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Mini Poll: Flipping All The Coins
 There is a person in the MayorSlay.com office who never carries cash. For her, a debit card and (much more rarely) a check book have replaced banknotes and coins as her only money. When Jack Dorsey and his St. Louis team get Square past its limited beta, she'll probably be making most payments from her cell phone.
We know she is not alone. Over the past several years, even the slowest moving public offices and many private businesses have begun shying away from cash and conducting most of their transactions with credit and debit cards. In the City of St. Louis, you can now pay for a range of municipal services and satisfy many civic obligations with your credit card. Even the Parking Division, which will likely be the last bastion of nickels and quarters, has begun experimenting with credit card readers for its meters and garages.
Yet, not everyone is ready for physical currency to disappear. Credit cards lack the imposed discipline of an empty pocket; and even debit cards require a relatively high level of involvement with a bank or credit union. Most of us still carry a purse or wallet full of bills and fill our pockets and cupholders with useful coins.
Rather than heading off into a political discussion about the future of digital currencies, this week's Mini-Poll asks you to throw in your two cents worth of opinions on the subject of hard cash money.
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