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I’m Proud of My Ward

Thursday, March 8, 2007

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The 21st Ward delivered more votes for Lewis Reed than any other ward in north St. Louis that did not have a contested aldermanic race. With nothing else on the ballot, the 21st Ward delivered 773 votes for Reed. The ward’s current committeeman, Arthur “Chink” Washington, and its alderman, Bennice Jones King, broke with nearly every [...]

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Political Briefs

Monday, January 22, 2007

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SLAY SHARES WITH DEVLIN — The mayor and the man accused of kidnapping two boys have something (or someone) in common: Richard Callow. According to Jake Wagman, Mayor Francis Slay is allowing his number one P.R. man to moonlight as the media man for Michael Devlin. Either Francis thinks he’s so Teflon that even the [...]

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100-Hour Scorecard (via KWMU)

Saturday, January 20, 2007

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Tom Weber, of local NPR station KWMU, reports that Cape Girardeau-area Rep. JoAnn Emerson, a Republican, was especially supportive of Congressional Democrats’ so-called 100-hour agenda. Emerson voted for five of the six bills that passed during the 100 hours. Her only “no” vote was for the bill that implements the rest of the 9/11 commission’s recommendations. Keep [...]

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Group Calls Tax Cut a "Sham"

Saturday, January 20, 2007

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A taxpayer watchdog group is calling a proposal to repeal the state tax on all Social Security benefits a “sham”. Missourians for Tax Justice says that legislation, most likely House Bill 297 and Senate Bill 230, is “counterfeit concern” for senior citizens because, according to group’s chairman Pat Martin, seniors with incomes below $25,000 ($32,000 for [...]

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