Archive for October 2022

The Democratic candidate for the 122nd District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives wants state troopers and teachers to be paid better.

Retired math teacher Lisa McCarthy is new to politics and will represent her party in the newly drawn district in the eastern two-thirds of Phelps County, including Rolla and St. James. In addition to the trooper and teacher pay issue, she wants the state to work on making housing more accessible and affordable.

McCarthy is facing Republican Tara Peters on Nov. 8. Peters is a Realtor and pumpkin patch owner and also new to politics. She also recorded an episode of Politically Speaking that you can hear here.

Here’s more of what McCarthy had to say during the show:

• She thinks Missouri has not kept its pledge to fully fund education, and only claims that it does because it reduced the definition of full funding in 2017.
• It was wrong for the legislature to cut the state income tax rate while state troopers, teachers and conservation agents make among the lowest salaries compared to other states.
• She wants federal infrastructure money coming to the state to be spent equitably, with a fair share going to the most rural areas of the state.
• McCarthy would like to see data from other states that have legalized recreational marijuana before making up her mind on the ballot initiative that will go in front of voters in November. She said there might not be enough time to get and evaluate that information.

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As brothers, Paul and Dizzy Dean have been rivals since they were kids. Now as an adult in 1934, Paul finally lands a spot on a professional baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals – where his brother is already seen as a rambunctious icon. Paul is introduced to all sorts of oddball characters on the squad including Manager Frankie Frisch, former hobo Pepper Martin, horn-dog Ripper Collins, chronic gambler Leo Durocher, and team hothead Ducky Medwick. Paul is determined to break away from Dizzy’s shadow. After a slow start, the team starts clicking and becomes known for their wild shenanigans and globetrotter-like warm-ups. The nation starts taking notice and cheers on this rough-and-tumble baseball team. Together, the brothers lead the team to the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. It’s up to Paul to win Game Six in a do-or-die situation. Paul not only goes all nine innings, but he also hits in the winning run. He learns to accept Dizzy for his cocky bravado as they become baseball legends and symbols of inspiration during the Great Depression.

Directed by Garrett Tripp. Produced by Erin Goodenough. Sound engineer and sound design: Sean Kilker. Cast: Cliff Mirabella, Kaitlin Gant, Keith Nussbaum, Chris Moore, Tanner Risner and Nicolas Garren.

In partnership with Missouri Film Office, a part of the Missouri Division of Tourism/ Andrea Sporcic Klund, Film Commissioner.

The Gashouse Gang Synopsis

As brothers, Paul and Dizzy Dean have been rivals since they were kids. Now as an adult in 1934, Paul finally lands a spot on a professional baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals – where his brother is already seen as a rambunctious icon. Paul is introduced to all sorts of oddball characters on the squad including Manager Frankie Frisch, former hobo Pepper Martin, horn-dog Ripper Collins, chronic gambler Leo Durocher, and team hothead Ducky Medwick. Paul is determined to break away from Dizzy’s shadow. After a slow start, the team starts clicking and becomes known for their wild shenanigans and globetrotter-like warm-ups. The nation starts taking notice and cheers on this rough-and-tumble baseball team. Together, the brothers lead the team to the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. It’s up to Paul to win Game Six in a do-or-die situation. Paul not only goes all nine innings, but he also hits in the winning run. He learns to accept Dizzy for his cocky bravado as they become baseball legends and symbols of inspiration during the Great Depression.

Directed by Garrett Tripp. Produced by Erin Goodenough. Sound engineer and sound design: Sean Kilker. Cast: Cliff Mirabella, Kaitlin Gant, Keith Nussbaum, Chris Moore, Tanner Risner and Nicolas Garren.

In partnership with Missouri Film Office, a part of the Missouri Division of Tourism/ Andrea Sporcic Klund, Film Commissioner.

The Republican candidate for the 122nd District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives wants to improve education by increasing pay for teachers. 

Realtor and pumpkin patch owner Tara Peters is new to politics, but she won a contested primary to represent her party in the newly drawn district that includes the eastern two-thirds of Phelps County including Rolla and St. James. In addition to raising teacher pay, she wants to put armed retired veterans in schools to prevent mass shootings.

Peters is facing Democrat Lisa McCarthy on Nov. 8. McCarthy is a retired math teacher and also new to politics. She also recorded an episode of Politically Speaking that will air this week.

Here’s what Peters had to say during the show:

• She thinks Missouri has lost its entrepreneurial spirit and wants the state to do more to encourage and support small businesses.
• Peters supports the tax cut the legislature passed in special session, but also cautions the state can’t lower taxes to an extent that it risks running out of money.
• It should be more difficult to get ballot initiatives onto the ballot, as she said it’s too easy for well-funded interests to change the state constitution.
• There are many problems with the ballot initiative to make recreational marijuana legal, but even without those problems she has issues with the idea and calls marijuana a “gateway drug.”

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