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Marie Ceselski: Ret public records archivist, embarrassed fmr Dem Cmte woman, dreaming of STL secession for statehood or becoming IL county. Gardening, nature, politics, history nerd. Traveling The Americas in land yacht https://greatstateofstlouis.com/

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Angel of the Ozarks@angeloftheozarks.bsky.social · 2h ago

SD 30 is going to be handily flipped by Betsy Fogle in Nov. People in this SD had no reason to grab a ballot other than your party affiliation. Most offices were unopposed. I did have a reason to grab a R ballot and am happy to report Rex Sinquefield wasted millions on a primary backing Curtis.

Betsy Fogle results for SD 30 - 14,411 votesMelanie Stinnet results for SD 30 - 12,478GOP primary results for SD 20 Lori Rook - 55.1% Curtis Trent - 44.9%
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 2h ago

Another cycle of ring kissing is about to happen at St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds. I hope that ROD Cohn re-establishes the employee manual created by ROD Florida and maintained by ROD Carpenter, thrown out by ROD Butler, in which employees have 1A rights and cannot be fired for other than cause.

Plastic musical instrument, toy recorder still in original packaging
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 2h ago

I believe all county offices should be elected. But I voted against this because Jackson County is a home rule county. Local voters, not statewide voters, should decide such things. If they want elected Assessor, they can amend their charter for it. Expect more #moleg interference with STL and KC.

St. Louis Public Radio@stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 2h ago

Missouri voters approved Amendment 2, cementing Jackson County’s elected assessor into the state constitution. The measure follows a 2025 county vote prompted by the county’s property tax reassessments. From @KCUR.org:

State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 16h ago

Election night pretty, a fabulous purple 🌱 Zinnia I need to clean the garden paths of the zinnia volunteers and put them in vases. The Mr. has already sniff tested and did not end up in an allergy (he's being treated for a gillion allergies) sneezing fit. Yay!

A large purple zinnia
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 21h ago

Election afternoon ditch pretty: not native 🌱 Common Chicory mdc.mo.gov/discover-nat..., a weed everyone seems happy with. This photo was taken in the shade and I just loved the color. Usually, they are a very pale blue.

Bluebird Blue Chicory flower
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 16h ago

Good evening. Election Night Art. George Caleb Bingham's 1854 American, 'The Verdict of the People,' oil on canvas, St. Louis Art Museum See ALT text

George Caleb Bingham, American, 1811-1879 The Verdict of the People, 1854-55 oil on canvas Crowds gather around a courthouse to hear voting results. Everyone is here-the well-to-do farmers, laborers, merchants, kids, politicians, immigrants, veterans, women, and enslaved African Americans. The overjoyed man waving his kerchief and the inebriated man sprawled on the ground border a jumble of individuals with varied responses-elated, confounded, argumentative, jovial, intensely serious, and dejected. George Caleb Bingham, an artist and a politician himself, depicted a political process that matched both his ideal of rational discussion and his actual experience of a raucous, unpredictable electorate. The women in the balcony and the slave in the left foreground represent two populations without a voice in government at this time. These particular women are temperance, or anti-alcohol, reformers. Bingham and many Americans believed that the movements advocating for temperance and for the abolition of slavery were closely linked, as both slavery and drunkenness were viewed as destructive impositions on natural freedom. Gift of Bank of America 45:2001
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 22h ago

Good afternoon. More Election Day Art. Thomas Hart Benton's 1935 'Politics, Farming, and Law in Missouri,' St. Louis Art Museum Note the lynching 😢 Note the guy falling asleep listening to Congressman, the artist's father. Lots of details in ALT text

Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief@journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 17h ago

Minutes before becoming the newest Kansas Supreme Court justice, Christopher Jayaram issued an opinion from his district bench that invalidates abortion restrictions | #ksleg via @anna-writes.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/08/04/k...

Kansas judge says decision to strike abortion restrictions not ‘even a close call’ • Kansas Reflector

A Kansas judge took a sledgehammer to a slate of abortion restrictions dating back to 1997, ruling the state came up short in arguing the Kansas Legislature should be able to impose waiting periods, m...

