Missouri Proposition A, the Schools First Elementary and Secondary Education Funding Initiative, aka the Gambling Loss Limits Initiative, would provide new revenue to Missouri schools by increasing the state tax casinos pay to 21% and eliminating Missouri's $500 buy-in limit, or Loss Limit. The limit started 15 years ago and prohibits a casino patron from buying more than $500 in chips or tokens during a two-hour time frame. (They can still spend money they win from the house, without limits. The limit is only on how much you can spend initally out of pocket)

The initiative would also generate new funds for early childhood programs and other state and local services from the $2-per-visitor fee paid by casinos. It would also limit the number of casinos in Missouri to those already built or under construction. 

I work for the biggest casino company in the industry. Now, I never thought that I would end up really loving my job or caring about the gambling industry, but I do. The Loss Limit infringes on any persons right to spend their money how they want. Gambling is a personal choice and I really don't believe that government should regulate something that is a personal choice (For Example, abortion, gay marriage, etc.) I think this falls in the same guidelines.
     If Prop A doesn't pass, thousands of Missourians in the gaming industry could be faced with loosing their jobs. Kansas is building bigger, newer, flashier casinos with NO LIMITS. Our customers will be attracted to the new sites and the freedom to spend their money how they like, for some, gambling is their main form of entertainment. For me, my fiance, many of my friends and thousands of Missourians its our main form of income.
    The "nay-sayers" of Prop A say that it could lead to more people with gambling problems, or that is puts people that already have gambling problems at risk. Look, people who say things like this obviously don't spend alot of time in a casino. I do, 40+ hours a week! Bottom line,problem gamblers are addicts. They will do anything, anything to spend the money they want to even if there are loss limits. There are ways around the loss limit, illegal ways, but there are ways.(I do not condone breaking the law!) There are 4 major casinos within 10 minutes of each other in the KC area alone, not to mention all the "Indian" casinos in Southern Missouri and Terrible's casino in St. Joe as well as the growing casino projects in Kansas. It is not uncommon for a problem gambler to buy-in for $500, get up to $1,000 or more and spend it all, and then travel to another casino in the same two-hour time frame and do it again.

Obviously this law doesn't protect the problem gambler, so who is it protecting?
Not them, not me and my job or anyone else. So why have it?
Abolishing the law will only help the Missouri economy by keeping jobs and help our failing schools.

Please, consider voting yes on Prop A. Help me and my fiance keep our jobs!

I know, way to be dramatic, "your makeup is killing you." I just had to get your attention. Seriously, I've been a pretty adamant believer the past few years that natural is better-in your food, in your cleaning products and in your personal care products. I've decided to be an activist for The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of women's, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives.

Personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after shave, lotion and makeup are not regulated by the FDA or any other government agency.  It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products. Consumers buy these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons, usually without questioning the product's safety. 

So, Tuesday is my Saturday. I love it because anytime I go out to do stuff in the afternoon the rest of the world is at work and I get to see places for what they really are and take my time. I work @ Harrah's Casino, I get to see everyone else squish themselves into the Voodoo Lounge during the weekend. I would hate going out on the weekend. People at bars looks like cows at the water hole to me. Everyone dancing in a small space sweating on each other, trying to find a clear patch of air to breathe and trying to scream over the music and noise trying to meet someone new. I've done my fair share of clubbing, barhopping and whatnot...but I did all that at a younger age and I guess I got it all out of my system. I am actually an 80-year-old lady in a 22-year-old body.

I was perusing the Power and Light District this afternoon and my fiance and I decided to eat at McFadden's. I've heard all the hype over it, all the stuff that 96.5 the buzz does down there...so I thought it might be best for my street cred that I check it out.

I get it. The whole Irish-American pub extravaganza. The walls of alcohol are pretty enticing...but I couldn't help but wonder how much money they spent on all the liquor lol The menu looks like your typical feed that you see at any bar. However, They did have some "down-home" type of cooking on their menu like Meatloaf and Shepard's Pie. Everything was reasonably priced, to my surprise. They must make all of there profit from the wall-of-liquor and waterfall of beer on tap.