2005

The Associated Press is reporting that Missouri Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman has said that she is running to replace incumbent Claire McCaskill as state auditor.“I’ve decided that I am running,” Coleman said in an…

October 24, 2005 -- Looks like The Smith Campaign is the first out of the gate -- with a little help from some young friends.Instead of having their regular Monday meeting, Washington University Young Democrats…

Jane Bogetto, the Democratic candidate in the Nov. 8th special election for the 94th House District seat vacated by the death of Rep. Richard Byrd, will be speaking to the Washington University Young Democrats Monday,…

October 28, 2005 -- At a meeting of the 26th Ward Democrats last night, St. Louis Schools Superintendent Creg E. Williams said that he had spoken with Police Chief Joe Mokwa about the use of…

Richard Callow is not very callow at all. He is quite experienced in many areas, including website design apparently. On July 27, Callow's firm (and web-posting moniker) Public Eye was paid $4,000 by Mayor Francis…

[The following article was submitted by a teacher, who wishes to remain anonymous.]Creg Williams played to 25 or so members of the Holly Hills Neighborhood Association on Monday, and read from the same script school…

October 26, 2005 -- Members from Health and Environmental Justice St. Louis picketed in front of City Hall today before attempting to deliver to the mayor a progress report on the city's efforts in preventing…

Our town is in for a treat this weekend as Brooklyn, Illinois native and world-renowned baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett performs on Saturday, November 26, in Soulard.Bluiett, a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet who…

By Peter DownsNovember 22, 2005 –– Last Friday, David Welch, director of gifted education programs for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, gave representatives from metropolitan area school districts the news they had…

National opinion has finally turned on the Bush Administration. The Iraq War is now seen by most Americans as a failure and, perhaps more importantly, as unnecessary. The question is now being publicly debated whether…