Here Is Something We Can All Support

State and Local Government | October 8, 2007

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

Governor Blunt has launched a loan program (article via Mr. Husband-to-be) for students interested in going into large animal veterinary practices. I don’t link to this because I think it’s a major issue — I am linking to it because it’s a good example of how the government should go about addressing needs such as this. It’s not a new tax credit, or an excise tax on pork products, or a new license fee to tailgate outside of Faurot Field, it’s just a simple, concise loan program that tries to help students move into a needed field. The governor deserves credit for this program and for keeping it at a reasonable level.

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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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