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Post Doesn’t Care What You Think

COMMENTARY
The editorial board of the Post-Dispatch told its urban readers yesterday that they don’t give a damn about what they think about the future of their public schools — and neither should the state.
“Let’s get real,” said the editors condescendingly. The editorial says that sure, at the first and only opportunity the public has had [...]

Where’s the Love, Southside?

Two stories from the Post makes us ask what happened to “southern” hospitality?
First, Jake Wagman reports that the Police Officers Association denied their endorsement to Matt Browning’s aldermanic campaign. Browning, a former police officer, lost both of his legs in the line of duty just two years ago. What upset Browning as much as anything, [...]

‘Dumping’ Story Makes the Post

Little over a week ago Old Norther Michael Allen, co-blogger at Ecology of Absence, witnessed what he thinks was a “dumping” of a homeless man at a downtown shelter by suburban cops.
He wrote an email to MayorSlay.com (aka Richard Callow) describing the incident and Callow — er, Mayor Slay posted about it on his blog. [...]

El-Amin on ESPN

State Rep. Talbdin El-Amin appeared this morning on Fox 2 News discussing his bill to strip slugger Mark McGwire’s name from the section of Interstate 70 running through north St. Louis and replace it with the name of former Comptroller and State Senator John Bass.
El-Amin will also appear on ESPN at around 10:20 a.m. this [...]

KMOX, WTF?

Via the Arch City Chronicle, here is a message produced by and aired on KMOX Radio today urging their suburban listeners to call the state Board of Education and demand a takeover of the St. Louis City school board.

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Spud Briefs

Recent news from The Potato, “St. Louis’ Finest News Source”…
Kacie Starr Triplett is a hero.
St. Louis has the fattest scooter riders in the country.
Dave Drebes has a big head.
And I have a nappy jerry curl (it should actually be spelled “Jheri” — at least that’s what it says on my spray bottle).
Keep up with St. [...]

Fox 2 O’Brien/Purdy Interviews

Click here to watch controverial school board president Veronica O’Brien’s appearance yesterday on Channel 2’s morning news show.
Click here to see board vice-president Bill Purdy, who appeared after O’Brien.
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Now That’s a Typo!

In the newspaper business — and even here in the blogosphere — publishers and editors share the same repeating nightmare: to print a mistake so embarassing that you’d want to change your name and move to Alaska. Well publisher Mike Williams from the St. Louis Metro Sentinel Journal might be pricing tickets as you read [...]

Year in Review: April 2006

In April, parents Peter Downs and Donna Jones pulled off a huge political upset by defeating two incumbent school board members that were backed by Mayor Francis Slay and were well financed by some of the city’s business interests. But the support of the city’s elite nor spending more than $50 per vote could make [...]

The American Attacks Nasheed

Continuing to hold State Senator-elect Jeff Smith as the elected official all black officials should strive to be like, the St. Louis American today labeled State Rep-elect Jamilah Nasheed the “un-Jeff” for requesting public hearings on the issue of state takeover of St. Louis Public Schools.
The still anonymous authors of the “Political Eye” said that [...]

Post-Disgrace

COMMENTARY
When the balance of power shifted on the St. Louis City School Board back in April, the Post-Dispatch and its education reporter, Steve Giegerich, suddenly began to watch the district with a critical eye.
Before, when the board members were going through superintendents like Kleenex, thumbing their noses and the state’s Sunshine laws, and talking fiscal [...]

Steelman’s "Terror-Free" Investments

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman appeared yesterday on CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company” to discuss Missouri’s terror-free investment strategies, which attempts to avoid investing taxpayer dollars in companies that do business with countries that are believed to sponsor terrorism around the world.
Steelman is considered a likely candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2008.

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Journalism Review Changes Hands

KWMU’s Matt Sepic reports that Webster University is handing control of the St. Louis Journalism Review back to its founder, Charles Klotzer.
Editor Ed Bishop said Klotzer will continue printing the magazine, although Bishop said he favors doing just an online version. Bishop said he will step down after a new editor is hired, but he [...]

VIDEO: On Collateral Damage

Bloggers Antonio French (www.pubdef.net) and Steve Patterson (www.urbanreviewstl.com) appeared Monday on KDHX’s “Collateral Damage” with host Fred Hessel (host D.J. Wilson was absent).
The 26-minute discussion covered St. Louis Public Schools, the TIF for St. Louis Centre, the shake-up on Cherokee, and the 6th Ward executive committee flap.
Here’s the behind-the-scenes video… Please excuse some of the [...]

Mo’ Money? Or Psuedo-Surplus?

A story in today’s Southeast Missourian details a coming financial windfall that state legislators and the governor are already spending in their minds.
“When the Missouri Legislature returns to work Jan. 3, its spending choices will be dramatically different than they were as recently as two years ago, when legally mandated spending was projected at more [...]

Workers Checks Withheld Because School Board Didn’t Approve Budget Request

KTVI Channel 2 reported last night that the decision by three members of the St. Louis school board to deny a budget request from Superintendent Diana Bourisaw may mean that hundreds of district employees may not get checks promised them until January.
Board member Ron Jackson, who along with Bob Archibald and Veronica O’Brien voted against [...]

Danforth on The Daily Show

Former Missouri Senator John Danforth appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” this week to discuss his book, “Faith and Politics”.

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KTVI: Reed’s Signs Illegal

Channel 2 News did a report last night on Aldermanic President candidate Lewis Reed’s political signs. Apparently the alderman is breaking a city law by putting the signs out so early.
A city ordinance clearly states that political signs “shall not be posted more than 90 days before the election.”
Click here to watch the story.
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VIDEO: Blunt on O’Reilly

Gov. Matt Blunt appeared on Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” Monday to discuss what he and host Bill O’Reilly called “activist judges”.
Specifically, the two discussed a recent ruling by Lawrence County, Missouri Judge Larry Meyer, who sentenced 50 year-old Kenneth Slaght to probation after he was convicted of raping his 9 year-old step-granddaughter.
“This is a [...]

VIDEO: O’Brien’s Channel 5 Interview

KSDK Channel 5 reporter Leisa Zigman interviewed St. Louis School Board President Veronica O’Brien this week.
Click here to read the story. Click here to watch the video.
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