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State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 20h ago

Today's 🌱 harvest Another green zucchini Four more yellow crookneck squash A cucumber Everything but the cucumber goes to food pantry with some chard that I'll cut tomorrow No paste tomatoes. The plants are looking sad and there's a lot of blossom end rot and feasting tree rats these days.

Harvest on wood kitchen table: zucchini, yellow squash, cucumber
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 21h ago

It's been pointed out that the man serving beverages is not serving coffee. It's from a keg, Election Day beer or whiskey. Fun Fact. Late 19th to early 20th Century, several saloons in St. Louis City, today's Downtown-Downtown West area, owned by an elected official, were also polling places.

State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · yesterday

Good morning. Starting out Election Day in Missouri with George Caleb Bingham's 1852 'The County Election,' St. Louis Art Museum Notice how everyone in the painting is white but the man serving coffee and everyone is male including the kids. See ALT text

George Caleb Bingham American, 1811-1879 The County Election, 1852 oil on canvas A large group of white men gathers to place their votes in an election. Campaigning politicians anxiously press their party tickets toward individuals. One of the newest citizens, an Irish immigrant, is taking an oath that he had not voted elsewhere, just as one of the oldest, a Revolutionary War "76-er" veteran, is descending the steps. Merchants in top hats discuss the issues with laborers in shirtsleeves, an example of the rational exchange that sustains democracy. Other individuals present a less responsible and informed perspective. One drunken citizen, unable to stand, is nonetheless dragged to cast a vote. Another sits on a bench to steady his head, his clarity evidently lost in a brawl. Two boys on the ground play mumblety peg, a knife game that progressively increases in risk. George Caleb Bingham revealed what every American supportive of an election understands: that the democratic ideal must be embraced even though uninformed votes could prevail. Gift of Bank of America 44:2001
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 22h ago

Good afternoon. More Election Day Art. Thomas Hart Benton's 1935 'Politics, Farming, and Law in Missouri,' St. Louis Art Museum Note the lynching 😢 Note the guy falling asleep listening to Congressman, the artist's father. Lots of details in ALT text

Thomas Hart Benton, American, 1889-1975 Politics, Farming, and Law in Missouri, 1935 oil on canvas A political candidate delivers his message, women prepare a potluck, a frontiersman hunts, and a farmer plows the rich earth. In the background, Civil War fires, which illuminate a lynching, merge with the smoke of a locomotive, showing the industrial development that followed the war. This painting is one of several studies for the mural, A Social History of the State of Missouri, in the state capital building in Jefferson City, Missouri. The artist, Thomas Hart Benton, based his figures on sketches of real Missourians. Some he didn't know, but some he did-like his father, United States Congressman Maecenus E. Benton, who is the figure speaking at the podium. You might also recognize the artist's Missouri hometown of Neosho, or the Pike County Court House in Bowling Green. Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield 2016.237
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · yesterday

Good morning. Starting out Election Day in Missouri with George Caleb Bingham's 1852 'The County Election,' St. Louis Art Museum Notice how everyone in the painting is white but the man serving coffee and everyone is male including the kids. See ALT text

George Caleb Bingham American, 1811-1879 The County Election, 1852 oil on canvas A large group of white men gathers to place their votes in an election. Campaigning politicians anxiously press their party tickets toward individuals. One of the newest citizens, an Irish immigrant, is taking an oath that he had not voted elsewhere, just as one of the oldest, a Revolutionary War "76-er" veteran, is descending the steps. Merchants in top hats discuss the issues with laborers in shirtsleeves, an example of the rational exchange that sustains democracy. Other individuals present a less responsible and informed perspective. One drunken citizen, unable to stand, is nonetheless dragged to cast a vote. Another sits on a bench to steady his head, his clarity evidently lost in a brawl. Two boys on the ground play mumblety peg, a knife game that progressively increases in risk. George Caleb Bingham revealed what every American supportive of an election understands: that the democratic ideal must be embraced even though uninformed votes could prevail. Gift of Bank of America 44:2001
State of St. Louis@stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 22h ago

The new executive director for Seed St. Louis has no gardening or horticulture background. She has Humane Society experience in the Belleville IL area. They had over a hundred applicants. This fits the Delmar Divine nonprofit mold. It's all about fundraising and corporate sponsorships.