Missouri

kind of a pain to park in the CWE, but I am kind of surprised (pleasantly) that Chess has taken a home in the area. At least one thing going for STLMO. Too bad that you got to wave money under people's noses in order to get something going/done (chess merit badge in boy scouts for donation by S). I have a little less respect for the chess club now (just a little) knowing its history but that won't keep me from enjoying the club when I can.

Also as to a burning hatred of taxes...where does he think roads, infrastructure, etc. come from? You can attribute a lot of his wealth (and I don't care where it came from) to the paid for roads, airports, ports, etc. that taxpayers mostly paid for. If anything, I don't see for the most part, the ultra rich stepping up to the plate and helping municipalities in dealing w/ tax issues / infrastructure / you name it NOR really paying more in taxes to help the middle class out, who really hasn't rec'd a substantive raise in quite a while.

Take care of yourself in KC, hopefully the snow/ice isn't too much of a mess there today.