Tag Archive | "Special_Reports"

VIDEO: BLAIRMONT BUS TOUR

Monday, August 20, 2007

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PUB DEF SPECIAL REPORT Poisoning the well of good faith negotiations in trying to reach a compromise on the controversial Land Assemblage Tax Credit is the amount of anger and raw emotion people have towards its chief architect, Paul McKee, and the amount of damage he has done to a community already devastated by decades of [...]

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Taxicab Confessions - Part 2

Monday, June 25, 2007

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By PubDef.net Contributor Johnson Y. LancasterIn an emergency meeting Saturday, the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission vote 4-0 to revoked the license of Wilson Taxi after issues arose with the company’s insurance coverage (read our earlier report). Two members of the commission who represent other cab companies abstained from voting; Basil Rudawsky of County Cab, and Dave [...]

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Special Report: Taxicab Confessions

Thursday, June 21, 2007

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A SPECIAL REPORT By PubDef.net Contributor Johnson Young Lancaster Taxicab drivers trying to start their own company say they have been put on hold by the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission while the industry-dominated panel bypassed a moratorium on new permits to grant them to existing companies. The organizers of City Express, whose prospective drivers are predominantly Ethiopian, have been [...]

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What’s McKee Planning for Old North?

Friday, May 25, 2007

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What’s McKee Planning for Old North?

SPECIAL REPORT As they wait to see if Governor Matt Blunt decides to sign the huge check that is House Bill 327 — which gives millions of dollars to dozens of entities, including developer Paul McKee and his “Blairmont” companies — residents of the north St. Louis neighborhoods most affected by McKee’s secret plan hold their [...]

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SPECIAL REPORT: Legislative Watch

Monday, May 14, 2007

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This week, PubDef.net turns its eye towards the State Legislature. In the final days of the 2007 session, all the rhetoric and flowery phrases begin to fall to the ground and the true character of Missouri’s 94th General Assembly reveals itself — and we’ll be there to snap the picture! Stay with us this week as [...]

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