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The Post, PUB DEF and YouTube

Thanks to Jeff Daniel of the Post-Dispatch for including PUB DEF in his story on St. Louis as seen through YouTube.
“For Antonio French, however, the ability to create and post video is serious business. Covering local politics through his Web site, PubDefWeekly.com, French uses YouTube as a tool to allow viewers immediate, first-hand footage of [...]

Catching Up, Plus: Thanks, Sly

Still getting caught up with everything now that my electricity is back on. Shot some video yesterday but haven’t had time to edit it yet. Look for it later today. Will also be looking closely at the latest campaign finance reports today, so look out for that as well.
Traffic on the site has been busier [...]

Shelter from the Storm

After two nights of sweating in the dark and sleeping on a futon on the back porch, my girlfriend, my dog and I split town and headed to Chicago yesterday evening. Not to rub it in or anything, but the weather is great, the power is on, and all lanes are open on the information [...]

L.L. Cool Jim - Part 2

Oh boy. The risk of poking fun at someone is that they could go and up the ante on you. And oh boy has Sen. Jim Talent upped the ante.
Last week, we had a little fun at our junior senator’s expense when he announced his Women for Talent coalition. Surrounded by a group of women [...]

Download the Latest

Here it is, your moment of Zen… Download the latest issue of PUB DEF Weekly.
Remember: make as many copies as you like and distribute them in your apartment building, on campus, in City Hall, wherever. But for God’s sake, don’t litter. We hate that!
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

On Collateral Damage Tonight

I’ll be a guest on “Collateral Damage” tonight with hosts D.J. Wilson and Fred Hessel. The show starts at 7:00 and can be heard on KDHX 88.1 FM or online at www.kdhx.org.
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

"L.L. Cool Jim" Contest

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
Do ladies love cool Jim Talent? That’s what Women for Talent would have you think. The U.S. Senator, who is facing a tough challenge from Democrat Claire McCaskill, was joined Thursday morning at the Frontenac Hilton by his wife, Brenda; his two daughters, Kate and Chrissy; and a group of other women from across [...]

Download the Latest

Click here to download this week’s print(able) edition of PUB DEF Weekly.
Let freedom ring! Spread truth and knowledge! Copy, Print, Share. Make a bunch of copies, drop off some at City Hall, in your neighborhood coffee shop, or pass ‘em out on street corners.
Or just make paper airplanes out of them. Whatever, it’s your ink [...]

Print this Week’s Issue

Click here to download this week’s print(able) edition of PUB DEF Weekly. Copy, Print, Share.
Drop off some copies at City Hall, your neighborhood coffee shop, or give a copy to an old person who doesn’t know “what all the fuss is about them fancy com’pooters and Innerwebs.”
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Hot off the Press

Here’s the latest print(able) edition of PUB DEF Weekly. Download it, print it, share it with friends. Just don’t wipe with it or smoke it. Fanning with it is okay. That’s allowed. But only because it’s hot.
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Trouble watching the videos?

A few people have emailed me or posted comments about them having trouble watching our videos. Here are some things that might help:
First, make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed on your computer. Flash is the program that allows you to view animated websites and sites like ours that have lots of [...]

Weekly Print Edition

Here’s the latest print edition of PUB DEF Weekly — and boy, do we mean latest. We’ve been throwing so much news up here on the website, Nicky B. can barely keep up.
Most of this issue is full of stuff from last week, but still download and print it. Drop off some copies at City [...]

Company News: Rockin’ the Mics

I’ll be on the radio tonight talking about, among other things, an Arch City Chronicle poll which suggests that city voters are split on Mayor Francis Slay’s plan to turn over a part of Forest Park to BJC Hospital for the next 90 years. Listen to “Collateral Damage” tonight on KDHX 88.1 FM at [...]

PUB DEF on YouTube

Check out more than 60 exclusive PUB DEF videos on our new YouTube page:
www.youtube.com/user/adfrench
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Video Page Updated

We have updated our video page this morning and are updating our iTunes video podcast as I type. So podcast subscribers, look out for new videos to download to your computer today.
www.pubdefweekly.com/videos
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Here it is, your moment of Zen…

Download the latest issue of PUB DEF Weekly. As usual: make as many copies as you like and distribute them in your apartment building, on campus, in City Hall, wherever. We like leaving them under the windshield wipers of random Mercedes-Benzes and H2s. Try it. It’s fun.
Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

Visit the new STLSchools.org

We’ve redesigned the St. Louis Schools Watch blog to coordinate it more with PUB DEF. Take a peek.
We’ve also added a bar to the top of both sites to help you navigate back and forth. And since time is money and these projects take up quite a bit of time, we’ve added more Google Ads. [...]

Another Month of Growth

The month of May brought another month of growth in traffic for pubdefweekly.com. We received 35,874 visits last month — that’s a 26% increase over the previous month!
Thanks for making PUB DEF a part of your day. We encourage you to spread the word to your friends and co-workers. Email our stories, give away printouts [...]

Latest Issue of PUB DEF Weekly

Here it is, your moment of Zen….
Download the latest issue of PUB DEF Weekly. It’s been a while — our designer, Nick Bommarito, has been busy with wedding planning (Congrats, Nicky B!) — so remember: make as many copies as you like and distribute them in your apartment building, on campus, in City Hall, wherever. [...]

PUB DEF Videos page updated

The PUB DEF Videos page has been updated with exclusive videos from Tuesday’s special school board meeting and our interview yesterday with the president of the teachers’ union.
www.pubdef.net/videos
BTW, we’ve passed 30,000 visits for the month — already our busiest month ever! Email us today to advertise your business, campaign or event on PUB DEF Weekly.
Keep [...]