big banks and the stock market;
> Use alternative currencies and economic systems;
> Cancel your cable television and support independent media;
> Use independent online tools that don’t sell your info / protect privacy;
> Online civil disobedience, Anonymous operations;
> Leak information on corruption;
> Use alternative energy;
> Build urban and hydroponic farms, or get your food from them;
> Support local businesses;
> Join local community organizations;
> Take part in food banks and help develop community support systems;
> Start or join intentional and autonomous communities;
> Experiment with new governing systems, Liquid Democracy;
> Host teach-ins;
> Organize socially conscious events;
> Make conscious media;
> Guerrilla postering, messages on money;
> Help inspiring groups and organizations spread their message;
> Random acts of kindness and compassion;
> Mass meditations, prayer sessions and spiritual actions.
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