Stokes on Jaco Report – Minimum Wage

Uncategorized | December 13, 2011

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes recently appeared on
Channel 2’s Jaco Report in Saint Louis in support of the idea that the
minimum wage is harmful for the Missouri economy. Appearing opposite Stokes and arguing in favor of the minimum wage was Lara Granich, Director of the Missouri Jobs with Justice coalition.

View the video on Fox 2’s website by clicking here.

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David Stokes

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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